At least once a year, Britain’s top financial official stands up in Parliament to lay out his — it has always been a his to date — tax and spending plans that are normally intended to bolster economic growth and keep a check on the nation’s debt. This year, Jeremy …
Houthi militants struck a Barbados-flagged, Liberian-owned commercial vessel off the coast of Yemen on Wednesday, killing three civilian mariners, U.S. officials said — the first known fatalities since the Houthis began targeting ships in what they describe as a response to Israel’s actions in Gaza. On Wednesday evening local time, …
Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otarola said on Tuesday he had tendered his resignation after an audio recording came out over the weekend purporting to be of the official attempting to improperly influence government contracts. Otarola told media the recording was made in 2021, when he was not a government official, …
President Joe Biden will address two raging wars during Sate of the Union address on Thursday This combination of images shows Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska (left) and Alexei Navalny’s widow Yulia Navalnaya. — Reuters/Files The White House on Wednesday announced that Ukraine’s first lady and late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s …
Owing to increased cross-border attacks by the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in recent months, Pakistan has sought the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) support to call on the interim Afghan government to cut off its links with the banned outfit. “I am confident that this council [UNSC] will join Pakistan …
Washington would welcome “productive and peaceful talks” between India and Pakistan on Kashmir, but the pace, scope, and character of any dialogue is a matter for India and Pakistan to determine, said Matthew Miller, the United States State Department spokesperson. Miller commented in response to a question regarding the US …
Law enforcement apprehended two dozen illegal migrants – including women and children – off the coast of Florida in a large fishing boat. According to the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office, local authorities alongside the U.S. Coast Guard helped stop a human smuggling attempt at the Sebastian Inlet in Melbourne …
The International Monetary Fund has agreed to more than double a bailout package for Egypt, which is going through its worst economic crisis in decades, exacerbated by war in the neighboring Gaza Strip and in Ukraine. The fund now plans to provide Egypt $8 billion, up from an initial $3 …
A missile launched by Houthi militants in Yemen struck a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, killing three people and marking the first known fatalities in the group’s months-long campaign of violence against maritime traffic. The missile struck the MV True Confidence at about 11:30 a.m. in …
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s grip on power is being tested as he attempts to return to the Caribbean nation from a trip abroad. Gang attacks have shuttered Haiti’s main international airport, and numerous officials have called on Henry to resign. Henry has served as Haiti’s acting president and prime …