The U.S. Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it will not raise interest rates for now, but with its new economic forecast, suggests it will raise
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni plans to push for the implementation of a naval blockade of North Africa at an E.U. meeting next month to
The Chinese military has continued sending warplanes and warships toward Taiwan this week after the unprecedented action over the weekend in which 103 jets approached
The United Auto Workers (UAW) strike against Ford, GM, and Stellantis has entered its seventh day and tensions are rising as the strike is causing
As Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi began to address the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan got up and
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the first time on Tuesday amidst the meeting of world leaders at
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with the Italian Cabinet on Monday to formulate new measures to combat the recent wave of illegal immigrants after
Iran has informed the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it will expel some of the team which inspects Iranian facilities for evidence of
Between Sunday and Monday morning, 103 Chinese military aircraft flew towards Taiwan, 40 of which crossed the median line between China and Taiwan, according to
Nearly 13,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) members have begun a strike from the the top three U.S. automakers — Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, maker
After heavy rains from Mediterranean storm Daniel caused the collapse of two dams in northeastern Libya on Monday and sent a wall of water through
The Italian island of Lampedusa has had it’s population more than doubled on Tuesday after 6,800 people arrived in numerous, unseaworthy boats which had crossed
Members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party are looking into whether the Biden Administration is actively supporting Chinese companies to expand
The Biden Administration has issued a waiver for South Korea to release $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds to a bank in Qatar, but the
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday received North Korean Dictator Kim Jung Un’s pledge to fully support what Kim called Russia’s “sacred struggle” against Ukraine.
As the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini approaches, Iran’s government is keeping tight control over the country with surprise checkpoints, increased police
For the first time Israel’s history, all 15 members of the country’s Supreme Court were present for the opening arguments against the “reasonableness” law passed
The latest forecast for Hurricane Lee has it making landfall in Atlantic Canada, but the northeastern U.S., including eastern Massachusetts and most of Maine, remains
Two dams in Wadi Derna collapsed as a result of heavy rains Sunday night from Mediterranean storm Daniel, sending a torrent of water into the
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry has sent out a warning that 20 Chinese warships, including the aircraft carrier Shandong along with over 40 warplanes, have deployed to
Hurricane Lee is now forecasted to become a category 4 or near category 5 by this weekend. Currently the center of the hurricane is about
Greece, which has been battling a series of wildfires over the summer, now has a more immediate emergency as an upper-level low-pressure system named “Daniel”
Violence broke out over the weekend in Tel Aviv as hundreds of Eritreans clashed in front of their country’s embassy. The rioting broke out between
Tropical Storm Lee has formed halfway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles and is expected to be a major hurricane by this weekend, possibly even
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the weekend in Russia and is hopeful that the Black Sea Grain Initiative can
Saudi Arabia and Russia have announced that they will continue the production cuts which they put in place in July. While Saudi Arabia will evaluate
The Pacific island nation of Palau has reached an agreement with the U.S. for American ships to unilaterally enforce maritime regulations in the country’s exclusive
According to the latest ADP National Employment Report released Wednesday, U.S. companies added 177,000 jobs in July, down from the estimated 195,000. Another report released
Protests in southern Syria over runaway inflation and poor economic conditions have entered a second-week and turned antigovernment with calls for the removal of Syrian
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called an emergency meeting on Monday as a record number of illegal migrants arrived on the Italian peninsula over the
Chinese property giant Evergrande posted a $2 billion loss on Monday, about 80% of its value, after being traded for the first time in 17
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that he is planning on visiting Russia prior to going to India for the next G20 meeting in
Meta, parent company of Facebook, has released a report alleging that China and Russia conducted mass misinformation campaigns across multiple platforms. The report says that
Former Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Colonel and National Security Advisor Kobi Marom estimates that Iranian-backed Hezbollah has 200,000 rockets within range of Tel-Aviv. Marom and
The government of Maui County has announced a lawsuit against Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) saying that the company failed to power down electrical lines during
Last Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin decreed that effective immediately all remaining Wagner mercenaries and other Russian private military contractors must swear an oath of
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has removed 6.4 million acres from an upcoming oil and gas lease in the Gulf of Mexico. The
The Pentagon has announced that the U.S. will be training Ukrainian pilots and crews on the F-16 beginning in October at Morris Air National Guard
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that another hike in interest rates may be necessary to ensure inflation is contained. Powell also said, “It
With the conclusion of its most recent summit, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) bloc has formally invited Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia,
Wagner CEO Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a private jet which crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday. The report from the TASS
After the first tropical storm to hit California in 84 years, the cleanup has began after Hilary dumped record rainfalls on the region which triggered
As projections show that China will likely miss their 5% growth target this year, there is growing concern that it could have a ripple effect
Evergrande, which in the past was China’s biggest property developer, has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. after two years of financial decline. The company
The Biden Administration has given its approval for NATO members Denmark and the Netherlands to send F-16s to Ukraine as those countries phase the fighter
Canadian officials have ordered the residents of Yellowknife and the surrounding areas to evacuate as one of the hundreds of active wildfires in the territories
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said that Hurricane Hillary has grown into a category 4 storm with sustained winds of 145 mph. The latest forecast
Residents in the Niger capital of Niamey are calling for volunteers above the age of 18 to assist the army as the Economic Community of
Lithuania has temporarily closed two of the six border checkpoints it shares with Belarus as tensions between the two countries are on the rise. Lithuania
NATO member Turkey has yet to comment on Russian forces stopping and boarding a Palau-flagged commercial vessel near Turkey’s territorial waters. On Sunday a Russian
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