Commander of the Estonian Navy Ivo Vark told Reuters that Estonia won’t board vessels that are part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” any more since “The risk of military escalation is just too high.” He elaborated: “The Russian military presence here in the Gulf of Finland has
The security architecture that was supposed to protect the flow of energy to Southeast Asia has become the source of its interruption, says an academic.
WASHINGTON, April 14 - The U.S. Senate will vote as soon as Wednesday on the latest Democratic-led effort to rein in President Donald Trump's war powers, and party leaders promised on Tuesday to keep bringing up such resolutions as long as the Iran war continues.
President Prabowo Subianto may use the defence pact to turn Indonesia's strategic location into leverage without choosing sides.
The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that the US-Israeli war on Iran could slow global economic growth, stoke inflation, and increase the possibility of a worldwide recession and energy crisis. The war being waged by US President Donald Trump and the government of
A trawler bound for Malaysia reportedly sank due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding.
Mr Bessent told reporters he had spoken with Chinese officials about the issue.
BRUSSELS, April 14 - Fertiliser shortages due to the Iran war are a pressing concern for developing countries and gains from rising oil and gas prices for developing world producers are likely to be short-lived, the head of the United Nations trade agency said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, April 14 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran talks could resume in Pakistan over the next two days, according to an interview with the New York Post.
April 14 - U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed the importance of keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and secure in a call on Tuesday, Modi said in a post on X.
ROME, April 14 - U.S. President Donald Trump told an Italian newspaper on Tuesday he was \"shocked\" by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and had expected her to be more courageous, delivering a blunt public rebuke to one of his closest European allies.
WASHINGTON, April 14 - U.S. President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump and his wife, Lara, will accompany the president on his trip next month to China, a spokeswoman for the family organization told Reuters on Tuesday.
On Monday, US President Donald Trump threatened to expand his administration’s boat-bombing spree to Iranian vessels that “come anywhere close” to the US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz that the president had ordered over the weekend. Trump wrote on social media that
Recounting the incident, the former prime minister said that after three months, he can now stand but likened it to having "no legs".
US President Donald Trump’s decision to block ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz presents China with a sticky choice: to accept Trump’s prohibition on trade with Iran, Beijing’s staunch ally, or challenge the closure and turn this Middle East conflict into a duel between
MUMBAI, April 14 - At Indian startup Pronto's training hub, women hone their chopping and mopping skills while learning how to send SOS signals if they feel unsafe inside customers' homes. They are set to join India's newest consumer craze: house help for $1 an hour.
DUBAI, April 14 - The Iran war was meant to deliver a defining victory over Tehran that would secure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's place in history. More than six weeks into the conflict, he has been unable to translate military might into political gain.
“I can stand now but I can’t control the leg,” he said in an interview posted on Instagram.
PARIS, April 14 - Discussion led by Britain and France of steps to open the Strait of Hormuz will include possible financial sanctions on Iran if it keeps the waterway blocked, and steps to work with industry to resume shipping, a source said on Tuesday.
April 14 - A Russian missile strike on Tuesday killed at least five civilians in Ukraine's southeast city of Dnipro, and injured over two dozen more, Ukrainian officials said.
The government has agreed to increase its 10 per cent biodiesel mandate to a 15 per cent biodiesel blend.
The reasons include soaring demand for tickets, capital costs, land shortages, lawsuits, and bureaucratic obstacles.
As Indonesia works to secure its food future, the answer may well lie in something small but powerful: the seeds planted today.
The four pieces of art are worth close to RM800,000 (S$258,000).
“He was an extremely friendly, curious and smart boy," said an independent rescuer.
Among the countries surveyed, support for the ban is highest in Malaysia, India and France.
The war with Iran is not just a geopolitical conflict. We see religious rhetoric used to cast strategic interests as a moral or sacred matter. US House Speaker Mike Johnson described Iran’s majority faith tradition, Shiite Islam, as a “misguided religion” while discussing the
This is the first restriction of its kind since the current limit was set.
According to experts, EVs burn differently than cars with internal combustion engines.
Xi Jinping vowed Beijing would play a “constructive role” in promoting peace in the Middle East.
China buys about 90% of Iran's crude exports, while India recently received its first Iranian oil and gas shipments.
Viktor Orban’s “democratic ouster” is expected to remove Hungary’s procedural opposition to the EU’s planned 90 billion euro loan to Ukraine, to be financed by members raising common debt. State-run RT published a detailed article about this plan last December, which
It aims to raise awareness about marine debris through this initiative.
Nine of the defendants were accused of handing over classified military information in exchange for money.
The 68-year-old assumed the presidency while retaining his role as Communist Party chief – a dual mandate analysts say could bolster Vietnam’s global ambitions.
The Chinese president vowed that China will play a "constructive role" in promoting peace talks in the Middle East, according to the Xinhua news agency.
Her son, in his 60s, is a trafficking ringleader currently jailed in Cambodia.
The government should treat prolonged disruption in global energy and raw materials markets as a given and reinforce its emergency response system, said President Lee Jae Myung in a Cabinet meeting.
Police found 71 luggage bags, a plastic box and more than 200 boxes in the unit, the court heard.
Katsuya Ishikawa, 28, is a member of an alleged teachers’ voyeurism ring in a case that came to light in 2025.
In the opening months of 2026, a fierce, 40-day conflagration between Iran, the United States and Israel upended decades of received wisdom regarding military power. The conflict did not hinge on the stealth of an F-35 fighter or the sophistication of an Aegis radar array.
Nitrous oxide, which is used as a propellant or sedative, is often abused to induce euphoria.
The US President said he would hit China’s goods with a tariff if it gave Iran military assistance.
Businesses warn of hiring difficulties as the sector approaches its cap under the country’s specified skilled worker programme.
The wage hike ordered this week will be applicable retrospectively from April 1.
MANILA, April 14 - The latest round of military drills involving the Philippines, the United States and several partner nations will underscore Washington's \"ironclad\" commitment to its treaty ally and to the region, even as global attention remains fixed on the Middle East,
HONG KONG, April 14 - Mingling with power brokers at centenary celebrations of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1, 2021, a beaming Hui Ka Yan betrayed no sign of the pressure mounting on his property company, China Evergrande Group, the world's most indebted.