Global events and international developments affecting markets.
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The Director’s Initiatives Group (DIG), a unit created to tackle high-priority projects and alleged politicization within U.S. intelligence agencies, has been wound down and its personnel reassigned across the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The move follows congressional scrutiny, missed reporting deadlines, and allegations…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with top military commanders to address deficiencies in air defence and review how local authorities are handling damage from Russian attacks, including widespread loss of power and heating. He announced structural changes to small air defence units, urged Western partners for more weapons to counter miss…
A recently disclosed 2019 FBI interview summary and other Justice Department documents have renewed scrutiny of former associations with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The FBI summary recounts a 2006 phone call in which President Donald Trump allegedly told the then-Palm Beach police chief that "everyone has known he’s been doing this," an…
A Texas property developer will pay $68 million to resolve a civil rights lawsuit that alleged it sold unaffordable loans for flood-prone land to Hispanic buyers. The settlement directs $48 million to infrastructure and $20 million toward legal compliance and local law enforcement funding, including funding for delegated immigration enforcement aut…
Federal and local law enforcement released photos and video showing a masked individual wearing gloves, a backpack and what appears to be a gun holster at the front door of Nancy Guthrie. The footage, recovered from a Google Nest doorbell camera, shows the person gathering foliage and seeming to obstruct and damage the device in the early hours of …
Analysis of satellite photographs reveals that Patriot missile systems at al-Udeid air base in Qatar were mounted on heavy tactical trucks in early February, a configuration that increases their mobility. The imagery, compared with photographs from January, shows greater concentrations of aircraft and equipment across multiple U.S. bases in the Mid…
Norway's parliamentary oversight committee has unanimously approved a rare external investigation into alleged links between the foreign ministry and Jeffrey Epstein, after newly released U.S. files revealed further connections between the late U.S. sex offender and prominent figures across Europe. Separate police inquiries are under way into forme…
China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Beijing and New Delhi should regard one another as partners rather than rivals, following a strategic dialogue in New Delhi between Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu and India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri. The ministry said both sides agreed to boost trust, broaden cooperation, and properly ha…
Uganda’s Information Minister has denounced a recent military operation at the home of opposition figure Bobi Wine, saying the politician committed no crime and may return to his residence. The incident, which reportedly left Wine’s wife hospitalized, has generated contradictory accounts from the army chief and prompted a pledge of investigation fr…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared he will not abandon the mandate to change the country as criticism grows over his appointment of Peter Mandelson, described in reports as a former ambassador to the United States. Starmer repeated a series of pledges to the public and sought to frame the main political struggle as being against right win…
At Cortina d'Ampezzo on Feb 10, Austria's Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber captured Olympic gold in the women's team combined event, edging out Germany by 0.05 seconds. The United States' favored pair, Breezy Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin, finished fourth, missing a medal by 0.06 seconds after Shiffrin placed 15th in the slalom leg on the Olimpia …
President Sadyr Japarov has issued decrees dismissing Kamchybek Tashiev from his posts as head of the State Committee for National Security and as deputy prime minister. The move includes the removal of several senior security officials, an appointment of an acting security chief pending parliamentary confirmation, and comes as Kyrgyzstan faces int…
Israeli strikes and gunfire killed five Palestinians across Gaza on Tuesday, according to health officials and medics, marking fresh violence that has further weakened a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Attacks occurred in central, southern and northern Gaza, and followed a separate clash in Rafah a day earlier that left four militants dead. The flare-up h…
A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader held lengthy meetings in Oman aimed at advancing talks with the United States, as both sides prepare to resume diplomacy despite persistent disputes over Iran’s missile programme and enriched uranium stockpiles. Omani mediation last week allowed Tehran to test Washington’s seriousness, Iranian officials sai…
After nearly two years away, Eatedal Rayyan and her three children returned from Egypt to Gaza through the limited reopening of the Rafah crossing. The reunion with her husband in Khan Younis was joyful but sharply tempered by the devastation they found: demolished neighborhoods, no electricity and plans to live in a tent. The narrow resumption of …
Federal immigration officers across parts of the United States have increasingly detained and charged people who follow them in vehicles, using a wide-ranging federal statute that criminalizes obstructing or assaulting officers. Court records show a marked rise in prosecutions under Title 18, Section 111 since the start of recent city-focused immig…
A group of about two dozen Buddhist monks wrapped in burnt-orange robes are set to conclude a 2,300-mile Walk for Peace in Washington, D.C., after a journey that began in Texas more than three months ago. The pilgrimage, intended to promote peace, loving kindness and compassion, passed through nine states, attracted widespread public and online sup…
An informal peace deal struck last September between leaders of Doma town in Katsina state and a local armed group unraveled when the same gang returned on February 3, killing at least 21 people. The agreement—intended to halt raids and allow farmers to resume cultivating land—had included commitments to release kidnapped villagers and restrictions…
The European Union is considering revisions to the system that currently grants some free CO2 permits to industries, as part of a broader redesign of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System (ETS). An internal presentation lays out three potential approaches: ending free permits in favor of phased permit purchases, tying free permits to low-carbon inves…
Brazilian diplomats are conducting a detailed review of a trade package announced between the United States and Argentina to determine whether it breaches Mercosur rules limiting bilateral concessions. Officials and three sources with direct knowledge say the document appears to exceed the 150-item exceptions Argentina was granted last year, and co…
Estonia's foreign intelligence service reports that Russia is rapidly rebuilding its military capacity in response to European rearmament, increasing ammunition production and preparing capabilities that could delay Europe's ability to act independently. The service says Moscow does not intend to attack a NATO state this year or next, but is prepar…
Iran's foreign ministry said compact talks held in Muscat with U.S. diplomats enabled Tehran to assess Washington's seriousness and revealed sufficient agreement to keep diplomatic channels open. The meetings, conducted through Omani mediators last week, followed U.S. positioning of a naval flotilla in the region that had heightened concerns about …
Less than two months after arriving from a long self-imposed exile in London, Tarique Rahman stands poised to win a pivotal Bangladeshi election and possibly become prime minister. The 60-year-old son of two of the country’s most prominent political figures has laid out pledges to diversify the economy beyond garments, expand aid for poor families,…
Multiple sources, satellite imagery and internal Ethiopian security documents indicate that a sizable training camp was created in western Ethiopia to prepare fighters for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in neighboring Sudan. The site, located in Benishangul-Gumuz near the Sudanese border, shows construction activity beginning in April and accelerat…
Pop singer Chappell Roan announced she is no longer represented by the talent agency headed by Casey Wasserman, following publication of flirtatious email exchanges between Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell that date to 2003. Wasserman has apologized for the communications and denied any personal or business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein; Roan sa…
