19+ min ago   (501+ words) Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies began talks Monday at a U.S.-hosted meeting, as the Trump administration pushes for agreement on boosting global growth while increasing economic pressure on Iran. The gathering of G20 finance…...

54+ min ago   (1557+ words) This is precisely the picture that emerges from an examination of the relationship between Poland’s incumbent Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, and the Armenian leadership. This raises a legitimate question: is this simply part of Poland’s ordinary…...

54+ min ago   (336+ words) Iran’s army said early Monday that it had launched dozens of drones at U.S. military positions at Al Minhad airbase in the United Arab Emirates, in retaliation for a U.S. attack on Iran’s Larak Island. The army said the attacks targeted…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (202+ words) The total death toll from last week’s catastrophic flooding has risen to more than 900, while more than 4,700 people remain missing across Nepal and China. Authorities said more than 4,200 people are now unaccounted for in Nepal, up from around 2,500 a day…...

2+ hour, 1+ min ago   (341+ words) Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says its Aerospace Force has struck US military positions in Jordan in what it described as a decisive response to the American attack on Larak Island. In a statement issued on Monday, the IRGC…...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago   (282+ words) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Monday that it had shot down a US drone over the Strait of Hormuz, sending it crashing into the Gulf waters. In a statement, the IRGC public relations office said the "ever-watchful fighters…...

4+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1356+ words) “Today we see how utterly mistaken was the Milton Friedman notion that a market system can regulate itself.”— Professor Paul Samuelson There are moments in the life of a nation when economics ceases to be merely about prices, markets, deficits…...

17+ hour, 33+ min ago   (694+ words) Russia has accused the United States of treating Europe as a potential nuclear battlefield, warning that growing attention to Moscow’s non-strategic nuclear weapons could increase the risks of a nuclear confrontation. Russian Ambassador-at-large Andrey Belousov made the remarks Sunday in…...

18+ hour, 32+ min ago   (536+ words) Finnish President Alexander Stubb says he does not believe Russia would risk attacking a NATO member, pushing back against warnings that Moscow could be prepared to launch an attack on NATO territory by 2029. Speaking to Germany’s Bild newspaper on Saturday,…...

18+ hour, 53+ min ago   (401+ words) Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said Sunday that he is “pleased” with the harsh conditions imposed on Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, while releasing a video showing him confronting female Palestinian detainees inside a prison cell. “The conditions here…...