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Nepal is voting in a general election on Thursday, the first since mass youth-led protests last September that resulted in 77 deaths and the government's resignation. Nearly 19 million eligible voters will choose a 275-member legislature, with a surge of about one million mostly young voters added after the protests. The contest pits long-establish…
A CIA station located within the U.S. Embassy compound in Riyadh was struck on Monday by a drone suspected to be Iranian, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Saudi officials reported two drones hit the embassy, causing a limited fire and some material damage. U.S. diplomatic missions in the kingdom have warned Americans to avoid the …
Florida’s State University System will not hire new faculty on H-1B visas until January 5, 2027, following a directive from Governor Ron DeSantis and a vote by the Florida Board of Governors. The pause affects only new hires across the 12 public universities and follows previous policy moves targeting H-1B applicants at the federal level.
President Donald Trump offered his most comprehensive public rationale to date for U.S. participation in a wide-ranging military operation against Iran, characterizing the campaign as necessary to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles. The stated aims and schedule for the campaign have changed since air str…
U.S. federal prosecutors have been preparing a draft criminal indictment against Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez, focusing on alleged corruption and money laundering tied to state oil company PDVSA and covering activity from 2021 to 2025. At the same time U.S. officials have handed Rodriguez a list of at least seven individuals they w…
A top Pentagon research official told industry leaders that broad operational restrictions embedded in some commercial AI contracts could incapacitate U.S. military missions in real time, potentially stopping planning or execution if terms of service were seen to be violated. The remarks, delivered at a Washington security technology summit, came a…
When Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, a subset of Russian hardliners hoped his erratic, transactional approach might serve Moscow's interests in Ukraine. The U.S. strike on Iran has since unsettled that cohort, convincing many that Trump poses a direct danger to Russia as well as to American rivals. Prominent nationalists and pro…
President Donald Trump told reporters that U.S. military operations have largely disabled Iranian naval and air targets, asserting "just about everything has been knocked out." Speaking in the Oval Office before meeting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump said he authorized the strikes because "I had a feeling" Iran might strike the United Stat…
Tehran’s streets have been emptied by a sustained U.S.-Israeli missile offensive that residents say has left neighborhoods under tight security, with electricity and water disruptions compounding fears. Iranian authorities report hundreds of deaths, while accounts from people inside and those fleeing the country describe damaged buildings, panic an…
The State Department on March 3 ordered non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members to depart from several embassies across the Middle East and urged American citizens in the region to use available commercial transport to leave immediately. The advisory comes amid a U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran that has disrupted air …
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said on March 3 that Tehran has not approached the United States, directly or indirectly, about negotiations to reduce tensions or to restart nuclear discussions. The remarks came three days after joint U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, amid fresh explosions in Tehran and global market jitters over possi…
France has committed anti-missile and anti-drone systems and a frigate to Cyprus after drones struck the British RAF Akrotiri base on the island, Cypriot officials said. Greece has also deployed fighter jets and naval units to assist. The incident, which caused limited runway damage, occurred amid wider regional exchanges tied to U.S. and Israeli s…
President Donald Trump posted that the United States has a near-unlimited inventory of munitions and can wage war 'forever' using those supplies, comments that come as U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran enter their fourth day. Trump gave limited public remarks on the campaign’s duration and has not delivered a televised address customary in times of …
Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has warned that the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran faces a risk as nearby combat intensifies. Rosatom’s chief said explosions could be heard a few kilometres from the site, though he stated the facility itself was not being deliberately targeted. Nearly 100 non-essential staff and family membe…
Turkey is pursuing discussions with a wide range of international partners to find a pathway that ends the conflict involving Iran and returns parties to negotiations, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said. Ankara has been speaking with European counterparts, the United States and Oman as the war expanded following U.S. and Israeli strikes and subseque…
Hezbollah's strikes on Israel for a second straight day have pulled Lebanon deeper into a widening regional confrontation following a U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran. Israel responded with additional troop deployments to southern Lebanon and sustained air strikes, including hits in Beirut. The Lebanese government moved to outlaw Hezbollah's military ac…
Ukraine has sought a pledge for rapid European Union membership as part of a potential peace deal, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy proposing a 2027 accession date. Many EU governments are resistant to any reform that would accelerate accession, fearing it would undermine reform incentives and create political backlash at home. Kyiv’s lead EU neg…
Lawmakers in Japan and Taiwan, and analysts across the region, are raising alarms that U.S. military engagement in Iran and allied strikes with Israel could draw away naval and munitions resources that currently underpin deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. Officials have pressed Tokyo’s bureaucracy for explanations about evacuation planning, energy mar…
Russia’s foreign minister told visiting Brunei officials that Moscow has not seen evidence Iran is developing nuclear weapons, a claim he said removes the primary justification offered for recent U.S. and Israeli military action. Sergei Lavrov also warned that the attack’s effects are being felt across the region, including economic costs and civil…
With roughly 100 days until the 2026 World Cup begins in the United States, Mexico and Canada, demand for match tickets has surged even as prices climb and security and immigration concerns ripple through the fan base. Nearly two million tickets were sold in the initial sales phases and demand outstripped supply by more than 30 times, but worries s…
Diplomats in Geneva are entering a decisive stretch of talks on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), with the chair of the CCW Group of Governmental Experts warning that delays risk being overtaken by rapid technological change. Between now and the mandate's conclusion in September, 128 states will consider whether to approve by consensus a no…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the campaign against Iran would not continue for years, calling it potentially quick and decisive, as the conflict expanded beyond Iran and Israel to include Hezbollah in Lebanon and strikes on Gulf states hosting U.S. forces. Attacks and counterattacks have struck cities, military bases and maritime r…
U.S. President Donald Trump hosted German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House for talks that ranged from recent U.S.-Israeli military strikes on Iran to Trump’s renewed tariff threats and Merz’s recent visit to China. The meeting comes as Germany and France move to deepen nuclear deterrence cooperation and after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling…
A recent U.S. military campaign that included the capture of Venezuela's president and strikes that killed Iran's supreme leader has placed Chinese leader Xi Jinping in a diplomatically awkward position ahead of a proposed summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. Beijing's restrained reaction underscores its limited ability to influence U.S. milita…
Saudi Arabia's defence ministry says two drones struck the U.S. embassy in Riyadh early Tuesday, producing a small fire and some material damage. The incident occurred amid wider regional drone and missile activity and prompted shelter-in-place advisories for U.S. citizens in several Saudi cities. Authorities have reported no injuries and an indepe…
