Global events and international developments affecting markets.
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An Australian woman who returned from a Syrian refugee camp in September has been charged with joining Islamic State and entering and remaining in a declared conflict zone, authorities said. The 34-year-old traveled to Syria in 2013-2014, was detained by Kurdish forces in 2019 and held at Al-Hawl camp, and was flown back to Australia from Lebanon w…
In Pykany village, Chief Megaron Txucarramae, a longtime Kayapo leader, says he will continue the advocacy of his uncle and mentor, Chief Raoni Metuktire, as the elder recovers from recent hospital stays. The pledge comes as the Amazon faces mounting threats from land conversion, illegal mining and extreme weather, and as Brazil’s political landsca…
The U.S. Justice Department has initiated a criminal investigation into writer E. Jean Carroll to determine whether she committed perjury in testimony tied to two civil lawsuits she won against Donald Trump, a source familiar with the matter said. The probe, led by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago, centers on statements Carroll made in a 2022 …
A new 156-page assessment from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) warns that a confrontation between the United States and China over Taiwan could escalate to the nuclear level. The report highlights the likelihood of wide-ranging operations against command, control, communications and intelligence nodes, notes rapid expansion…
The U.S. Treasury has re-listed Francesca Albanese, a U.N. expert focused on the Palestinian territories, as a sanctioned individual after an appellate court issued an administrative stay of a lower-court injunction that had temporarily removed the designation. The sanctions, first imposed in July 2025, were halted earlier in May by a federal judge…
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro held meetings in Washington this week with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and met President Donald Trump, following disclosures that he requested funds from a jailed banker to finance a film about his father. Bolsonaro has denied wrongdoing. The conversations covered fighting organize…
Canada says it has reached what it calls its first liquefied natural gas supply agreement with a European buyer after state-owned German energy firm SEFE signaled intent to purchase 1 million metric tons per year from the proposed Ksi Lisims export project in British Columbia. The arrangement is non-binding and depends on a sales and purchase agree…
Dozens of Palestinians carried the body of a senior Hamas armed wing commander through Gaza City after Israeli forces said they killed him in a targeted strike. The operation, which Israel says is part of efforts to degrade Hamas’ leadership, occurred amid ongoing U.S.-brokered indirect talks and continued Israeli strikes in Gaza following an Octob…
Russia's U.N. ambassador said the United States did not issue a visa to Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov to attend a Security Council meeting chaired by China, characterizing the decision as a violation of the U.N. Headquarters Agreement. A U.N. diplomat also reported that Iran's foreign minister faced a similar apparent denial, while U.S. …
The attorneys general of New York and New Jersey have issued a subpoena to FIFA seeking information about ticketing practices for eight 2026 World Cup matches to be held in New Jersey, including the July 19 final. The action follows media reports and consumer complaints that some buyers who paid for Category 1 seats were assigned seats located in C…
The U.S. Trade Representative's office said the Trump administration will start a sequence of three negotiating rounds with Mexico to revise the North American trade arrangement. The initial talks, led by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeffrey Goettman, will take place in Mexico City and focus on economic security and rules of origin for importan…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told President Donald Trump at a cabinet meeting that the United States must prevent any Ebola cases from entering the country as an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has produced a suspected 220 deaths and 900 cases. U.S. agencies including the Centers for Disease Control have implemented entry restric…
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has written to U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. Congress asking for assistance to protect Ukraine’s skies, requesting Patriot systems and interceptor missiles. The appeal follows a major Russian missile strike in which Kyiv’s air defences were unable to intercept a significant number of ballistic missiles, and …
The U.S. has extended deportation relief and work authorization for Lebanese nationals under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for six months, allowing covered individuals to live and work legally through November 27. The Department of Homeland Security said Secretary Markwayne Mullin has not had adequate time to complete a review of Lebanon's desig…
SummaryIranian state television reported that Tehran would restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz to pre-war levels within a month if a memorandum of understanding negotiated with the United States included withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iran's vicinity and an end to a U.S. naval blockade. The broadcast said it had obtained an unofficial dra…
The U.N. human rights office says roughly one-third of verified Palestinian deaths since the October truce occurred in areas close to the military armistice boundary Israel has marked on the ground. The office warned that available information raises serious concerns that civilians may be being shot for merely approaching the boundary, actions that…
Survivors of a three-day paramilitary offensive that culminated in the Rapid Support Forces taking al-Fashir have arrived in Tine on the Chad-Sudan border with accounts of killings, captivity, beatings and theft. The formerly populous, famine-stricken city had been under siege for 18 months before the RSF’s final push. Witnesses and survivors provi…
Iranian authorities have moved to reopen international internet access following a near-90-day blackout that began amid nationwide unrest and later resumed after the start of U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran. Citizens and businesses celebrated online as social platforms flickered back to life, while officials and internet monitors warned that …
A rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, driven by the Bundibugyo strain for which no vaccine or specific therapy exists, has already caused hundreds of suspected deaths and cases and spilled into Uganda. Health officials say the pace of new infections is outstripping the response, with only a small fraction of identi…
A German court in Verden sentenced Daniela Klette to 13 years in prison for a sequence of armed robberies, concluding a case that began with her arrest in 2024 after decades spent in hiding. Klette, identified by police as a former member of the Red Army Faction, was located when an investigative journalist used facial recognition to uncover her as…
Canada announced a 90-day ban on entry by residents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan to lower the risk of Ebola entering and spreading domestically, while the Bahamas imposed immediate 30-day entry restrictions and enhanced health checks. The World Health Organization has raised the risk level for the Bundibugyo strai…
The Philippines has established an independent, civilian-led Truth and Reconciliation Commission chaired by former International Criminal Court judge Raul Pangalangan to investigate killings linked to the country’s controversial 'war on drugs'. The panel aims to create a credible public record of alleged extrajudicial killings, gather evidence for …
Brigadier General Andriy Biletsky, commander of Ukraine’s Third Army Corps, says Ukraine has a critical six- to nine-month period - with the next six months most decisive - to regain initiative from Russian forces. He describes Moscow’s army as exhausted and argues Ukraine can force Russia from remaining parts of Donetsk through sustained pressure,…
Norway's competition authority has launched a preliminary inquiry into the country's banking sector, requesting information from banks and other stakeholders to assess how competitive the market is and whether restrictions are present. Fourteen banks have been asked to provide data as part of the review. The authority noted that stronger competitio…
Israel announced that Mohammad Odeh, described by Israeli leaders as Hamas’s newly appointed armed wing chief, was killed in a strike in Gaza. Family and health officials reported civilian casualties in the same attack. The announcement comes amid expanded Israeli operations in Lebanon and heightened military activity in the West Bank, while indire…
