The US-Israeli war against Iran is unlikely to lead to “regime change”, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, as the month-long conflict showed no signs of abating. “Is regime change really the goal?” he said at a...
A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to protect former first lady Jill Biden accidentally shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday, authorities said. Biden was not in the area when the agent was injured during a...
A US appeals court on Friday overturned a $16.1 billion judgment against Argentina for nationalizing the oil company YPF in 2012. The ruling was a big victory for President Javier Milei as he tries to boost the country’s troubled economy...
A UK judge on Friday hailed the youngest son of US President Donald Trump for his “lifesaving” actions after he remotely witnessed a friend being assaulted. Barron Trump, 20, alerted emergency services in the UK last year after...
Egypt has ordered shops, restaurants and shopping malls to close from 9:00 pm from Saturday, hoping to curb energy bills that have more than doubled because of the Iran war. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced the curfew and said it would last...
A senior Iraqi Kurdistan official told AFP the United States was not arming Iranian Kurdish opposition groups exiled in the autonomous region, reiterating his government opposed the groups’ involvement in the Middle East war. Since the war...
Japan’s government plans to temporarily lift restrictions on coal-fired power plants as it seeks to ease an energy crunch caused by the Middle East war, officials said on Friday. Officials presented the plan at a meeting of a panel of experts...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Friday that they had turned back three ships trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz, adding the route was closed to vessels travelling to and from ports linked to its “enemies”. “This morning...
Iran’s military has warned that hotels housing US soldiers across the region would be targets in its war with the United States and Israel. “When all the Americans (forces) go into a hotel, then from our perspective that hotel becomes...
A third major LNG processing plant in Australia has closed as a cyclone approaches, energy company Woodside said Friday, hampering supply of an in-demand fuel source outside the Middle East. Oil and gas company Woodside said its Karratha Gas Plant...
The leaders of North Korea and Belarus have signed a cooperation treaty, Pyongyang’s state news agency confirmed Friday, as Alexander Lukashenko wrapped up his visit to the reclusive Asian nation. “At the end of the talks, the Treaty on...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Saudi Arabia Thursday for an unannounced visit, as the war in Iran spurs interest among Gulf countries in Ukrainian arms technology. The two countries are set to sign an agreement on “security...
Iran has responded through unnamed intermediaries to a 15-point US plan to end the war, news agency Tasnim reported on Thursday, and is now waiting for Washington’s reply. The exact contents of the US plan, conveyed to Iran via Pakistan...
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who is back in court in New York, could face further charges. Maduro has pleaded not guilty to charges including “narco-terrorism” conspiracy, cocaine...
Washington’s envoy to the UK said Thursday it would be a “big mistake” to cancel King Charles III’s planned state visit to the US, following calls to abandon the trip over the Middle East war. It has been rumoured for months...
