Global events and international developments affecting markets.
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At the opening of a two-day BRICS foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar underscored the critical need for safe, unimpeded maritime traffic through international waterways, including the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea. The gathering has been complicated by the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, whic…
Relatives of people killed in the Philippines' anti-drug campaign protested and rallied for the arrest of Senator Ronald dela Rosa after the International Criminal Court unsealed a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity. Tension escalated inside the Senate with gunfire, as critics and grieving families contrasted political protection for p…
Lebanon will press Israel to observe an implemented ceasefire during face-to-face meetings in Washington, officials say, even as Hezbollah and Israel continue limited exchanges. The talks, the third since hostilities reignited on March 2, come with the April 16 truce near expiry and rising humanitarian tolls reported by Lebanon's health ministry.
On May 14 in Jerusalem, thousands of Israeli nationalists marched through the Muslim quarter of the Old City in the principal Jerusalem Day procession. The event, which marks Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem in the 1967 war, proceeded under a large police deployment and has long been a flashpoint between Jewish nationalists and Palestinians.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump that disputes over Taiwan risk pushing relations into dangerous territory and described "Taiwan independence" as incompatible with cross-strait peace. This article unpacks the historical background, the formal names and claims involved, the positions of Beijing, Taipei and Washington, and w…
Human Rights Watch says M23 rebels and elements of the Rwandan army carried out killings, rapes and abductions while occupying the city of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for roughly a month spanning late 2025 and early 2026. The organization documented dozens of summary executions, multiple rapes and enforced disappearances during th…
A twin-engine turboprop carrying 11 adults ditched in the Atlantic about 80 miles off Melbourne, Florida. All aboard survived and were rescued hours later from a life raft by a coordinated effort led by a U.S. Air Force Reserve HC-130J crew, pararescuers and Coast Guard personnel. Bahamian authorities are investigating, with initial reports indicat…
A Brooklyn federal jury on Wednesday found a 64-year-old New York man guilty of acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government after prosecutors said he helped establish and operate a so-called police station in Manhattan’s Chinatown. The defendant, arrested in April 2023, faces up to 30 years in prison. The verdict comes amid Justice De…
A U.S. district judge in Washington issued a temporary injunction against sanctions that prevented U.N. special rapporteur Francesca Albanese from entering the United States and using U.S. banking services, ruling the measures likely infringed her free-speech rights after she criticized Israel’s conduct in Gaza.
Rich Danker, chief spokesman for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., resigned Wednesday in objection to a new administration policy permitting major tobacco companies to market flavored e-cigarettes. His departure came a day after FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary resigned for related reasons. Danker warned the authorization would increase yout…
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the risk of hantavirus to the general public remains very low while more than 100 agency staff work on the response. CDC teams are conducting public health assessments in Nebraska after 16 of 18 passengers from an expedition cruise ship linked to an Andes virus outbreak were flown to and quar…
As President Trump prepares to meet President Xi, U.S. officials hope China will press Iran to reach a ceasefire with Washington. Beijing, however, faces a complex calculus - balancing the need to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and its oil imports flowing against preserving a strategic Middle East partner and protecting key economic levers such as …
Louisiana authorities have reached a tentative $4.8 million settlement with the family of Ronald Greene, who died after a violent encounter with law enforcement in May 2019. Video released in 2021 showed officers striking and restraining Greene after a crash, contradicting earlier accounts. A Justice Department review later documented serious short…
Germany's governing coalition has agreed to eliminate roughly €3 billion in subsidies and tax breaks to free up funds for tax relief targeted at lower-income households. Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic bloc and the center-left Social Democrats reached the decision after extended talks, identifying a series of incentives and support…
Saudi fighter jets executed airstrikes on positions tied to Iran-backed Shiite militias in northern Iraq, while separate retaliatory strikes were launched from Kuwait into Iraq, multiple sources familiar with the matter said. The attacks form part of a pattern of military responses across the Gulf that have unfolded since joint Israeli-U.S. strikes…
Multiple sources say Saudi air force fighter jets struck Iran-linked militia sites inside Iraq near the Saudi border, while rocket strikes were launched from Kuwaiti territory at militia positions in southern Iraq. The actions formed part of a broader pattern of concealed military responses across the Gulf during the conflict that followed joint Is…
Gunfire erupted inside the Philippine Senate during a tense standoff after Senator Ronald dela Rosa, wanted by the International Criminal Court, called on supporters to prevent his arrest and transfer to The Hague. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr urged calm and denied any government role in the incident. No immediate casualties were reported as the S…
South Carolina's highest court has vacated the 2023 murder conviction of former attorney Richard "Alex" Murdaugh, citing improper external influence by a county clerk on the jury. The unanimous decision reverses the denial of a motion for a new trial and sends the case back to lower court. Murdaugh will continue to serve time for separate financial…
The conflict that began on February 28 with a major Israeli-U.S. bombing campaign against Iran has reverberated across the Middle East, inflicting heavy human and infrastructure losses, disrupting energy exports and forcing regional states to reassess security and economic strategies. Iran and Israel remain militarily capable despite severe blows, …
Fitch Ratings moved Bangladesh's Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings outlook to Negative from Stable and maintained the IDRs at B+. The agency pointed to rising external and macroeconomic strains tied to the country's concentrated exposure to the Middle East, limited progress on fiscal and financial reforms, and a fragile banking sector as reasons for…
Preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate a nearly 14% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2025 compared with the prior year. Experts attribute much of the decline to the widespread availability of naloxone, even as synthetic opioids remain the leading cause of fatalities and several states saw significant incre…
The outbreak of war involving Iran has interrupted a fragile window of progress between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). With Ankara warning of possible Kurdish mobilisations in neighbouring states and the PKK citing security concerns, both sides have largely frozen forward movement on core issues - from legislative guarantees to disa…
Fourteen NATO allies meeting in Bucharest warned that repeated incursions into eastern flank airspace by Russian drones and other violations make it imperative to reinforce NATO air and missile defences, including protections against unmanned aerial vehicles. The joint statement also urged deeper cooperation to expand defence industrial capacity, r…
The World Food Programme has halved emergency food assistance inside Syria and stopped a major bread subsidy because of funding shortfalls, cutting the number of beneficiaries and reducing operations across governorates. Millions in Syria and Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries continue to face acute food insecurity as the U.N. agency seeks $…
The Czech National Bank (CNB) said monetary policy remains restrictive after April 2026 consumer prices accelerated to 2.5% year on year, driven primarily by a sharp jump in fuel costs linked to the Iran war. Policymakers left the policy rate at 3.5% while flagging risks from global cost pressures and potential spillovers into other price categorie…
