Global events and international developments affecting markets.
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The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co for buying billions of dollars of Iranian crude and petroleum products. The action also targets about 40 shipping companies and vessels associated with Iran's shadow fleet, following earlier sanctions on several Chinese teapot re…
Ukraine and Russia carried out a reciprocal prisoner of war exchange on Friday, with each side returning 193 people. Both governments said the swap was facilitated by the United States and the United Arab Emirates. Ukrainian authorities reported that the freed individuals included soldiers, border guards and police, some of whom were injured or fac…
Romania has conducted live trials of the U.S.-built Merops interceptor system, which uses AI-enabled Surveyor drones, radars and launchers to counter unmanned aerial threats. Tests took place at a coastal training range near the frontline with Ukraine, where officials said the system will be deployed imminently. Observers reported mixed results as …
The U.N. human rights office has reported patterns of attacks affecting civilians and residential buildings in Lebanon and Israel during the first three weeks of the most recent escalation that began after Hezbollah struck Israel on March 2. The report details lethal strikes on multi-storey homes in Lebanon, indiscriminate rocket fire from Hezbolla…
Attorney and lobbyist Joshua Nass, founder of Merkava Strategies, has been indicted on six criminal counts in Brooklyn federal court alleging an extortion attempt involving three individuals and a demand for $500,000. Nass, who represented a nursing home owner who later received a presidential pardon, was arrested in March and has not entered a ple…
The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin 'may' travel to the G20 leaders’ summit in Miami in December after the United States signaled Russia would be invited. Washington and Moscow offered varying accounts of the invitation process, and uncertainty remains over whether Putin himself will attend.
Palestinian health officials report that an Israeli strike on a crowded sector of Gaza city killed at least three people. Medics and eyewitnesses said the strike struck close to a location where local police are stationed to guard a bank. Gaza’s interior ministry characterized the strike as targeting a police patrol, while it was not immediately cl…
An internal Pentagon email, described by a U.S. official, indicates the Trump administration has considered reviewing Washington's stance on Britain's sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands as part of a package of measures to pressure NATO allies it views as insufficiently supportive of U.S. operations in the war with Iran. The Falklands - a r…
China's Southern Theater Command reported recent live-fire and integrated maritime drills in waters east of the Philippines' Luzon Island as Manila and Washington proceed with their annual Balikatan exercises. The drills come as more than 17,000 personnel from the United States, the Philippines and allies, including Japanese combat troops for the f…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has been successfully treated for early-stage prostate cancer following discovery of a malignant tumor during a routine checkup. His announcement came as his annual medical report was released and stated the condition was treated with radiation therapy; neither the statement nor the report specified…
Peruvian authorities executed a judicially authorized search of former ONPE head Piero Corvetto’s residence as part of a wider inquiry into alleged irregularities in the April 12 general election. The anti-corruption unit, working with prosecutors, collected phones, laptops and documents while searches extended to multiple properties. The investiga…
Syria's Interior Ministry announced the arrest of Amjad Yousef, identified as the principal suspect in the 2013 Tadamon massacre in which 288 civilians were killed. Found in the Al-Ghab Plain of Hama province near his hometown, Yousef had reportedly been in hiding since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad at the end of 2024. The arrest follows years o…
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has seen his approval rating decline for the seventh straight week to 65.6%, the lowest figure since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, according to state pollster VTsIOM. Trust in the president has also fallen, and officials have been ordered to propose measures to revive the economy after a contraction early …
An internal Pentagon email, circulated at senior levels, lays out a menu of potential actions the United States could take against NATO partners it views as unwilling to provide basing, overflight and access rights for U.S. operations in the war with Iran. Options in the note range from removing certain countries from high-profile NATO posts to rec…
A February 2025 drone strike damaged the protective membrane on the structure covering Chornobyl's reactor four, complicating ongoing decommissioning efforts and creating an urgent need for repairs. Plant managers say repairs are difficult because of persistent radiation around the destroyed reactor, a limited pool of highly qualified workers, and …
For nearly a week Islamabad has been kept under strict security measures as Pakistan awaits potential U.S.-Iran negotiations that have yet to materialise. Major access routes to the capital are closed and the administrative 'Red Zone' remains under heavy guard. The disruption has left bus terminals idle, hotels and journalists in limbo, and food ve…
A coalition-published hunger monitor warns that persistent conflict, prolonged drought and a sharp drop in humanitarian and development funding will keep global food insecurity at critical levels in 2026. The report documents a doubling of acute hunger over the past decade, two famines declared last year, and projections of further deterioration in…
EU heads asked officials to develop a detailed blueprint for activating the bloc's mutual assistance clause, Article 42.7, a step prompted in part by concerns about U.S. commitment to NATO and recent security incidents on the island of Cyprus. The move aims to clarify who responds, how and with what tools, but several member states reaffirmed that …
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told the Financial Times that the central question for Europe is whether the United States will remain a dependable NATO ally in the event of a Russian attack. Speaking ahead of an informal EU summit in Cyprus, Tusk called for the European Union to develop into a functioning defence alliance, and suggested reviewin…
Thailand’s Supreme Court has set a trial date of June 30 for 44 current and former opposition lawmakers accused of ethics violations linked to a 2021 effort to change the nation’s lese-majeste law. The defendants include leading figures from the People’s Party and its dissolved predecessor Move Forward; if convicted, they face the maximum sanction …
Myanmar's leader Min Aung Hlaing has enacted emergency ordinances placing 60 townships under direct military control for 90 days, transferring executive and judicial powers to military chief Ye Win Oo. The move affects multiple states and regions long subject to restrictions since the 2021 coup and follows an election critics described as neither f…
India's foreign ministry called comments reposted by U.S. President Donald Trump - originally made on a radio show by commentator Michael Savage - "uninformed" and inappropriate after a transcript described India as a "hellhole." The exchange coincides with a U.S. legal battle over a Trump directive to limit birthright citizenship and ongoing trade…
An internal Pentagon email lays out potential measures the United States could take against NATO partners it views as unwilling to provide basing, overflight or other access for operations in the war with Iran. Measures range from removing allies from prominent NATO positions to reexamining diplomatic backing on long-disputed territories such as th…
A federal judge ordered the release of Hayam El Gamal and her five children on Thursday, ending more than ten months of family detention in Texas that legal advocates say was the longest under the current administration. The family was taken into custody last June following a fire-bomb attack in Boulder, Colorado, for which El Gamal's former husban…
In a Salvadoran maximum-security facility, more than a hundred detained men sat with wrists cuffed and ankles chained to view courtroom proceedings on a large screen. The hearing is part of a 486-defendant mass trial that represents the largest prosecution so far under President Nayib Bukele’s sweeping crackdown on gang-related crime. Critics and r…
