US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Operation Economic Outcast: Will US Secondary Sanctions Force China and Other Major Iran Trade Partners to Sever Economic Ties With Tehran?

The United States is escalating its economic campaign against Iran, threatening countries, banks, shipping companies and other entities that continue to maintain commercial ties with Tehran as Washington seeks to cut off the Iranian regime’s remaining financial lifelines. The campaign,...
Strait of Hormuz

US Petroleum Buffer Falls to 41 Days as Hormuz Disruption, Emergency Releases and Exports Strain Energy Security

The United States’ combined commercial crude oil inventories and Strategic Petroleum Reserve have fallen to a level equivalent to roughly 41 days of refinery supply, leaving the world’s largest oil producer with its thinnest combined petroleum cushion in four to...
Russia attack on Ukraine

Ukraine’s Drone War Deepens as Strikes Kill at Least 10 Across Russia and Occupied Territories

Ukraine launched a major wave of drone attacks against targets across Russia and Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, killing at least 10 people and damaging industrial, energy and transport infrastructure, according to Russian officials and Ukrainian military authorities. The attacks, reported...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detain

US judge strikes down Trump’s 75-country visa ban

A US federal judge has struck down a government ban on visas to nationals from 75 countries who wish to settle in the country indefinitely, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. In a ruling issued on Friday...
CANADA BRIDGE

Canada-US Trade Rift Deepens as Carney Rejects ‘Bad Deal’ and Announces Retaliatory Tariffs

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced retaliatory tariffs against the United States after trade negotiations between the two longtime allies collapsed, escalating an already damaging economic dispute and raising fresh concerns about the future of North American trade relations....
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

US Signals Toughest-Ever Iran Sanctions as Trump Threatens Countries Supporting Tehran and Oil Markets Brace for Further Disruption

The United States is preparing to impose what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described as the “toughest sanctions in history” on Iran, intensifying Washington’s economic campaign against Tehran as the administration signals that financial pressure could reduce the need for another...
US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby

US ‘Digging In’ Across Indo-Pacific, Not Retreating From Asia, Pentagon Says as Allies Urged to Boost Defence

The United States has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to the Indo-Pacific, dismissing concerns that Washington is scaling back its role in Asia while urging regional allies to take on greater responsibility for their own defence amid growing geopolitical competition. Speaking...
Migrants, some of them minors, queue to receive food staples from local NGO Media Luna Blanca

Spain Imposes Border Checks on Italian Travellers in Tit-for-Tat Response to Rome’s Controls Following Ceuta Migrant Surge

Spain on Saturday (Aug 8) started border checks on travellers arriving from Italy, responding to similar measures Rome imposed following a massive migrant rush into the Spanish north African enclave of Ceuta. "I don't see a lot of the word...
Ukraine War

Russia’s ‘Black Widow’ Scam: Families of Fallen Soldiers Battle Fraud as War Death Benefits Become Target of Marriage Schemes

When 37-year-old Maria learned that her 59-year-old father, Yuri, had been killed while fighting in Ukraine, she expected grief. Instead, she was confronted with a second, equally devastating shock: her father had secretly married a woman she had never heard...
Russian Missile and Drone Barrage Devastates Kyiv

Russian Missile and Drone Barrage Devastates Kyiv, Killing 27 in Deadliest Attack on Capital This Year

Russia launched one of its largest aerial assaults of the war overnight, firing hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, in a devastating attack that killed at least 27 people, injured 91 others, and left widespread...
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