Global events and international developments affecting markets.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has urged allies to send warships to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. That request raises difficult legal and political questions for Japan, where post-war pacifist constraints limit the circumstances in which the Self-Defense Forces may use force overseas. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi faces a narrow set…
Iran launched missiles armed with cluster warheads at Tel Aviv in what state media described as retaliation for the killing of Iran’s security chief, Ali Larijani. The overnight strike killed two people in the densely populated Israeli city, raising Israel’s war death toll to at least 14. A separate projectile struck near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear pow…
Russia's Defence Ministry reported on Tuesday that its forces had taken control of Sopych in the Sumy region and Kalenyky in Donetsk. The announcement followed a day of conflicting claims between Moscow and Kyiv about who was gaining ground along the roughly 1,250 km frontline. Russian military leaders described continued efforts to establish buffe…
The U.S. government has defended the Pentagon's March designation of Anthropic as a national security supply chain risk, arguing in a court filing that the action was a lawful response to the company's refusal to lift usage restrictions on its AI. Anthropic has filed lawsuits in California and Washington, D.C., challenging both the Pentagon's initi…
New U.N. estimates indicate about 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024. Agencies including UNICEF, the World Bank, WHO and the U.N. population division say most of those deaths were preventable with improved access to basic healthcare and low-cost interventions. While child mortality has fallen sharply since 2000, the rate …
Allegations have emerged accusing the late labor leader Cesar Chavez of inappropriate sexual behavior and abuse involving young women or minors. The Cesar Chavez Foundation and the United Farm Workers union have issued statements acknowledging the claims; the union said it will not take part in this year’s Cesar Chavez Day events while some cities …
New Zealand's government will introduce legislation to broaden deportation grounds, increase penalties for migrant exploitation and expand powers to act on false information in the immigration process. The package, and an accompanying parliamentary paper on asylum, is presented as a response to serious offending by some claimants and wider politica…
El Salvador’s legislature has amended the constitution to permit life imprisonment for offenses including murder, rape and terrorism. The change, approved by 59 votes with one dissenting vote, removes the prior constitutional prohibition that limited time actually served despite judicial sentences exceeding 100 years. The amendment follows recent i…
Ali Larijani, a central architect of the Islamic Republic’s security and foreign policy apparatus and a close adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, has been killed at the age of 67, Iranian media reported. Israeli and Iranian accounts identified an Israeli strike as the cause. Larijani’s decades-long career spanned military service in the Iran-Iraq war…
The U.S. aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, deployed in operations against Iran and currently in the Red Sea, will make a temporary port call to Souda Bay on Crete after a fire in its main laundry area injured sailors and affected sleeping quarters. The incident occurred during the carrier's ninth month at sea and raises questions about crew morale a…
Ilia II, who led the Georgian Orthodox Church for nearly 50 years and oversaw its emergence from Soviet-era suppression into the most influential non-state institution in Georgia, has died at 93 after being hospitalized for massive internal bleeding. The Holy Synod has 40 days to select his successor.
People in Havana said they would prefer dialogue with Washington rather than escalation, but many also expressed skepticism about President Donald Trump’s inconsistent remarks. Conversations on the streets reflected concern about an intensifying U.S. oil blockade, recent power outages, and state-promoted military preparedness as officials on both s…
An internal U.N. inquiry’s early findings indicate that three tank-fired rounds struck a U.N. position in southern Lebanon on March 6, wounding Ghanaian peacekeepers. The preliminary probe, supported by explosive ordnance experts, attributes the strikes to the main gun of an Israeli battle tank using 120-mm M339 HE-MP-T shells, raising concerns abo…
Chile's newly inaugurated right-wing administration has started digging trenches along the northern frontier with Peru, carrying out a campaign promise to erect physical obstacles at key crossing points to curb unauthorized entries. President Jose Antonio Kast inspected the initial works near the Chacalluta border post, saying the measures aim to r…
U.S. State Department and Defense officials told a House committee that shipments of weapons to Taiwan have not been delayed by the air campaign against Iran. While a pre-existing multi-billion-dollar backlog of arms to Taiwan remains, officials say they are exploring ways to speed deliveries. Lawmakers also debated the balance between congressiona…
A loud explosion-like sound, a bright fireball and visible white streaks across the sky that were observed from Pennsylvania to Ohio - and reportedly as far away as Virginia and Canada - are consistent with a meteor entering the atmosphere and likely depositing fragments near Cleveland. The National Weather Service and researchers said early report…
As U.S. and Israeli air strikes continue to batter Tehran, Iranian rescue workers from the Red Crescent are operating under the constant threat of secondary attacks and severe psychological strain. Teams report multiple daily call-outs, harrowing recoveries of children’s bodies, and growing stress-related symptoms among volunteers. More than 1,300 …
The UK government has begun an investigation into an unauthorized disclosure about a classified national security meeting that discussed a U.S. request to use British military facilities early in the Iran conflict. The leak outlined internal divisions among senior ministers over the initial request, and officials warned the leak risks harming intel…
Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official who directed forceful interior immigration sweeps in major U.S. cities, is set to retire at the end of March. His tenure drew public criticism and legal challenges after masked agents clashed with residents and the operation around Minneapolis preceded two fatal shootings. Federal officials say Bovino…
A senior U.S. defense official reported that 157 alleged members or affiliates of drug organizations have been killed in 45 strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels across the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Officials say 47 vessels were destroyed and that the operations have reduced maritime drug traffic by roughly one-fifth to one-quarter in …
A United Nations human rights report covering the 12 months to Oct. 31, 2025, says more than 36,000 Palestinians in the West Bank were forcibly displaced amid accelerated Israeli settlement expansion and increased settler violence. The report cites U.N. regional monitoring, government sources and NGOs, and warns the pattern of displacement could am…
A compact Ukrainian quadcopter interceptor developed by private firm Wild Hornets has emerged as an inexpensive, fast-moving counter to Russian Shahed drones. Capable of high speed and designed for pilots familiar with first-person-view racing drones, the STING has seen mass production and operational use in Ukraine and is attracting inquiries from…
A U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found that two Egyptian migrant workers executed in Saudi Arabia on drug charges were detained unlawfully and denied fair trials. The panel described the sentences as indefensible and the executions as inexcusable, urged Riyadh to compensate the families and return the bodies, and recommended reinstating …
EU lawmakers will hold a trade committee vote on Thursday to move forward legislation implementing elements of an EU-US trade agreement. The proposals would lift EU import duties on U.S. industrial goods, expand access for U.S. agricultural products and maintain zero tariffs on U.S. lobster. The move follows earlier suspensions tied to concerns tha…
The Damascus governorate has issued a decree banning alcohol sales in restaurants and bars across the city, requiring nightclub and bar licences to be converted to café licences and restricting alcohol sales to sealed bottles for takeaway only in predominantly Christian neighbourhoods. The order sets distance rules from places of worship, schools a…
