Australia’s former prime minister and a prominent China scholar, Kevin Rudd, will step down as ambassador to the United States a year ahead of schedule, a move some analysts say underscores a fundamen...
A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...
Interim president Delcy Rodriguez said the money from US sales of Venezuelan oil will be used to prop up the currency....
Senate efforts to rewrite U.S. crypto rules hit another snag after the Banking Committee delayed markup of the industry-shaping bill....
Opponents have warned of a potential threat to the UK's national security given the site's proximity to London’s two primary financial districts....
Hundreds of IS members escaped a prison amid clashes between Syrian government forces and the SDF, the country's main Kurdish-led force....
Crypto industry leaders scrambled Thursday to salvage the market structure bill—but some conceded the bill now has lower chances of passage....
Ugandans voted in a tense national election on Thursday after an often violent campaign and internet shutdown, with President Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend his rule into a fifth decade. Museveni ...
After several decades of closer integration with the US, the country’s prime minister is pushing large infrastructure projects and looking for new markets...
In the past 12 months, the Conservatives have suffered a string of defections to hard-right Reform UK, including some former Cabinet ministers....
Israel banned the UN agency for Palestinian refugees last year, claiming it had been infiltrated by militants, a charge the United Nations strongly denies....
The Hong Kong Securities & Futures Professionals Association is backing the OECD’s CARF and tougher tax transparency, but wants lighter treatment and more flexible recordkeeping....
The Syrian army continues to push against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), reportedly capturing major oil and gas fields in eastern Syria....
The UK is weighing an Australia‑style ban on social media for under‑16s, as regulators ramp up enforcement of the Online Safety Act....
Galaxy says the draft crypto market structure bill would give the US Treasury new powers to freeze transactions and deploy Patriot Act–style measures....
European Union leaders on Saturday warned of a "dangerous downward spiral" over US President Donald Trump's vow to implement increasing tariffs on European allies until the US is allowed to buy Gre...
The Central Bank of Iran reportedly stockpiled more than half a billion dollars worth of USDt amid escalating protests and crypto usage in the country....
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has resigned. Within the next three months, the eastern EU member state will hold its eighth parliamentary election in five years....
The Ukrainian president has repeatedly called on the country's allies to bolster its defence systems to protect its critical energy infrastructure amid ongoing Russian attacks....
France's Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu invoked Article 49.3 of the Constitution on Tuesday to force part of his 2026 budget bill through the deeply divided lower house of parliament without a vot...