Global events and international developments affecting markets.
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The Czech National Bank has kept its two-week repo rate unchanged at 3.5%, pausing its easing cycle that began in mid-2025. The move leaves the discount rate at 2.5% and the Lombard rate at 4.5%. Policymakers signalled caution as headline inflation is projected to drop to 1.6% in January 2026 while core and services inflation show upward movement, …
Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado told Politico she believes national elections might take place later this year, saying a transfer using manual voting could be completed in nine to ten months depending on when the process begins. Machado emphasized popular support and backing from parts of the armed forces, and her recent meetings …
On Feb 5 in Baku, an Azerbaijani military court sentenced 13 former officials from the unrecognised Nagorno-Karabakh administration. Five defendants, including former Karabakh leader Arayik Harutyunyan, received life imprisonment; eight others were handed prison terms of 15 to 20 years. Convictions covered a range of grave charges. Human rights org…
Senior diplomats from the United States and Iran are scheduled to meet in Oman amid heightened tensions and repeated threats of military action. Washington is pushing for a comprehensive agenda that includes Iran’s nuclear activities, ballistic missile arsenal, backing for regional armed groups and treatment of domestic protesters. Iran has stated …
A U.N.-backed hunger monitor reports that acute malnutrition has reached famine thresholds in Um Baru and Kernoi in North Darfur. The alert highlights rising malnutrition across Sudan, constrained treatment access, disrupted food production and funding shortfalls for aid groups operating in the region.
Russia said it regretted the expiration of the New START treaty with the United States but pledged a responsible stance after formal limits on strategic warheads, missiles and launchers lapsed. Officials and experts warned the treaty's end reduces transparency between the world’s largest nuclear powers, increases the risk of miscalculation and coul…
The Kremlin has confirmed that the New START treaty limiting strategic nuclear arms between Russia and the United States will expire at the close of Thursday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia proposed a voluntary one-year extension to allow time for negotiations on a successor, but that the United States never provided a formal response.…
On his return flight from Egypt, President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is actively trying to stop tensions between the United States and Iran from evolving into fresh regional conflict. He praised diplomatic efforts by both governments and said that talks at the leader level would be useful once lower-tier negotiations have progressed.
France's minister for small and medium-sized businesses said the government will press a concerted campaign this year against online marketplaces including Shein, arguing they create unfair competition for physical retailers and routinely breach consumer rules. The government is appealing a court decision and lawmakers are preparing legislation to …
The Kremlin stated that Russia will preserve a responsible stance on strategic nuclear stability after the last bilateral arms control pact with the United States expired. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the New START treaty would cease to have effect at the close of the day, noting Moscow had proposed a voluntary one-year extension that …
The French Navy intercepted a vessel in the Caribbean carrying roughly 678 kilogrammes of cocaine and transferred custody to Barbadian authorities, France's Armed Forces Minister said. The seizure comes as France intensifies actions against drug trafficking linked to rising gang-related crime at home and an observed increase in cocaine use, prompti…
Pakistan's armed forces announced the conclusion of a week-long security campaign in Balochistan that they say killed 216 militants. The operation followed coordinated strikes by the Baloch Liberation Army that brought large parts of the province to a standstill, resulting in deaths among security personnel and civilians and the temporary seizure o…
Thousands of students across Serbia have rallied over the past year following the collapse of a railway station roof that killed 16 people, demanding government accountability. For students from the Bosniak Muslim-majority Sandzak region, the protests have offered an unexpected sense of inclusion. A long march from Novi Pazar to Novi Sad, where dem…
Several U.S. companies specializing in unmanned aerial systems used the Singapore Airshow to court Asian militaries worried by China’s expanding forces. Backed by battlefield experience in Ukraine and recent Pentagon support, firms displayed a range of systems from small attack quadcopters to multi-million dollar 'loyal wingman' jets, and announced…
France's de facto ambassador in Taipei said naval passages by foreign states through the Taiwan Strait are intended to assert international law rather than provoke China. The remarks underscored coordinated messaging among Group of Seven partners on maintaining the status quo, while Taipei views such transits as support for freedom of navigation am…
Savannah Guthrie posted a video message asking anyone who may be holding her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, to reach out and confirm she is alive after the elder woman went missing from her Arizona home. Authorities are treating the disappearance as a kidnapping and have noted the woman's limited mobility and need for daily medication.
South Korea's chief trade representative said Washington has not yet taken the administrative step required to raise tariff rates on South Korean goods and expressed confidence that such action is unnecessary while Seoul moves to implement the investment commitments in their bilateral trade agreement. Lawmakers in Seoul have agreed to target March …
President Lai Ching-te said Taiwan's relationship with the United States remains 'rock-solid' and that existing cooperation programs and U.S. commitments will not change, following a phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump in which Xi urged caution over arms sales to Taiwan.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the lapse of the New START treaty represents a significant setback for international peace and security, calling on the United States and the Russian Federation to return to negotiations without delay to agree a verifiable framework that reduces risks and restores limits on strategic nuc…
A man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of Israel’s embassy in Washington, D.C., was hit with four additional terrorism charges in an indictment unsealed Wednesday. The expanded indictment brings the total to nine counts, including previously filed hate crime charges. Prosecutors say the suspect fired roughly 20 rounds outside a gatheri…
The U.S. Justice Department has pulled a Department of Homeland Security attorney off an assignment in Minnesota after she declared during a federal court hearing that "this job sucks" and said immigration authorities had not consistently followed judicial orders. The lawyer, Julie Le, had been working at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in St. Paul to a…
Bishop Carlos Garcia Camader told reporters in Lima that Pope Leo - formerly U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost - is 'very probable' to visit Peru in November or the first week of December, placing the likelihood at about 80%. The pontiff spent decades working in Peru, was first ordained a bishop for the Chiclayo diocese, and became a Peruvian citizen in…
Human Rights Watch's annual report asserts that the Trump administration has weakened central checks and balances in U.S. democracy through immigration crackdowns, rhetoric aligned with white nationalist tropes, and policies affecting voting rights. The rights group warns that such actions, alongside global trends in Russia and China, have returned…
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called on member states to intensify epidemiological surveillance, laboratory testing and vaccination efforts after a spike in measles cases across the Americas. PAHO reports 1,031 confirmed cases in seven countries during the first three weeks of 2026 - a 43-fold increase over the same period in 2025…
Defending Olympic women's ice hockey champions Canada arrive in Milano Cortina determined to respond to recent heavy defeats by the United States. Despite a four-game sweep in the Rivalry Series and earlier World Championship loss to their neighbours, Canada’s roster—featuring a large contingent of veterans and players from the PWHL—enters the Game…
