Global events and international developments affecting markets.
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U.S. law enforcement has raised its alert level as the Iran war enters its third week, but two seemingly independent attacks in Michigan and Virginia on the same day highlighted how difficult it is to detect and prevent self-directed retaliatory violence. One incident involved a Lebanon-born man who drove an explosives-laden truck into Temple Israe…
The U.S. State Department is offering up to $10 million for information on 10 senior Iranian military and intelligence figures, including the newly named Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. The list focuses on officials connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which Washington has designated a foreign terrorist organizatio…
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington after earlier discussions with Vice President JD Vance about the passage of a bill enabling Seoul to implement a $350 billion investment commitment in the United States. South Korean officials confirmed the meeting but provided no further details; the White …
Kaillie Humphries, the 40-year-old bobsledder who switched from competing for Canada to the United States in 2019, presented President Donald Trump with the Order of Ikkos at a White House event honoring women. Humphries praised Trump for policies she said support biological women in sport and expand access to IVF. Video of the presentation circula…
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed three Palestinians, including two 17-year-olds, according to Palestinian medics, as hostilities continued across the occupied territories and neighboring states. Violence has persisted in the West Bank and Lebanon alongside an expansion of Israeli operations in the region following recent joint U.S.-Israeli strik…
The U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn has moved to dismiss the convictions of Hernan Lopez, a former Fox International Channels chief executive, and Argentine sports marketer Full Play Group, saying the Department of Justice will not continue to commit resources to prosecuting these two defendants. The decision follows an earlier Justice Department motion …
Israeli forces have entered a new phase of operations directed at Iranian checkpoints staffed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to a source familiar with Israel's military approach. The strikes, carried out in coordination with the United States, relied in part on intelligence from informants on the ground to identify multiple che…
Exceptional Minds, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit vocational academy and visual effects studio for adults on the autism spectrum, provides multi-year training and studio experience that has led alumni to work on major films and television shows. The program combines technical VFX and animation instruction with workplace social skills coaching, and p…
The Cuban government said it is coordinating with U.S. authorities, including an anticipated FBI team, to investigate a Feb. 25 speedboat incursion by 10 Cuban exiles that resulted in a gunbattle with Cuban forces and the deaths of five of the alleged infiltrators. The episode has unfolded amid strained U.S.-Cuban relations and a U.S. oil restricti…
A new United Nations secretary-general will be chosen this year to begin a five-year term on January 1, 2027. Member states have nominated several candidates, and the Security Council will use secret straw polls to recommend one candidate to the General Assembly. The process includes newly adopted transparency measures, but ultimate selection depen…
Paraguayan anti-narcotics authorities reported that Sebastian Marset, a suspected leader of the First Uruguayan Cartel and listed among U.S. drug enforcement priorities, was arrested in Bolivia. Marset faces organized crime charges in Paraguay and Bolivia linked to cocaine trafficking to Europe, and was indicted in the United States on money launde…
Lebanon’s recent offer to begin direct negotiations with Israel has not received a positive response, according to multiple sources. President Joseph Aoun signaled willingness to appoint a negotiating team and even discussed the possibility of normalizing relations, but Israeli officials and some U.S. interlocutors have treated the move as too late…
Images and consumer products bearing Mexico’s Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch have proliferated across markets and e-commerce platforms since the February 22 raid that killed cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, known as El Mencho. The minister, 44, has been turned into blankets, plush toys, cardboard cutouts and dolls—some shirtless, some dressed…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrives in Paris seeking renewed support from a key Western ally as the conflict between Iran and Gulf states shifts attention and military resources away from Ukraine's fight with Russia. Kyiv warns of an acute shortage of air-defence missiles, while EU financing for weapons purchases remains unresolved.
World Liberty Financial has introduced a tiered staking program that gives investors who lock roughly $5 million of WLFI tokens for six months a privileged role labeled "Super Nodes," including what the firm described as guaranteed or preferential access to its business development team. The proposal, which the company says won overwhelming support…
Esi Sharon-Sagie, a dentist who has volunteered with Israeli police since 2010, is once more engaged in forensic identification after a wave of violence following a U.S.-Israel air assault in Iran. Called to the scene of an Iranian missile strike on Beit Shemesh on March 1, she is applying dental forensics to identify victims whose remains cannot b…
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told the Financial Times that the United States wants to divide Europe and does not favor the European Union. Speaking amid ongoing turbulence in transatlantic relations, she said U.S. tactics mirror those used by the bloc's adversaries and urged EU countries to engage the U.S. collectively rather tha…
An explosion was heard overnight close to the Incirlik military installation in southern Turkey, where U.S. forces and personnel from other countries are based. Footage circulating on social media showed a projectile in the night sky and reports of shaken windows; Turkish authorities have not provided an official explanation. The incident comes aft…
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel will make a rare media appearance on Friday at 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 GMT), the government said. The address comes as Cuba grapples with a severe economic crisis, frequent power outages and fuel shortages, and as U.S. President Donald Trump has increased pressure through an oil blockade and public statements about hig…
Japan plans to notify the United States next week of its intention to participate in the "Golden Dome" missile defense initiative and expects Washington may request help producing missiles, according to two government sources. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to make the announcement during a leaders' summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in …
India will delay signing an interim trade deal with the United States for several months after new U.S. investigations and shifting tariff policy undermined a previously agreed timeline. New Delhi had anticipated a March signing following an early February understanding with Washington but is adopting a cautious, wait-and-see stance as a Section 30…
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has accused the United States of wanting to 'divide Europe' and of disliking the EU, saying member states should respond to Washington together rather than bilaterally. Her remarks come as the Trump administration opens trade investigations into the EU and several other countries and after recent lega…
A substantial U.S. weapons package for Taiwan, centered on advanced interceptor and air-defense systems and valued at about $14 billion, is prepared for presidential approval and may be announced after a planned trip to China. Sources familiar with the discussions say the move - the largest arms sale to Taiwan on record - has been kept confidential…
Cuba's foreign ministry announced that 51 people sentenced to imprisonment will be released in the coming days under an agreement with the Vatican. The move follows a meeting between Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and Pope Leo at the Vatican and comes amid reported pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump. The ministry said the individuals have …
As fighting in the Middle East approaches two weeks, leaders in Iran, Israel and the United States have publicly affirmed they will continue military operations. The conflict has produced thousands of casualties, displaced millions, disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and pushed oil prices significantly higher while rattling global fina…
