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Nigeria's monetary policy committee opted to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 26.5% during its 305th meeting in Abuja. The decision, which aligned with the median of economists surveyed by Bloomberg, keeps a tight policy stance as inflation climbed to a five-month high following higher fuel prices linked to the war in Iran. The commit…
Ukrainian authorities announced plans to strengthen military forces in northern regions and to ramp up diplomatic measures toward Belarus after intelligence indicated Russia had prepared multiple scenarios for a push toward Kyiv from the north. Senior military and government officials cited specific planning activity attributed to the Russian Gener…
Bolivia's foreign ministry has asked Colombia's ambassador to leave the country, accusing the envoy of interfering in internal affairs after comments by Colombian President Gustavo Petro describing current unrest as a "popular insurrection." The request comes as broad protests have forced bank branch closures and created roadblocks that hamper supp…
Many residents of Gaza say they will be unable to travel for the Hajj and will again mark Eid al-Adha without sacrificial animals as restrictions on movement and damage to the livestock sector persist following the 2023 conflict. Israeli authorities say the Rafah crossing is limited to humanitarian cases and that they have approved food imports, wh…
Paloma Valencia, the Democratic Center's presidential candidate, said she would abandon President Gustavo Petro's 'total peace' approach in favor of a tougher security posture that includes reactivating arrest warrants, enlarging police and military ranks by 60,000 and cooperating with the United States. Valencia opposes further peace negotiations …
A Gaza-bound flotilla carrying activists from around the world was intercepted by Israeli naval forces and its passengers have been detained at Ashdod port, rights groups and the flotilla’s organisers said. Israel said all 430 activists were transferred to Israeli vessels and would be allowed consular access after arrival. Organisers state detainee…
Lawmakers gave initial approval to a bill to dissolve the 120-seat Knesset, a step that brings Israel closer to a snap election. The move was driven by coalition pressure from an ultra-Orthodox faction over military service exemptions. Polls show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu trailing in a national vote, and the political shift intersects with …
In a joint declaration delivered during a Beijing meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow and Beijing condemned the United States' proposed 'Golden Dome' missile-defense program as a threat to strategic stability. The statement also faulted Washington for allowing the 2010 New START arms reduction t…
Russia and China issued a joint rebuke of U.S. plans for a global missile-defence architecture known as 'Golden Dome,' saying the project undermines strategic stability. The statement, released as President Xi Jinping officially welcomed President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, also criticized the United States for allowing the 2010 New START arms cont…
Israel’s Knesset is due to vote on a bill to dissolve itself, a step that would bring forward the national election by a few weeks. The initiative follows the decision by an ultra-Orthodox faction to end its alliance with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over an unmet promise on military service exemptions, and mirrors longstanding opposition atte…
U.S. authorities are conducting a separate criminal investigation into ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami. The probe, active for months and concurrent with a federal case in New York, has examined possible money laundering and was underway when U.S. forces captured Maduro and his wife during a Januar…
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said he spoke with Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz and expressed deep concern about widespread protests that began with strikes in early May and have expanded into a national movement. Demonstrations involving unions, miners, transport workers and rural groups are demanding a rollback of austerity me…
Temporary branch closures by multiple banks in central La Paz came as unions, miners, transport workers and rural groups intensified protests demanding rollbacks of austerity measures. The unrest has produced roadblocks that have stranded trucks, forced a state energy company to halt some shipments and prompted international diplomatic appeals for …
The U.S. Justice Department will hold an announcement in Miami on Wednesday at the time of a ceremony commemorating four people killed in a 1996 incident involving Cuban military jets. A Department official said prosecutors plan to seek criminal charges against former Cuban president Raul Castro and expect to unseal an indictment in Miami. The indi…
U.S. officials plan to notify NATO allies that Washington will shrink the set of military capabilities it makes available to the alliance for major crises under the NATO Force Model. The move, driven by an administration push for Europe to assume greater conventional defense responsibility, will be announced at a defense policy chiefs meeting in Br…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Sweden for a NATO foreign ministers meeting where he is expected to press the alliance for increased defense investment and greater burden sharing. He will then visit India from May 23 to 26, stopping in Kolkata, Agra, Jaipur and New Delhi for discussions on energy security, trade and defense coope…
NATO’s top military commander said the alliance has not begun planning for an operation in the Strait of Hormuz and that any such effort would require a prior political directive from all 32 members. Member states remain divided: some support NATO involvement or a supporting role, while others oppose association with the conflict. France and Britai…
Senator Flavio Bolsonaro confirmed he met in person with banker Daniel Vorcaro after the banker was arrested and released with an ankle monitor. Bolsonaro says the meeting, held in late 2025, was to terminate talks after Vorcaro's alleged wrongdoing became public. The disclosure has rattled Brazilian markets and coincided with a shift in presidenti…
A U.S. military inquiry into a February strike that killed more than 175 children and teachers at a girls' school in Minab, Iran, is approaching completion, U.S. Central Command chief Admiral Brad Cooper told a House committee. The probe has been described as complex because the school was located on an active Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRG…
Vice President JD Vance told reporters that a scheduled U.S. troop deployment to Poland has been delayed, and he rejected characterizations that the United States is withdrawing forces from Europe. He said the administration seeks to encourage European partners to assume more responsibility for collective defense while shifting some U.S. resources …
U.S. Vice President JD Vance told reporters at a White House briefing that negotiations with Iran have advanced considerably and that neither side wants a return to military action. Vance reiterated U.S. insistence that Iran must never obtain a nuclear weapon and said Washington is seeking a process to prevent Iran from rebuilding weapons capacity …
Federal and local officials say 'anti-Islamic writings' were discovered in a vehicle tied to two teenagers identified as suspects in the fatal shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego. The alleged gunmen were found dead in their car from apparent self-inflicted wounds. Authorities are treating the incident as a hate crime while key questions abo…
A Ukrainian drone was shot down over Estonia by a Romanian NATO fighter jet after crossing from Russian airspace, an event Kyiv attributes to Russian electronic warfare. The episode triggered air alerts in neighbouring Latvia, temporary disruptions to local transport and schooling, and a broader political response across the Baltic states and NATO.
Video footage from an aid flotilla bound for Gaza shows soldiers firing toward at least two vessels, organisers said, while no casualties have been reported. Organisers say Israeli forces intercepted 44 of their boats in the eastern Mediterranean and that six vessels were still sailing. The incident drew condemnation from Turkey's president and led…
NATO’s top operational commander, Alexus Grynkewich, said in Brussels that the U.S. plan to withdraw an armoured brigade - roughly 5,000 troops - from Europe will not compromise alliance defence plans. He said European countries and Canada are assuming a greater share of conventional defence responsibilities while the U.S. adjusts the mix of capabi…
