Iran has claimed that its forces have targeted US naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz following an attack on an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, in what appears to mark a sharp escalation in maritime tensions in the region. According to Iran's state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting...
A bipartisan group of US senators has reintroduced a resolution backing the US dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency, warning that China is accelerating efforts to build an alternative global financial system centred around the yuan....
A bipartisan group of US senators has introduced a resolution describing China as the “foremost rival and strategic competitor” of the United States and calling for deeper engagement with India and stronger Indo-Pacific alliances to counter Beijing....
A US federal appeals court has rejected an Indian Muslim man’s bid to avoid deportation, ruling that the violence he faced in India did not amount to persecution and finding no evidence that Indian authorities were complicit in the attack....
Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives have move a legislation to ban members of Congress and their staff from trading on prediction markets. It comes days after the Senate unanimously adopted similar restrictions amid growing scrutiny over potential insider trading and ethics concerns....
A US federal trade court struck down President Donald Trump’s latest global tariff move, ruling that the administration exceeded its authority under a 1974 trade law while trying to impose a 10 per cent import surcharge on goods entering the United States....
More than 100 bipartisan members of the US Congress have urged President Donald Trump to press Chinese President Xi Jinping for the release of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai during their upcoming meeting, warning that the 78-year-old’s health is rapidly deteriorating....
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers moved to tighten restrictions on Chinese and other foreign adversary purchases of American farmland and property near sensitive military and infrastructure sites, reflecting growing concerns in Washington over national security and food security....
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that he urged US President Donald Trump to pursue dialogue with Iran and handed him a copy of a 2010 nuclear agreement brokered by Brazil and Turkey, as the two leaders concluded a closed-door White House meeting focused on trade, tariffs and global conflicts....
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, on a call with French President Emmanuel Macron, said that Washington's conduct during negotiations with Tehran amounted to "stabbing from behind", as tensions continue over the Strait of Hormuz and the ongoing regional conflict....
