Somali pirates have hijacked an Iranian fishing vessel carrying 21 Iranian fishermen and two Somali security guards in waters off the northeastern coast of Somalia, according to the European Union’s Maritime Security
India is demanding over $30 billion in compensation from Reliance Industries and BP in an arbitration case over gas the companies allegedly failed to produce from offshore fields, Reuters has reported for
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Pyongyang said on December 29 that it conducted a long-range strategic cruise missile launching drill a day earlier in the West Sea of Korea, with leader Kim Jong Un personally overseeing the
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The Presidential Office in Taiwan today condemned China’s latest military actions as destabilizing, after the Chinese military deployed army, navy, air force and rocket force units around Taiwan as part of its
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Elon Musk has alleged that taxpayer money is being routinely misused through so-called nonprofit organizations, claiming that politicians and bureaucrats are channeling public funds into entities that face little oversight and accountability.
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Open-source intelligence analysts say a significant number of U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles fired into northern Nigeria on December 25 failed to explode, raising questions about both the operation and the reliability of
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Britain carried out a covert, systematic effort to destroy or conceal evidence of colonial-era atrocities as its empire moved toward independence in the 1950s, according to historical records and court findings that
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Commercial satellite imagery analyzed by open-source intelligence investigators shows a significant expansion of military infrastructure at and around the Berbera air base in Somaliland over the past three months, underscoring the territory’s
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Japan’s demographic crisis is deepening faster than expected, with the number of births this year on track to fall below even the government’s most pessimistic projections. According to analysis reported by the
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to place a draft 20-point peace framework at the centre of high-stakes talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday, in what could become
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A student-led political party that emerged from the protest movement which ousted Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has struck an electoral alliance with Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami, a move that has sparked
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Requests by Israeli employees to relocate abroad have surged over the past year at multinational companies operating in Israel, reflecting growing unease triggered by the country’s two-year war with Palestinian militant group
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As companies sketch out plans for 2026, one message is becoming clear: they don’t intend to hire. According to reporting by the Wall Street Journal, large employers are preparing to hold their
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Top psychiatrists are increasingly raising alarms that extended use of artificial-intelligence chatbots may be linked to cases of psychosis, according to reporting by the Wall Street Journal. Over the past nine months,
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A recently disclosed Justice Department document references Great St. James, the sprawling 67-hectare (165-acre) Caribbean island tied to Jeffrey Epstein, raising questions about why the FBI reportedly did not investigate the property
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China has stepped up the modernization of its secret nuclear facilities, according to a report by The Washington Post citing satellite imagery and expert assessments. The upgrades are part of Beijing’s efforts
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