The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed money-laundering charges against two RT employees for what was described as a scheme to hire a U.S. company to produce online content to influence the November presidential election. Russian President Vladimir Putin was aware of actions by state-funded news outlet RT to influence the 2024 US presidential election, […]
Biden’s official schedule was revised to make time for the White House meeting, which will also be attended by Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running to succeed him in November’s presidential election. A statement announcing Biden’s updated schedule said he and Harris would meet Monday “with the U.S. hostage deal negotiating team following the […]
“Humanitarian workers are there to help innocent civilians, and Israel must ensure they are protected,” US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller wrote on X. US Deputy Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood confirmed that Jerusalem had informed Washington that the shots were fired due to a miscommunication within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Wood further […]
Former leader of the Gulf Cartel, Cardenas presided over some of the bloodiest gang violence in Mexico’s turbulent past and has been blamed for transforming drug trafficking by embracing hyper-violent tactics such as decapitations. Cardenas founded the Zetas, an armed wing of the Gulf Cartel made up of former army special forces. He was captured […]
The war in Ukraine has triggered the worst crisis in Moscow’s relations with the United States since the depths of the Cold War. On Tuesday, Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with Western missiles. The list, published on Telegram by the ministry, included 14 […]
In a post on the social media website X, formerly Twitter, the State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs wrote: “The United States strongly condemns the multiple attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan province which took many lives. “Any violence disrupting peace and stability is indefensible. We stand with Pakistan in its fight against terrorism […]
Ukraine attacked Russia’s western Kursk region on Aug. 6 and has carved out a slice of territory in the biggest foreign attack on Russia since World War Two. President Vladimir Putin said there would be a worthy response from Russia to the attack. Sergei Lavrov, who has served as Putin’s foreign minister for more than […]
The price of Brent, the global crude benchmark, rose 3.0 percent to trade at more than $81 per barrel. Stock markets were mixed, taking a breather after rising on Friday when US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell signaled that a rate cut was coming. In a further sign of the Fed’s thinking, another policymaker came […]
Brent crude futures climbed 37 cents, or 0.5%, to $79.39 a barrel by 2300 GMT while U.S. crude futures were at $75.19 a barrel, up 36 cents, or 0.5%. In one of the biggest clashes in more than 10 months of border warfare, Hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets and drones into Israel on Sunday, as […]
Despite this, a senior US official described the talks as “constructive,” noting that all parties engaged intending to achieve a “final and implementable agreement.” The official, speaking anonymously, added that the process would continue over the coming days, with working groups set to address unresolved issues and details. The negotiation teams will remain in Cairo. […]
