Yemen appoints Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak as prime minister
Yemen’s internationally recognised government has named Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak as the new prime minister in a surprise appointment. Bin Mubarak replaces Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed at a time of rising tensions in the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country…
Ukraine and Russia complete first prisoner swap since plane crash
Russia and Ukraine say they have exchanged captured soldiers – the first swap since the crash of a Russian plane that Moscow claimed had 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war (PoWs) on board. Russia’s military says each side got 195 soldiers…
Russian oil getting into UK via refinery loophole, reports claim
Millions of barrels of fuel made from Russian oil are still being imported to the UK despite sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine, research claims. A so-called “loophole” means Russian crude is refined in countries such as India and…
US elections: Biden set to win South Carolina Democratic primary.
In what appeared to be a victory statement, Mr Biden pledged to make Republican Donald Trump a “loser”. The vote marked the first official Democratic party primary ahead of this year’s presidential election. President Biden faces little competition for his…
Supreme Court may look to the Civil War to resolve whether Trump can be on the ballot.
WASHINGTON — It was in a packed courtroom in Richmond, Virginia — the former capital of the Confederacy — in December 1868 where Chief Justice Salmon Chase concluded that Jefferson Davis, the defeated rebel president, should not face prosecution for…
Ex-Trump administration official shot in Washington, D.C., carjacking spree dies.
Mike Gill, the former Trump administration official who was shot during a Washington D.C.,carjacking spree on Monday, died Saturday, his wife said in a statement. Gill, who previously worked at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission under former President Donald…
Judge delays Trump’s federal trial as court considers his presidential immunity claim
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s federal election interference trial in Washington, D.C., will no longer begin on March 4, Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote in a court order released Friday. It is unclear when exactly the trial will now start,…
US government employees plan to fast for Gaza in protest against Biden policy
US government employees are planning a “day of fasting for Gaza” this week to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in the territory and to denounce Joe Biden’s policy toward Israel. Representatives for Feds United for Peace,…
Joe Biden issues executive order against Israeli settlers in West Ba
Joe Biden has issued an executive order targeting Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been attacking Palestinians, amid fast-growing frustration in Washington at Israel’s trajectory in the midst of its war in Gaza. The order initially imposes…
The Reason China Can’t Stop Its Decline
Herd sentiment among pundits and others who analyze the direction of Chinese affairs has always been subject to sudden shifts. In the late 1970s and early ’80s, China was mostly a neat geopolitical story in the West: Mao Zedong had…