South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday that Seoul would not deploy military assets to the Middle East in a way that could draw the country into war, while acknowledging
China has expelled nine senior military officials, including General He Weidong, the vice chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission, from the Communist Party in a sweeping anti-corruption move. The officials, accused
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy departed the White House on Friday without securing an agreement for the supply of Tomahawk long-range missiles to Ukraine. The meeting with US President Donald Trump followed weeks of signals
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US President Donald Trump revealed on Friday that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had offered “everything” to Washington in order to avert growing military pressure from the United States. Speaking to reporters during
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The Department of Money Laundering Investigation in Nepal has launched a sweeping inquiry into the assets of three former prime ministers and two former ministers over allegations of illegally amassing wealth through
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The number of displaced people in Haiti has reached an unprecedented 1.4 million, marking a 36% increase since 2024, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported. The UN agency described the figure
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Russian forces may have tested an upgraded glide bomb able to hit targets as far as 150 kilometers, according to the military-focused Telegram channel Voyenny Obozrevatel. Standard Russian glide bombs are typically
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China’s aggressive move to impose unprecedented export controls on rare-earth minerals has triggered an international response, highlighting the growing friction between Beijing and major global economies, according to Bloomberg. The restrictions, which
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Early on Wednesday, Mahmoud ventured from the ruins of Nuseirat in central Gaza to a makeshift market that had emerged amid the devastation of war. By 6 a.m., masked men carrying guns
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North Korea marked the 80th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea with a spectacle that seemed more influenced by K-pop than traditional socialist pageantry, according to a report in The Times
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled that Washington could extend a pause on tariffs on Chinese goods beyond the current three-month window if Beijing agrees to halt its planned export restrictions on
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A fishing vessel carrying 170 migrants came under fire from a Libyan militia on Sunday, highlighting the growing risks faced by migrants attempting to reach Europe. The attack, reported by Times UK,
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Thailand has accused Cambodia of planting new anti-personnel landmines along their shared border, following a July 16 incident in which Thai Second Lieutenant Baramee Sricha’s patrol triggered a mine that severed a
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Dozens of journalists covering the U.S. Defense Department vacated their offices at the Pentagon on Wednesday and returned their press credentials after refusing to sign a new Pentagon access policy, Reuters reports.
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Italy’s top court has blocked the extradition to Germany of Sergey Kuznetsov, a Ukrainian national suspected of orchestrating the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline sabotage. The Court of Cassation ruled in favor
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Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for an official visit to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Syrian Presidency announced. President al-Sharaa was received at Vnukovo International
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