North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme is “absolutely non-negotiable,” the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un said ahead of a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported Sunday...
US Vice President JD Vance on Friday condemned Britain’s handling of the murder of a white student by a Sikh man, linking it to what he said was civilizational decline caused by mass migration. “Henry Nowak died the same way a...
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on a network allegedly exporting Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from Iran to South and Eastern Asia by falsely flagging it as originating in Oman, the Treasury said. The network used front companies in...
Bitcoin dropped below $60,000 on Friday, its lowest level since October 2024, just before Donald Trump’s election which propelled it to a record high. The currency fell by about 6 percent around 1615 GMT, to $59.7709, before paring its losses...
A US federal judge on Friday blocked a series of restrictions placed by the Trump administration on legal immigration following last year’s shooting of National Guard members by an Afghan immigrant. District Judge John McConnell said the...
Canada’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.6 percent in May on an unexpected spike in hirings across multiple sectors, partially offsetting job losses earlier in the year, government data showed Friday. The G7 economy gained 88,000 jobs in May...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ruled out meeting his Ukrainian counterpart any time soon, a day after Volodymyr Zelensky called for a sit-down between the leaders to end the four-year war. Speaking at an economic forum in his home city...
Japan passed $19 billion in additional spending on Friday, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government seeks to ease pressure on households struggling with soaring everyday costs driven by the Middle East war. The 3.1 trillion-yen extra...
Russia could attack a NATO country within four years according to western intelligence assessments, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned on Friday. He made the comments as he pledged his government would publish a long-delayed defence investment...
Astronauts working on the International Space Station briefly sheltered in a docked capsule Friday as Russian colleagues assessed leak repairs, NASA said. Five astronauts had briefly entered the docked Dragon spacecraft as a precautionary measure...
Ireland announced on Friday it has banned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and finance minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, slamming their behaviour towards pro-Palestinian activists. Justice Minister Jim...
SpaceX has been denied a fast track into the S&P 500 when the rocket and satellite company goes public, in a ruling that cuts off quick access to one of the biggest pools of Wall Street money. S&P Dow Jones Indices said Thursday it would...
As Armenia gears up for elections on Sunday, experts say Russia has orchestrated an aggressive disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting the country’s prime minister, who has sought closer ties with the European Union. Armenia is formally...
France has opened an investigation into an alleged “war crime” and “torture” over Israel’s treatment of French activists who took part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a prosecutor’s office said Friday. The probe was...
The Russian economy has not fallen apart, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, dismissing Western criticism that his country’s economic engine had run out of steam. The Kremlin’s offensive against Ukraine has put Russia’s...
