Brent crude oil topped $70 a barrel Thursday for the first time since September as US President Donald Trump ramped up geopolitical tensions by threatening military strikes on Iran.
The Kremlin said on Thursday there was still room for negotiations in the standoff between ally Tehran and Washington, after US President Donald Trump threatened new military strikes on Iran.
Clashes between federal and Tigrayan forces have erupted in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, prompting the suspension of flights, security and diplomatic sources told AFP on Thursday.
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer told China’s leader Xi Jinping it is “vital” to develop the relationship between their two countries, as the leaders met in Beijing on Thursday.
President Donald Trump’s contentious deployments of troops in multiple US cities cost nearly $500 million in 2025, according to an estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published Wednesday.
The United States may join new talks this week between warring foes Russia and Ukraine, with territory the remaining but major point of contention, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday a standoff with the United States over Greenland was “a strategic wake-up call for all of Europe”, speaking alongside the leaders of Denmark and the Danish autonomous territory.
Iraq’s main candidate for the premiership, Nouri al-Maliki, on Wednesday denounced Washington’s “blatant interference”, after President Donald Trump warned that he would end all support to the country if Maliki took the post.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the death of an American man at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis as “concerning” on Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump appeared on Wednesday to threaten another attack on Iran if it does not “make a deal” on nuclear weapons, after Tehran rejected talks.
