DUBAI: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned on Wednesday that the Middle East war will extend beyond the region if the United States and Israel resume attacks on the Islamic republic. “If the aggression against Iran is repeated, the promised regional war will this time spread far beyond the region, a»»»

WASHINGTON: The US government will permanently drop tax claims against President Donald Trump, according to a settlement document made public Tuesday, in an extraordinary use of executive power that could effectively help shield the president from further examination of his finances and legal condu»»»

Taipei: Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said Wednesday that “foreign forces” cannot decide the future of the democratic island, which relies heavily on US security backing to deter a potential Chinese attack. Lai’s remarks came days after US President Donald Trump suggested arms sales to Taiwan co»»»

The body overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza will ask the United Nations Security Council to press the Hamas militant group to disarm, according to a report seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday. The report by the Board of Peace, an international body set up by U.S. President Donald Tr»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted gathering of Israeli soldiers and vehicles in the southern Lebanese village of Dibl with a salvo of ro»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance fighters fired a barrage of rockets targeting gathering of Israeli soldiers and vehicles in the southern Leb»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli news site Walla reports: The commander of the 401st Armored Brigade and several soldiers were wounded when a drone launched by Hezb»»»

The US dollar was steady near a six-week high on Wednesday as investors come to terms with the possible need for higher interest rates to tackle inflation due to the Iran war, pushing the Japanese yen back into the intervention zone. The uncertainty over when the Middle East war may end has weighed»»»

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China on Wednesday said it will buy 200 Boeing jets and seek an extension of a trade truce struck with the US that is set to expire this November. The statement marked Beijing's first confirmation of the Boeing order, though it did not elaborate on the types of planes China would buy. If finalized,»»»

Oana Toiu, the acting foreign minister, was asked at a press conference if there were concrete data about president Nicusor Dan's visit to the United States. “There is a clear decision between Romania and the United States about a meeting between the two presidents. As you know, president Donald Tr»»»

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Strasbourg, France: EU lawmakers and member states reached a deal in the early hours of Wednesday to implement the bloc’s nearly year-old trade pact with the United States, with President Donald Trump threatening new tariffs unless it is done by July 4. The 27-nation bloc struck an accord with Wash»»»

TAIPEI: Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday that if he got the opportunity to speak to US President Donald Trump he would say China was undermining peace and causing tensions in the region and that nobody has the right to “annex” the island. A conversation between the two presidents has»»»

SINGAPORE: Oil prices eased on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump ​again asserted the war with Iran will end “very quickly,” though investors remain wary about the outcome of peace talks ‌amid continued disruptions to Middle East supply from the conflict. Brent crude oil futures fell 88 cent»»»

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it was withdrawing some 5,000 troops from Europe. File Photo by Sgt. Stephen P. Perez/U.S. Army/UPI | License Photo May 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. military announced it is withdrawing thousands of troops from Europe and delaying the deployment of thousands »»»

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Doha, Qatar: Ambassador of People’s Republic of China to Qatar, H E Cao Xiaolin has said that Qatar-China relations are at their best in history, with enormous potentials and broad prospects for mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries. On regional tension, he said that the regiona»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Haaretz, citing Israeli military sources: We were surprised by Trump’s statements that he was hours away from launching an attack on Iran 2»»»

DUBAI: In the early stages of the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, officials explored a plan to reinstall former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to US sources qouted by the New York Times. The proposal, developed by the Israeli’s, included a high-risk strike intended to free Ahmadine»»»

Three crude oil supertankers bound for East Asia are reportedly attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, signaling a possible easing of one of the world’s most dangerous energy chokepoints. Bloomberg reported that a South Korean-flagged VLCC appears to be making a crossing through t»»»

BRUSSELS: NATO is not drawing up any plans for a potential mission in the Strait of Hormuz and would need a political decision to do so, its top commander said on Tuesday, amid suggestions by some members that the alliance could play a role there. Any decision to launch a mission would require the »»»

GENEVA: The body overseeing the US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza will ask the United Nations Security Council to press the Hamas militant group to disarm, according to a report seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday. The report by the Board of Peace, an international body set up by US President Donal»»»

Chinese leader Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday in a meeting meant to reaffirm ties and that takes place only days after a visit by US President Donald Trump to China. Xi welcomed Putin with a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People. The two delegations »»»

Two Chinese tankers laden with oil exited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, shipping data showed, brightening hopes that the US-Israeli conflict with Iran may soon be resolved after positive comments from the US president and his deputy. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the war would be over»»»

Mumbai: The stock markets opened with heavy selling pressure on Wednesday as the Indian rupee hit a fresh record low against the US dollar, while Brent crude oil prices continued to remain elevated amid global geopolitical tensions. The Nifty 50 index opened at 23,457.25, declining by 160.75 points»»»

1 of 2 | Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., conceded defeat Tuesday night to challenger Ed Gallrein, a candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo May 19 (UPI) -- Former Navy SEAL-turned-farmer Ed Gallrein defeated Donald Trump critic Rep. Thomas Massie in Ke»»»

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Rex Li, Research Affiliate of Lau China Institute and Professor of International Relations at the School of Global Affairs King's College London, says that Vladimir Putin has been "warmly welcomed by Chinese leaders" compared to Donald Trump, explaining that "Ru»»»

The US administration plans to inform later this week its European allies in NATO of reduced military support it is ready to provide if a conflict or another major crisis occurs, Reuters reported, citing sources. The decision will probably be announced at a meeting of defense policy chiefs in Bruss»»»

On the evening of 15 May, Israeli aircraft bombed a residential building in central Gaza City and a car that was driving away. It destroyed six apartments, killed at least eight people, and injured 45 others, according to Palestinian medical sources. Shortly after, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel »»»

EU lawmakers and member states reached a deal early on Wednesday to implement the bloc’s trade pact with the United States, ending months of wrangling over the accord as President Donald Trump threatened fresh tariffs unless it was approved by July 4. The compromise followed late-night negotiations»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, seeking to underline their unshakeable alliance in the wake of Donald Trump's visit to the Asian superpower economy. Trump had been received with pomp last week but left without major breakthroughs includin»»»

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia had a basic problem: having ignored investing into anything except military technology, the newly independent country found that nothing worked properly. All its technology and machinery was vastly inferior to their Western analogues. And it made no sense »»»

WASHINGTON: An Iranian citizen who holds permanent US residency has been released from prison in Iran and has returned to the United States, the State Department confirmed Tuesday. “The State Department happily welcomes the safe return of Shahab Dalili from his detention in Iran,” a department spok»»»

HEBRON, Kentucky: Kentucky US Rep. Thomas Massie lost his Republican House primary Tuesday in another test of President Donald Trump’s power over his party after he handpicked challenger and ultimate winner Ed Gallrein to oust the incumbent. The result showed the president’s persisting influence ov»»»

Share: Iran announced a new body to oversee the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, signalling tighter control over the strategic waterway after months of disruption linked to its war with the United States and Israel. Here is the lates on the Middle East war President Trump says he was “an hour away” from»»»

The US Internal Revenue Service will not pursue President Donald Trump, his family or the Trump Organisation for back taxes under an agreement announced by the Justice Department on Tuesday. Trump, his sons Eric and Donald Jr., and the Trump Organisation sued the IRS in January over leaked tax retu»»»

A 56-year-old woman died after falling into an open maintenance hole on a busy Midtown Manhattan street, New York police and utility officials said on Tuesday, as authorities investigated how the incident occurred. The woman fell into the hole after parking her SUV near Fifth Avenue and East 52nd S»»»

The government of Greenland has condemned an unofficial visit by a US doctor to assess the island’s healthcare system during an American diplomatic trip to Nuuk. The controversy comes amid US President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to take over the autonomous Danish territory. The four-day visit »»»

Washington DC: The Senate advanced a measure seeking to limit President Donald Trump’s authority to launch future military action against Iran without congressional approval, passing the procedural vote 50–47. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman broke with his party to oppose the measure, while four Rep»»»

BEIJING: China and Russia’s leaders are set to meet for a summit in Beijing on ​Wednesday featuring discussions on bilateral and international issues, capped by an intimate tete-a-tete between “old friends” over tea. Coming on the heels of US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Chinese capital, t»»»

For patients with needle phobia, the arrival of oral GLP-1 weight-loss medicines is not a shortcut. It is an opening. The UAE’s approval of Foundayo, alongside the availability of oral semaglutide under Rybelsus, changes the way we can speak to patients about obesity, diabetes, and metabolic health»»»

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the World Health Organisation (WHO), the UN body which President Donald Trump stopped funding, was "late" in identifying a deadly outbreak of Ebola. Asked by reporters how the United States would respond to the virus outbreak, Rubio said: "The lea»»»

The Department of Defense said Tuesday it was reducing the number of US troop brigades in Europe from four to three, taking the deployment back to 2021 levels, as Washington pressures the continent to do more for its own defense. The Pentagon "has reduced the total number of Brigade Combat Teams (B»»»

1 of 3 | U.S. Vice President JD Vance holds a press briefing Tuesday in the James S. Brady press briefing room at the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo by Samuel Corum/UPI | License Photo May 19 (UPI) -- Vice President JD Vance took questions from reporters Tuesday at a White House press briefi»»»

The US Senate has advanced a resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump’s authority to continue military operations against Iran without congressional approval or a debate on the rationale, cost, strategy, and clear end goal. The chamber voted 50-47 on Tuesday to take up the war powers reso»»»

Concerns grow after Trump-Xi summit that a Taiwan conflict could disrupt global semiconductor supplies and severely damage the U.S. economy President Donald J. Trump participates in a welcome ceremony with President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China, Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the Great »»»

WASHINGTON: The Senate advanced legislation Tuesday that seeks to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war, as a growing number of Republicans defied the president’s wishes. Since Trump ordered the attack on Iran at the end of February, Democrats have forced repeated votes on war »»»

A senior official from the administration of US President Donald Trump personally intervened to help former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, wanted by Warsaw on criminal charges, flee to the US, Reuters has reported. US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau instructed senior US State»»»

Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday defended the creation of a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate political allies of President Donald Trump who believe they were unfairly prosecuted under the Biden administration. Blanche, testifying before a Senate committee, came under repeate»»»