British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday that more than a dozen countries were ready to contribute assets to a defensive mission aimed at restoring the freedom of
April 17, 2026
More than a dozen countries said on Friday they were willing to join an international mission to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz when
April 17, 2026
The small Balkan nation of Kosovo says it wants to commit dozens of its security troops to an international force for Gaza because it appreciates what NATO-led peacekeepers have done for its own security since the 1998-99 war with Serbia
April 17, 2026
By Lili Bayer and Feras Dalatey BRUSSELS/DAMASCUS, April 17 - The European Union plans to deepen its engagement with Syria by relaunching formal political contacts and paving the way for closer
April 17, 2026
NATO member Estonia has no doubt that the United States would help defend it if Russia attacks, its defence minister told Reuters, while warning that
April 17, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Markets slipped into TGIF mood as the possibility of a deal between the U.S. and Iran lifted hopes and kept oil below $100 a
April 17, 2026
President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged countries that did not help in the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran to buy American oil and go to the Strait of Hormuz and "just
March 31, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed migration and closer cooperation on returns, border security and tackling people smuggling networks in a meeting with Syrian
March 31, 2026
Italy last week denied permission for U.S. military aircraft to land at the Sigonella air base in Sicily before heading to the Middle East, sources said on
March 31, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that U.S. plans to unfurl regime change in Iran and Venezuela were aimed at gaining more control over oil and gas
March 31, 2026
Germany's leading economic institutes cut their economic growth forecasts for this year and next and sharply raised their inflation forecasts in response to the Iran
March 31, 2026
Israel's decision to pass a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks is 'very concerning' for the
March 31, 2026
The Trump administration said on Thursday it was attempting to deport an Iranian academic and media commentator, who it alleged had lied on his visa
April 17, 2026
France and Italy have pushed back against some U.S.-Israeli military operations, sources said on Tuesday, as U.S.
March 31, 2026
Israel will destroy all homes in Lebanese villages near the border and 600,000 people who fled the south will not be allowed home until northern Israel
March 31, 2026
Israeli strikes killed at least six people in the Gaza Strip in separate attacks on Tuesday, health officials said, in the latest violence overshadowing a fragile five-
March 31, 2026
The U.N. rights chief on Tuesday urged Israel to repeal a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks,
March 31, 2026
Lebanon is preparing for the possibility that hundreds of thousands displaced by Israeli strikes and evacuation orders will not return home
March 31, 2026
The widening Iran conflict has led to airstrikes on infrastructure across the Middle East and threats to target oil facilities, electricity
March 31, 2026
Pope Leo urged U.S.
April 01, 2026
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Tuesday that his country will stay out of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran unless Syria is subject to aggression and has no diplomatic
April 01, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined on Tuesday to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to NATO's collective defense, saying that would be up to President
March 31, 2026
The Trump administration is organizing an international summit focused on countering the left-wing movement antifa
March 31, 2026
China and Pakistan on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gulf and the wider Middle East, urging the swift launch of peace talks and the restoration of normal
March 31, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. could end its military campaign against Iran within two to three weeks.
April 01, 2026
Palestinians in
March 31, 2026
French manufacturing activity showed little sign of expansion in March, a monthly business survey showed on Wednesday, as the impact of the U.S-Israeli-led war on Iran
April 01, 2026
Indonesia has called on the United Nations to investigate the the deaths of three of its UNIFIL peacekeepers following Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, a
April 01, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that the global instability caused by the Iran war means Britain should pivot to focusing
April 01, 2026
Hezbollah said on Thursday that the presence of Israeli troops on Lebanese territory would grant Lebanon and its people "the right to resist," adding in its first comment
April 16, 2026
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed on Thursday a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, announced by U.S.
April 16, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Thursday after announcing a 10-day Lebanon-Israel ceasefire that leaders of the two countries could meet at the White House over the
April 17, 2026
U.S.
April 17, 2026
France hit back on Wednesday at threats by President Donald Trump to pull the U.S. out of NATO, saying the military alliance was designed to ensure security in
April 01, 2026
France suspects a pro-Iranian group known as HAYI to be behind a foiled attack on Bank of America's Paris offices, its anti-terrorism
April 01, 2026
Iran has asked the United States for a ceasefire, President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, adding Washington would consider this once the Strait
April 01, 2026
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a letter addressed to the American people that his country harbors no enmity towards ordinary Americans, Press TV reported on Wednesday.
April 02, 2026
China will at one point have to engage more directly on how to restore oil traffic flows in the Strait of Hormuz because the number of vessels it has going through is
April 01, 2026
Tensions between the United States and NATO allies flared up as President Donald Trump said he was considering pulling the U.S.
April 01, 2026
Bahrain's effort to secure a U.N. resolution to authorise "all necessary means" to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz
April 01, 2026
President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to pull the United States out of NATO due to its European members' refusal to send ships to unblock
April 02, 2026
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will visit Washington next week for what a spokesperson for the military alliance called
April 02, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Washington will strike Iran "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks and hit the country into the "Stone Ages."
April 02, 2026
The U.S. military has widened its efforts beyond the blockade of Iran’s ports
April 16, 2026
Russia is ready to contribute to resolving the Iran conflict and President Vladimir Putin is continuing to talk with regional leaders, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
April 02, 2026
Iran's operational headquarters must monitor "enemy movements with utmost pessimism and accuracy" and be ready to counter any method of attack, the country's army commander-
April 02, 2026
Eight Muslim-majority countries "strongly condemned" Israel's move to pass a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military
April 02, 2026
The House has rejected a resolution requiring President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from the war with Iran unless Congress authorizes military action
April 16, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday it would be unrealistic to launch a military operation to force open the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S.
April 02, 2026
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'Find the right people': Usain Bolt's advice to sprint sensation Gout Gout
Teen sprint sensation Gout Gout just eclipsed one of Usain Bolt’s records. The Jamaican icon has this advice for him.