EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday described Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin as \"neutral\" during the war with Iran, saying they had not thwarted his efforts to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
LONDON, June 17 - Three-quarters of cyberattacks targeting Britain's critical infrastructure can be linked to hostile state actors, the head of the National Cyber Security Centre, Richard Horne, said in a speech on Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump hailed the deal ending the US-Israel war with Iran with a triumphant message: “Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!” he wrote on his online social media platform. But how realistic is a swift resumption of ship movement through the
June 17 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that he hoped closer ties and undertaking joint projects with India would make both countries stronger.
WASHINGTON, June 17 - Both Iran and the U.S. can walk away from the memorandum of understanding they are set to sign on Friday, and upcoming talks are likely to focus on the precise sequencing of the steps previewed in the preliminary accord, a senior U.S. official told
A Pentagon official revealed in a court filing earlier this week that the US military used a version of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence tool, Grok, to help carry out attacks on Iran. Cameron Stanley, the Pentagon’s chief digital and AI officer, wrote in a sworn statement to
Trump made the announcement during chat where he also vowed to protect India.
Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine is often, and misleadingly, characterized as a great power conflict. The narrative goes like this: Russia went to war against Ukraine because it felt threatened by NATO’s enlargement into eastern Europe after 1991; the real enemy is the
On June 16, outside Seoul’s Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium, an extraordinary scene unfolded. For days, the venue had been at the center of controversy surrounding South Korea’s June 3 nationwide local election, with participants in the election transparency movement alleging
The clock is ticking on the Iran peace deal. A memorandum of understanding between Iran and the US is due to be signed in Geneva on June 19, allowing for a 60-day ceasefire extension and the opening of the strategically vital waterway, the Strait of Hormuz. But key questions
BEIJING, June 17 - China on Wednesday issued a joint statement with Myanmar following meetings between their leaders earlier this week in Beijing, saying the two nations will continue to support each other in areas of core interest and major concern.
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 - G7 leaders on Wednesday pledged closer coordination on the risks and opportunities of advanced AI, while also discussing the creation of a \"trusted partners\" scheme granting access for non-U.S. nations to advanced U.S. AI models from firms
Footage of a horrific knife attack in Belfast began to circulate on social media on Monday evening. A Sudanese asylum-seeker in his 30s, who entered the UK in 2023, has been charged with attempted murder. Meanwhile, the far-right was quick to exploit the situation to further an
The private rooms will be introduced on the shinkansen departing Tokyo Station on Oct 1.
EVIAN, France, June 17 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had held a \"very good\" conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G7 summit in France and that their two countries were working on trade deals.
The 2026 G7 summit, in Evian, France, marks India’s 13th participation as a guest nation and Prime Minister Modi’s seventh appearance as India’s representative since 2019. These repeated invitations highlight a central reality: India is too important to be excluded from major
BEIRUT/DUBAI, June 17 - Iran's interim deal with the U.S. looks set to bolster Hezbollah's political and financial hand in Lebanon, with Tehran promising more funding for its ally once cash starts to flow, according to four sources familiar with ties between Tehran and the group.
Taipei said visas issued to the Taiwanese scientists were revoked at the last minute.
Rapid growth alone is not enough if profits, data and economic gains continued to flow overseas.
For much of the last two decades, the Taliban fought its war with rifles, roadside bombs and guerrilla ambushes. Today, one of its most important battlefields lies not in the mountains of Afghanistan but in the information domain. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA)
The ability of businesses to make sound decisions depends on "accessing the right information interpreted with context”.
President Xi said China supported Myanmar’s new government in "finding the correct development path".
He was already an accused in two money-laundering cases and subject to a foreign travel ban.
The prolonged dry conditions have already caused clean water shortages across parts of Java.
June 17 - An American scholar of Myanmar detained in China in early June had travelled to the southwestern city of Kunming to attend an academic workshop, a think tank that he founded said on Wednesday, calling for his release.
Liu Ren established the Jin Bei Group in Cambodia in 2016, with the company operating "telecom fraud parks" in the country and committing "large-scale telecom and online fraud involving massive sums of money".
TAIPEI, June 17 - Taiwan said on Wednesday it was up to U.S. President Donald Trump to decide when to follow through on a proposal to speak with Taiwan's leader, adding that the idea made China nervous.
Two army personnel were killed in the blast.
The ship resembles a pirate vessel.
The event, held at the Great Wall in May, was meant to pay tribute to Chinese culture - but has been harshly criticised for “stirring up historical memories” at a site with “massive symbolic meaning”.
On May 12, 2026, the China Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia issued a sharply worded open letter to Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, saying that Chinese firms operating locally have been burdened by stringent regulations, arbitrary law enforcement, and corruption and
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France/DUBAI, June 17 - Leaders of the G7 countries demanded a ceasefire in Lebanon on Wednesday and said they will diversify energy supply routes to reduce dependence on the Strait of Hormuz in response to the war in Iran, as they welcomed an interim deal to
Hackers claiming to be from the group FulcrumSec say they stole 4.8TB of data, including students' passport details, staff-parent correspondence and salary records, according to reports on cybersecurity news sites.
The investigation on alleged cartel pricing of ice cream comes as Japan faces record summer temperatures.
Ho Wai-ho died while rescuing residents during the 43-hour Wang Fuk Court fire in November 2025.
Several ice-cream companies are being investigated following record sales during Japan's hottest summers, and after years of near-simultaneous price hikes across the industry.
On May 28, 2025, a localized skirmish along the Thailand-Cambodia border rapidly escalated into one of the region’s most significant military conflicts in recent decades. More than a year later, a tenuous ceasefire is in place, and recent talks — both at the ASEAN Leaders
China said the floating structure was a temporary scientific research facility.
The Japanese authorities have raided six major firms on suspicion of colluding to raise prices.
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has called the ban a "mistake", arguing it would punish millions of users.
TASHKENT, June 17 - Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev promised on Wednesday to continue economic reforms in the fast-growing Central Asian country, including establishing an independent financial regulator.
Estimates of the number of strays in Jakarta vary wildly, from about 305,000 to five times that.
Germany's Infineon Technologies AG was hiring production operators and technicians.
In the first few weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump announced a massive AI infrastructure project dubbed Stargate. It was an unexpected and rather odd event for a new administration’s first major initiative. It now seems obvious that the project was a highly coordinated
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 - The leaders of the G7 countries said on Wednesday they stand united to support Ukraine, including its territorial integrity, and agreed to increase the pressure on the Russian war economy.