The US Treasury Department is weighing a plan that would redirect frozen Iranian assets toward compensating American-aligned Gulf states for damage linked to Iranian military action during the ongoing conflict, a move that, if pursued, would mark one of the more aggressive uses of financial pressure Washington has deployed...
US President Donald Trump has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate against Iran’s latest missile barrage, warning that it can jeopardise ongoing efforts to secure a peace deal. Mr. Trump said, Iran’s missile strikes will not derail negotiations and called on Tehran to return to the...
Japan and South Korea conducted joint naval exercises on Sunday for the first time since 2017, practicing search and rescue operations, according to Japan’s Kyodo News Agency.
The Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) was carried out by the South Korean Navy and Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force in international waters...
West Asia is on edge again after Iran launched waves of ballistic missiles targeting northern Israel, shattering a fragile multi-week ceasefire and triggering airspace closures across the region. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the strikes were aimed at Israel’s Ramat David airbase, which Tehran identified as the launch...
In the Philippines, five people died after a 7.8 magnitude offshore earthquake hit the southern part this morning. More than 200 people got injured due to the earthquake that also set off tsunami. The local authorities are still verifying the extent of the fatalities and damage.
The Philippine Institute of...
U.S. President Donald Trump said he will not unfreeze Iranian assets or lift sanctions before a peace agreement is reached with Tehran. In an interview with a private news channel, Mr. Trump said such measures would only be considered after a deal is finalised.
Commenting on Iran’s nuclear programme, Mr....
Oman has suspended crude oil loading operations at its key Mina al Fahal export terminal following an explosion near its offshore loading facilities. According to a media report, citing sources familiar with the matter, the blast occurred between the terminal’s two single-buoy mooring berths, SBM 1 and SBM 2,...
US President Donald Trump has said the United States remains engaged in negotiations with Iran but insisted that any agreement must permanently prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. It was stated by Trump at the White House that nuclear non-proliferation remains the central objective of his administration’s approach....
World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries to lift travel restrictions imposed due to the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as they are hindering aid delivery.
On May 27, the Ugandan Health Ministry said that the government had decided to close the...
Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and set it ablaze, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday, as the Russian city hosted an annual international economic forum promoted by President Vladimir Putin.
The drones flew more than 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) to hit the terminal, Zelenskyy...
