1+ hour, 45+ min ago  (301+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial hearing was postponed hours before it was expected to begin, Israeli media reported. Netanyahu was expected to appear before judges and testify in his long-running corruption trial. The hearing was delayed after his…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago  (431+ words) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that a global oil supply squeeze was having an "enormous impact" on the Indo-Pacific, as Japan and Australia pledged urgent cooperation to secure stable energy supplies. Speaking in Canberra after talks with Australian…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (686+ words) My recent travels for business meetings in Brussels and Riyadh'two cities with very different geographies'revealed a striking commonality: a shared perception of T'rkiye that often contradicts the domestic narrative. At home, Turkish foreign policy is usually filtered through political polarization....

1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (1271+ words) In the early hours of May 7, 2025, the skies along the Pakistan-India border witnessed one of the largest and most intense beyond-visual-range (BVR) air battles in recent history. Facing an Indian strike package of around 72 fighters, 42 aircraft from the Pakistan Air…...

1+ hour, 32+ min ago  (316+ words) The United States has transferred 22 crew members of the seized Iranian container vessel M/V Touska to Pakistan for repatriation to Iran, U. S. Central Command confirmed, as Pakistan described the move as a "confidence-building measure" amid ongoing mediation efforts between Washington…...

2+ hour, 40+ min ago  (400+ words) Iran's military warned Monday it would attack any U. S. forces that attempt to enter or approach the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran issued its sharpest direct threat yet to American naval assets hours after Washington announced it would begin guiding stranded ships…...

2+ hour, 4+ min ago  (200+ words) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez left Ankara after his plane made an emergency landing in the Turkish capital because of a technical problem while traveling from Madrid to Yerevan for a European Political Community meeting. Sanchez and his delegation were…...

2+ hour, 57+ min ago  (498+ words) Iran's parliament warned early Monday that any U. S. involvement in managing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz would constitute a violation of the ceasefire, directly rejecting Washington's "Project Freedom" maritime operation hours before it was set to begin. Ibrahim Azizi, chairman…...

3+ hour, 38+ min ago  (431+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the United States would begin guiding neutral foreign vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz starting Monday (May 4) morning Middle East time, deploying 15, 000 military personnel, more than 100 aircraft and guided-missile destroyers under an operation…...

15+ hour, 52+ min ago  (493+ words) The meetings, conducted under the Chatham House rule to shield the identities of attendees, have taken place in Los Angeles, Brussels and Paris. A fourth session, described by NATO as part of a "series of intimate conversations," is planned for…...