Global events and international developments affecting markets.
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Three sources with knowledge of discussions involving Israeli and Iranian Kurdish armed groups say Israel has carried out strikes inside western Iran and is supporting Kurdish factions that hope to exploit the current U.S.-Israeli air campaign to seize towns along the Iran-Iraq frontier. Kurdish leaders have been in talks with both the United State…
The Department of Defense has appointed Gavin Kliger as its Chief Data Officer, placing him in a senior role charged with day-to-day alignment and execution of the Pentagon's AI projects and direct engagement with leading AI labs. The appointment comes amid scrutiny of Kliger’s social media activity between October 2024 and January 2025 and follows…
European law enforcement agencies have identified 22 individuals they believe were involved in a series of exploding parcels in 2024. Authorities say the suspects, recruited across several countries and often in precarious socio-economic circumstances, are suspected of acting on behalf of Russia's GRU military intelligence service. The incidents, w…
Three officials familiar with intelligence assessments say Russia has been sharing targeting information with Iran that pinpoints locations of U.S. ships and aircraft operating in the Middle East. The full scope of Moscow's assistance remains uncertain as Tehran's own tracking capabilities appear degraded following recent strikes. The conflict has …
Iraq-based Shi’ite paramilitaries that Iran cultivated over decades have so far not mounted a widespread response to an Israeli-U.S. assault on Iran. Local commanders and militia members say a mix of targeted killings, the loss of secure regional logistics hubs, the political and business ascent of militia leaders, and the erosion of centralized au…
The World Health Organization warns that medical supplies across Gaza are at critical levels after reports that items like gauze and needles are depleted. Although Israeli authorities reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing for a gradual flow of aid, only a fraction of needed trucks are entering, fuel shortages are constraining hospital operations and t…
Balendra Shah, a 35-year-old former rapper who served as Kathmandu mayor, is on track to become Nepal’s next prime minister after his Rastriya Swatantra Party led early election counts. The party’s performance in direct and proportional votes positions it to form government, but governance challenges and accusations over rights and property seizure…
Balendra Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party is on track to capture a decisive share of seats in Nepal’s 275-member lower house as vote counting proceeds, driven by strong support from young voters after months of street protests. Early trends show the party leading in a large number of contested constituencies while established parties lag behind.
Russia has warned that it would react should Finland permit nuclear weapons to be placed on its soil, arguing such a policy change increases Finnish vulnerability and represents a threat to Moscow. The Kremlin's remarks followed Helsinki's announcement that it plans to remove a long-standing prohibition on hosting nuclear arms, a move presented by …
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) requested last month that Britain’s MI6 increase its role in safeguarding Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa following a series of alleged assassination plots, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The appeal underscores foreign efforts to stabilize Syria amid renewed Islamic State activi…
Colombia holds legislative elections that will fill 102 Senate seats and 182 House seats and include intra-party consultations to select presidential candidates. The vote will influence the next president's ability to advance legislation amid a fragmented party system, while debates over vote-counting software and security concerns by illegal armed…
Sri Lankan authorities escorted the Iranian naval auxiliary vessel IRIS Booshehr toward port and transferred 208 of its crew to a naval camp, officials said. The move came two days after a U.S. submarine sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena nearby, an attack that killed 87 people and has amplified regional hostilities with knock-on effects for trade …
A senior U.N. official said about 100,000 people are currently in collective shelters in Lebanon after Israeli orders for residents to evacuate multiple areas, and that displacement is likely to rise rapidly. The U.N. coordinator described the scale of recent evacuation warnings as unprecedented and noted shelter capacity is being strained, with ma…
United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk said he intends to travel to Washington later this month but expressed skepticism that the visit will change the trajectory of a rapidly escalating regional confrontation that has entered its seventh day after U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran. Turk urged international actors to move quickly to de-escalate a…
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has constricted vital air, sea and land routes, creating bottlenecks that delay and raise the cost of humanitarian shipments. Aid organizations report supplies stranded in regional hubs, damaged port infrastructure and emergency surcharges from carriers, impairing relief efforts to Gaza, Sudan and other hunger-affected …
Intense exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces have erupted at dozens of locations along their long shared border, forcing more than 100,000 people from their homes, the United Nations says. The fighting, which has included Pakistani air strikes on Taliban government installations and Afghan retaliatory actions, shows no immediate si…
Israeli forces launched sustained airstrikes on Hezbollah-controlled neighborhoods in southern Beirut after directing residents to evacuate. Hezbollah in turn warned Israelis living near the Lebanon border to withdraw, and Lebanese authorities reported dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries from the recent strikes.
The U.S. Justice Department on March 5 posted FBI records that summarize interviews with an unidentified woman who made allegations about both Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump. The records show the woman was interviewed four times in 2019 as part of the Epstein probe and include claims that Trump attempted to force her to perform oral sex…
UK ministers have decided to postpone planned modifications to copyright rules that would have made it easier for artificial intelligence companies to access and process protected media content. Officials told people briefed on the matter that responses to a two-month consultation failed to endorse any of the proposed frameworks, prompting a decisi…
A U.S. Court of International Trade judge will meet in a closed-door settlement conference with government attorneys to determine how to refund as much as $175 billion in tariffs the Supreme Court recently invalidated. The meeting centers on creating a practical mechanism for reimbursing more than 300,000 importers, a task the government says may r…
The conflict that began a week ago has broadened to include multiple states and theaters. U.S. President Donald Trump publicly encouraged Iranian Kurdish forces based in Iraqi Kurdistan to consider attacks across the Iran border, while Azerbaijan said it would respond after being struck by drones. Israel reported a broad campaign against infrastruc…
Attorneys for a Nashville Noticias reporter have filed an emergency petition in federal court alleging that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested their client without a warrant. The journalist, identified as Estefany Maria Rodriguez Flores, was taken to an ICE detention facility and remains in custody, the filing says. Federal authoriti…
U.S. military investigators have provisionally concluded that U.S. forces were likely responsible for a strike on a girls' school in Minab, southern Iran, that killed scores of children, two U.S. officials said. The probe remains incomplete and officials said new evidence could change the assessment. Iranian officials report heavy casualties and ar…
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that three Australian defence members were on a United States submarine that fired the torpedo which sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean. He said the Australians were present as part of training tied to the AUKUS partnership and did not participate in the attack. Sri Lankan authorities recovered the…
Jamaica's foreign ministry has announced the country will end its medical cooperation program with Cuba after the two governments failed to reach agreement on a new arrangement, local media reported. Approximately 300 Cuban medical professionals are working on the island, and they will be permitted to remain until their scheduled tenures conclude. …
