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Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament's trade committee, criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to raise tariffs on EU car imports, saying the action demonstrates that the United States cannot be relied upon as a trading partner. Lange described the move as unacceptable and pointed to previous breaches of a framework trade agreem…
Ninety-four-year-old former Cuban president Raul Castro joined a large International Workers' Day march through Havana that passed the U.S. embassy as relations with Washington grow increasingly strained. The gathering came amid an oil blockade imposed in January that has forced rationing and prompted a U.N. warning of a humanitarian crisis. White …
On May 1, President Donald Trump signed an executive order expanding U.S. sanctions on individuals and entities linked to the Cuban government, focusing on those tied to the security apparatus, corruption and human rights abuses. The order also permits secondary sanctions on third parties that transact with designated targets. The move follows a se…
The Trump administration has decided to close the Civil-Military Coordination Centre (CMCC) in Israel, transferring its monitoring and aid coordination duties to a U.S.-commanded international security mission intended to deploy to Gaza. Diplomats and officials say the move underlines growing obstacles to U.S. efforts to oversee the ceasefire and m…
Senior sources say the U.S.-run Civil-Military Coordination Centre (CMCC) near Gaza will be closed and its responsibilities transferred to an International Stabilization Force (ISF) commanded by U.S. officers. The change, described by U.S. officials internally as an overhaul, would shrink the U.S. troop presence, rebrand the centre and shift monito…
More than 100 pro-Palestinian campaigners sailing to Gaza as part of a second Global Sumud flotilla were brought to the Greek island of Crete after Israeli forces intercepted and seized a number of vessels in international waters near Greece. Organisers said 168 crew members were transferred to Greek boats and taken ashore; two activists were detai…
Recent public attacks by U.S. President Donald Trump on multiple European leaders, paired with threats to alter troop deployments and consider punitive measures against NATO allies, have heightened unease in Europe and prompted discussions about which policies and postures will sustain transatlantic ties.
The U.S. Navy has awarded an expanded contract to Domino Data Lab to support Project AMMO - Accelerated Machine Learning for Maritime Operations - with software designed to speed the training and deployment of AI that identifies underwater mines. The move aims to hasten sweeping operations in the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil transit route, amid a fr…
Prime Minister Gaston Browne and his Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party won a commanding victory, taking 15 of 17 parliamentary seats and delivering Browne a fourth consecutive term. The campaign focused on economic stability, investment-driven growth and infrastructure projects, while concern over a U.S. suspension of visa processing for Antiguan na…
A senior United Arab Emirates official said Tehran could not be trusted to impose unilateral measures governing passage through the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring widespread mistrust as negotiations to end the Iran war remain stalled. Two months into the conflict the strait is largely closed amid an Iranian blockade and a U.S. naval interdiction of…
Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest in the capital, Naypyidaw. Her legal team says they will visit her this weekend to review her situation and deliver supplies. The transfer follows successive sentence reductions and a wider prisoner amnesty, and comes amid ongoing international pressure on the junta to…
Six transgender Idaho residents have filed a federal class-action lawsuit challenging a recently enacted state law that criminalizes the use of sex-designated public restrooms and changing areas that do not align with a person’s birth-assigned gender. Filed in U.S. District Court in Boise, the complaint contends the statute violates due process, eq…
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued return-to-work orders for more than a dozen employees who were placed on administrative leave in August after signing a public letter criticizing agency leadership and policy. The reinstatement was confirmed by a U.S. lawmaker and the non-profit group that published the letter; FEMA says it is…
Hundreds of people clashed with police and emergency services in Alice Springs after the body of a five-year-old Indigenous girl, referred to by family as Kumanjayi Little Baby, was found following a wide search. A 47-year-old man, Jefferson Lewis, was taken into custody after being found by locals and badly beaten; he was treated at Alice Springs …
Ukraine's ambassador to Japan says Tokyo's recent easing of weapons-export rules creates room for dialogue that could eventually lead to Japanese military support for Kyiv. While Tokyo keeps controls on arms to conflict zones, new exceptions tied to Japan's security interests have prompted Ukrainian officials to pursue investment, technology-transf…
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva intends to send another Supreme Court nomination to the Senate after lawmakers rejected his previous choice, people close to the president say. The defeat marks a historic rebuke and heightens political stakes ahead of the October general election and a potential change in the court’s composition depending on whe…
Senior U.S. Army officers at the Hohenfels combat training center in southern Germany outlined the operational advantages of a U.S. military presence in the country - including deterrence, joint combat training on European terrain, and incorporation of lessons from the Russia-Ukraine conflict - even as the White House reviews whether to reduce troo…
Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said his country remains on good terms with China even as it becomes entangled in a dispute between Beijing and Washington over port concessions previously held by Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison. Mulino defended Panama’s decision to assume control of the ports, cited a "high-level" Chinese message confirming the dispute …
A senior FBI official warned that China’s expanding hack-for-hire ecosystem gives perpetrators plausible deniability but does not shield them when they travel abroad. The remark followed the extradition of a Chinese national accused of participating in widespread hacking campaigns targeting U.S.-based researchers and organizations in 2020 and 2021.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative has placed the European Union on its Section 301 watchlist, while promoting Vietnam to priority status and removing Argentina and Mexico from the priority watchlist after citing improvements in intellectual property rights enforcement. The USTR did not specify which EU measures prompted the actio…
On April 30, U.S. President Donald Trump publicly congratulated Ali al-Zaidi following his nomination by Iraq’s Coordination Framework as their candidate for prime minister. Trump expressed optimism about a productive bilateral relationship and urged the formation of a government free from terrorism. The announcement comes after an earlier January …
Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has had the remainder of her prison sentence commuted so it may be served at a designated residence, state media reported, and published the first public photograph of the 80-year-old in years. The move follows repeated sentence reductions and a wider prisoner amnesty, but her son and legal team say…
Saudi diplomatic efforts to secure a united Lebanese position for direct negotiations with Israel have been undermined by widening disagreements among Lebanon’s top officials. Tensions between President Joseph Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri - reflecting deeper societal splits over whether to pursue face-to-face talks or limit engagements t…
Israel provided updated maps to aid organizations in mid-March that identify an expanded restricted zone inside Gaza marked by an orange line beyond the Yellow Line from the October truce. The orange line covers an estimated 11% of Gaza’s territory beyond the Yellow Line and, together with areas behind the Yellow Line, places roughly two-thirds of …
A Ugandan court on April 30 sentenced Christopher Okello Onyum to death for fatally stabbing four toddlers at a Kampala nursery on April 2. The judge said electronic device searches showed planning, rejected the defence claim of long-standing mental illness, and described the attack as carefully prepared despite lasting under seven minutes. The cas…
