U.S. President Donald Trump pressed NATO allies to sharply raise defense spending as leaders gathered in Ankara, singling out Spain as a "terrible partner" for refusing to commit to a 5% GDP target by…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has issued a decree scheduling legislative elections for November 28, a vote that would mark the first such ballot in 20 years. The decree calls on Palestinians in…
The United States and Iran traded heavy blows on Wednesday, shattering a fragile ceasefire and plunging the Gulf into a dangerous new escalation. US Central Command struck roughly 90 Iranian military…
Syrian authorities have arrested the cell responsible for twin bombings in Damascus that killed one person and wounded dozens earlier this week, Interior Minister Anas Khattab announced Wednesday. The…
The United States and Iran exchanged heavy fire near Iran's only civilian nuclear power plant on Wednesday, shattering a fragile ceasefire and escalating hostilities across the Gulf. US Central Comman…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone on Thursday to align their countries' next steps across multiple fronts, including ongoing tensions with Iran.…
A major fire at a shoe factory in the eastern Chinese city of Jinjiang has caused significant loss of life, President Xi Jinping announced on Thursday. The blaze broke out at midday, trapping an unkno…
China’s test-firing of a ballistic missile from a Type 094 Jin-class nuclear submarine into the South Pacific on July 6 has drawn sharp criticism from regional governments and sparked debate over the…
Global equities fell sharply and oil prices surged on Wednesday after the United States launched airstrikes on more than 80 targets in Iran and President Donald Trump declared an end to a temporary ce…
U.S. airline shares fell sharply after President Donald Trump declared an end to the ceasefire with Iran and threatened further strikes, sending crude oil prices higher and reviving fears over jet fue…
The NATO leaders' summit in Ankara entered its second and final day on Wednesday with a North Atlantic Council session at the heads-of-state level, as the alliance works to shift conventional defence…
Polestar delivered 30,423 vehicles in the first half of 2026, a marginal 0.4% increase from a year earlier, as the Swedish-Chinese electric vehicle maker navigates an impending exclusion from the US m…
President Donald Trump pressed NATO allies on Tuesday to channel rising defence budgets into American weapons systems, casting a shadow over a summit in Ankara where economic commitments dominate the…
Millions of mourners gathered in Karbala, Iraq, on Wednesday for the sixth day of funeral rites for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a U.S.-Israeli strike on Feb. 28 after 37 years as Iran's…
China's consumer inflation cooled to 1.0% year-on-year in June, undershooting the 1.2% forecast and pulling back from May's 1.2% reading. On a monthly basis, the consumer price index fell 0.3%, markin…
Andy Burnham has apologised for Labour's early response to Israel's military campaign in Gaza, conceding the party "was not good enough" and that the UK took too long to demand a ceasefire, in a video…
Oil prices jumped more than 5% on Wednesday as mutual military strikes between the United States and Iran intensified and Washington moved to choke off Iranian crude exports. Brent futures climbed $3.…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented each leader attending the NATO summit in Ankara with a loaded revolver engraved with the recipient's name, accompanied by a box of ammunition and a let…
South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld a seven-year prison sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, finalising the country's first top-court ruling against a leader tied to his failed 2024 martial…
Jordan's military intercepted eight Iranian missiles that penetrated the kingdom's airspace on Thursday, with air raid sirens sounding across Amman and other areas. No casualties or damage were report…
China has urged the United States to immediately lift its blockade and coercion of Cuba, after the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to hold a special debate on the embargo. The Jul…
Hisense, an official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup 2026, announced its latest laser display innovations aimed at enhancing home viewing during the tournament, the company said on Wednesday. The new li…
Israeli air strikes and gunfire killed at least nine Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, including a 10-year-old and a 6-year-old, medical sources said. The violence marks a continued erosi…
Bangladesh is battling a severe measles outbreak that has killed nearly 750 people, mostly children, and infected more than 120,000 since mid-March 2026, with the country still recording roughly 1,000…
Israel has elevated its armed forces, air force, and air defences to maximum readiness as confrontations between Washington and Tehran intensify across the Middle East. Defence Minister Israel Katz sa…
Mohamed al-Wahidi, director of the Egyptian Committee in Gaza, was killed on 8 July in an Israeli airstrike that hit a car in the Sabra district of Gaza City, roughly an hour before Egypt's World Cup…
SK Hynix is set to price a roughly $28 billion U.S. share sale on Wednesday, with trading on the Nasdaq expected to begin Thursday, in what ranks as the world's second-largest equity offering after Sp…
India and Australia finalized administrative arrangements on July 9 to enable long-term Australian uranium exports to India for exclusively peaceful purposes, removing a key barrier to energy cooperat…
U.S. President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran "over" on Wednesday, signaling a sharp escalation in hostilities following a night of reciprocal military strikes between the two nations.…
Taro Yamamoto, leader of Japan's opposition Reiwa Shinsengumi party, announced his resignation and retirement from politics at a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday, citing health problems and a re…