Why Malaysia's Anwar is considering a snap election
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said he would consider calling for snap polls if tensions within his ruling alliance got worse.
May 29, 2026Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said he would consider calling for snap polls if tensions within his ruling alliance got worse.
May 29, 2026
Indonesia's annual inflation rate likely accelerated in May to 2.97%, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, closer to the upper end of the central bank's target range amid
May 29, 2026
NATO member Romania said on Friday that a drone injured two people in a southeastern city during an overnight Russian attack on neighbouring Ukraine, an incident likely to increase
May 29, 2026
The number of unemployed people in Germany fell unexpectedly in May, labour office figures showed on Friday, but the office warned
May 29, 2026
Russian drones attacked three foreign-flagged merchant vessels late on Thursday and overnight as they sailed along Ukraine's maritime export corridor in the Black Sea, Deputy Prime
May 29, 2026
Russia has intensified covert efforts to undermine the leader of Armenia’s bid for re-
May 29, 2026
The United Nations on Friday added Israel and Russia to a U.N. blacklist of countries suspected of committing sexual violence in conflict
May 29, 2026
Tangled cobwebs dangle from the ceiling in dim light and a pleasant, musky sweetness pervades the air in this repository of a precious wine collection,
May 29, 2026
Kenyan authorities have arrested eight students on suspicion of arson over a fire at a girls' boarding school that killed 16 students, police said on
May 29, 2026
Bulgaria will allow U.S. military aircraft to stay in the NATO member country only until the end of June, after the United States failed to approve a visa-free system for
May 29, 2026
Stop-start efforts by Tehran and Washington to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz dominate the market outlook, while U.S. and euro zone data should shed more
May 29, 2026
Italy's unemployment rate fell slightly to 5.1% in April and a net 123,000 jobs were created during the month, national statistics bureau ISTAT reported on Friday.
May 29, 2026
Taiwan's tech-driven economy is expected to grow at its fastest pace in 16 years in 2026, the government statistics agency said on Friday,
May 29, 2026
China's decision to send only academics to Asia's biggest defence forum is a missed opportunity at a moment when countries need more "strategic
May 29, 2026
Italian EU-harmonised consumer prices (HICP) rose by 0.4% in May from the month before, with the annual inflation rate surging to 3.3% from 2.8% in April amid increasing
May 29, 2026
A Sudanese medical group says attacks in central Sudan have killed 27 people, including elderly individuals
May 29, 2026
Romanian authorities say a Russian drone that was part of an overnight attack on Ukraine crashed into an apartment building in eastern Romania
May 29, 2026
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo denies an agreement with the U.S. for anti-drug trafficking operations in Guatemala
May 29, 2026
French inflation rose in May at the fastest pace in more than two years on surging energy prices, though slightly less than expected, preliminary data from statistics agency INSEE
May 29, 2026
France's economy shrank slightly in the first quarter, final data from statistics office INSEE showed on Friday, missing the preliminary reading of 0.0% for the euro zone's second-
May 29, 2026
Police in Brisbane made five arrests on Friday as they cleared a protest camp from the city park where the main stadium for the 2032 Olympics will be built.
May 29, 2026
Euro zone consumers, already scarred by the Ukraine war, have changed their attitudes more quickly as a result of the upheaval of the Iran war, European Central Bank
May 29, 2026
France will ask Russia's ambassador to explain what happened when he fulfills a summons after a drone struck an apartment building in Romania, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel
May 29, 2026
France has asked for the public prosecutor to investigate the treatment of French nationals who were part of a recent activist flotilla heading for Gaza, French Foreign
May 29, 2026
Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation rate rose to 3.6% in May, from 3.5% in the period through April, preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute (INE)
May 29, 2026
Bond market volatility is boosting the case for Japan's central bank to pause the unwinding of its massive debt holdings next fiscal year, which would give
May 29, 2026
As Japan's yen drifts back to levels that prompted official intervention a month ago, markets are sizing up Tokyo's remaining financial firepower and
May 29, 2026
A Kenyan court has ordered the temporary suspension of a plan for the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility in the country after a lawsuit
May 29, 2026
Australia's struggling opposition Liberal Party installed former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, a pugnacious social conservative and campaigner against
May 29, 2026
China's factory activity likely remained flat in May after expanding for two months, indicating that weak domestic demand and cost pressures stemming from the U.S.-Israeli
May 29, 2026
Chrysler-parent Stellantis is recalling 419,035 vehicles in the U.S. as a software error could delay the side air bags from deploying during a crash, the U.S.
May 29, 2026
The United Nations' Human Rights Office on Friday called for more robust regulation and oversight by governments to make online platforms safer for children.
May 29, 2026
A court in Kenya has suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to a rare Ebola virus in northeastern Congo
May 29, 2026
U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program
May 28, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook A weekend wait looms over markets as sources have told Reuters that the U.S. and Iran have reached an agreement to extend
May 29, 2026
Hundreds of BHP electrical workers at Port Hedland in Western Australia will vote on a potential strike action, a union said on Friday,
May 29, 2026
China's home prices are expected to fall at a slower pace than forecast in a March survey and edge up in 2027, suggesting the sector remains
May 29, 2026
In a remote Chinese desert, a vast military complex is taking shape that some security scholars say appears built to ensure
May 29, 2026
An appeal against an Australian woman's murder conviction for killing three relatives with a meal laced with toxic mushrooms
May 29, 2026
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is under growing pressure from a wave of defections to a new party set up by a former protege, analysts and
May 29, 2026
Hawaii manhunt ends with arrest of suspect in killings of 3 elderly men, police say
May 29, 2026
President Vladimir Putin is facing a battlefield stalemate in Ukraine and growing war fatigue among Russians and appears ready to change the narrative around the conflict
May 29, 2026
Haiti heads to the World Cup, bringing rare unity to a country beset by crisis
May 29, 2026
Hantavirus-exposed cruise passengers may soon be allowed to return home but must remain under 24/7 watch
May 29, 2026
Electrical workers at BHP's Port Hedland bulk export port in Western Australia may take strike action by end of the financial year on June 30, a union group said on Friday.
May 29, 2026
Billions of dollars worth of gold is still being extracted illegally from Brazil's Amazon rainforest, a study by
May 29, 2026
Huawei's new chip design principle focused on boosting transmission speed rather than continuing to shrink semiconductors offers a path for
May 29, 2026
A man wanted in connection with the killings of three men has been apprehended after a massive search of Hawaii’s Big Island
May 28, 2026
President Donald Trump finds himself in a bind as he seeks to end the war against Iran: he is under pressure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and get
May 29, 2026
Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Anna Breman said on Friday interest rates were likely to increase sooner and by more than previously signalled to combat inflation.
May 29, 2026
New Zealand shadow finance minister Barbara Edmonds said on Friday she backed efforts to return the government's books to surplus, but said Labour would make different
May 29, 2026
A minority labour union at Samsung Electronics representing its consumer electronics workers will ask a South Korean court to suspend the implementation of a pay deal that
May 29, 2026
Accounting firm KPMG Australia said on Friday its CEO and head of audit had resigned because of shortcomings in the handling of a
May 29, 2026
The Humanoids Summit Tokyo showcases advanced robotics, highlighting China's growing influence
May 28, 2026
They were trapped looking for gold in a flooded cave. How were they found and will they be rescued?
May 28, 2026
Protesters have clashed with armed federal immigration officers in front of a New Jersey detention center where advocates have asserted detainees are staging a hunger strike
May 29, 2026
Australians think this place is boring. Here’s why you should visit anyway
May 29, 2026
New York City residents and visitors are treated to a phenomenon twice a year known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers
May 29, 2026
A Ukrainian drone attack killed three utility workers in a Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Thursday, the Kremlin-installed head of the region said.
May 29, 2026
Annual core inflation in Japan's capital stayed below the central bank's 2% target for a fourth straight month in May, data showed on Friday, as fuel and
May 29, 2026
A federal judge threw out a lawsuit that U.S.
May 29, 2026
The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into a group tied to billionaire Reid Hoffman over its partial funding of writer E.
May 29, 2026
A fire official says a huge fire has destroyed a two-story apartment building in Dallas and killed a child and at least two other people
May 29, 2026
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has confirmed that most of the reigning world champions, including Lionel Messi, will be part of the squad for the upcoming World Cup
May 29, 2026
Crews have recovered the remains of six of nine workers who were missing after a chemical tank ruptured at at paper mill in Washington state, officials said Thursday
May 29, 2026
A pregnant woman from Ghana who entered the U.S. on a valid visa with her son so he could get medical attention has been held for more than a week in a windowless detention room at a Washington airport, her lawyers said in court documents
May 29, 2026
U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and start talks on Iran’s nuclear program
May 28, 2026
An annual United Nations report documenting sexual violence in conflicts worldwide has included Israeli forces for the first time since the review began more than 15 years ago for their treatment of Palestinian detainees
May 29, 2026
The U.S.
May 29, 2026
New Zealand interest rates are expected to rise "sooner rather than later", Reserve Bank of New Zealand Monetary Policy Committee member Hayley Gourley
May 29, 2026
An Austrian court on Thursday sentenced a 21-year-old man who admitted planning a foiled Islamist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in
May 28, 2026
The United States on Thursday leveled unusually harsh criticism against Russia and called for it to refrain from its promised "
May 29, 2026
British business sentiment edged up in May and is now close to its level before the Iran war, according to a monthly survey by Lloyds on Friday which contrasted with most
May 29, 2026
Samsung Electronics said on Friday it has started shipping samples of its latest high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chip, or the 12-layer HBM4E, marking what it said was the
May 29, 2026
The United States plans to designate Brazil's two biggest criminal gangs as terrorist organizations, U.S.
May 29, 2026
How a tank rupture disrupted life in a tight-knit Washington town that has lived with pulp mills for generations
May 28, 2026
Rescuers are trying to reach four climbers who fell on Alaska’s Mount McKinley, North America’s tallest peak, the National Park Service said Thursday
May 29, 2026
Jozy Altidore says the U.S. Soccer National Training Center is far different from where he trained with the national team a decade ago
May 29, 2026
The U.S. State Department says it will designate Brazil’s two biggest criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations early next month, a move that the South American nation’s government has repeatedly said it will interpret as undue interference in its politics
May 29, 2026
ABC-owned TV stations across the U.S. are criticizing the Federal Communications Commission for an early review of their broadcast licenses
May 29, 2026
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq forged new record highs on Thursday, and the dollar and Treasury yields fell after the U.S. and Iran agreed to extend
May 29, 2026
The United States and Iran reached an agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire and lift restrictions on
May 28, 2026
Australian rare earths miner Viridis Mining and Minerals is in advanced discussions with potential offtake buyers in Europe and the U.S. for its
May 29, 2026
Cheniere Energy Partners said on Thursday it signed a contract with Bechtel Corp for engineering, procurement and construction of the first phase of its Sabine Pass LNG expansion
May 28, 2026
Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal sees the risk of U.S. military aggression against the island growing as negotiations between the nations
May 29, 2026
Walt Disney unit ABC on Thursday filed applications for early license review with the Federal Communications Commission for its eight company owned
May 29, 2026
North Korea does not seem keen to engage with the United States, South Korea or Japan and is focused on building up its self-reliance and military deterrence,
May 28, 2026
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner is out in the French Open second round
May 28, 2026
Proposed US Ebola facility in Kenya sparks backlash at home and abroad
May 29, 2026
Canadian pipeline operator South Bow needs proof that a U.S. presidential permit is "durable" before proceeding with a partial revival of the Keystone XL oil
May 29, 2026
The NBA has approved sweeping changes to the draft lottery that will strip the teams with the worst records from receiving the best odds of winning the No. 1 pick
May 29, 2026
The timing of the offer was thorny because it coincided with the US indictment of former Cuban President Raúl Castro.
May 29, 2026
U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino says he's open to staying with the American national team after the World Cup
May 29, 2026
The U.S. said on Thursday it has imposed new sanctions on Iran's military oil trade, even as Washington and Tehran reached a tentative agreement to extend their
May 29, 2026
The World Health Organization recommended prioritizing three experimental treatments for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, including Mapp Biopharmaceutical's MBP134, Regeneron's
May 29, 2026
A Bolivian senior minister on Thursday ruled out any possibility of President Rodrigo Paz resigning and told
May 29, 2026
For the first time since he was an infant, Kyle Adler boarded a plane in February to meet his birth mother
May 28, 2026
European Union regulators have fined Chinese online retailer Temu for failing to protect consumers from illegal products
May 28, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is pressing the United States for more Patriot air defense missiles to counter Russian attacks
May 28, 2026
America’s pile of emergency oil is shrinking fast
May 28, 2026
Republicans' stumble on an immigration funding bill is raising questions about other parts of their legislative agenda
May 28, 2026
Italian authorities have seized over $232 million in assets linked to the late mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro’s drug trafficking network
May 28, 2026
‘I made my own coffee’: BP chair hints cost-cutting push led to his ouster as he hits back at ‘lies’
May 28, 2026
Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that Europe should show some proof of its allegations that Moscow is jamming GPS signals in Europe.
May 28, 2026
Japan and the Philippines said on Thursday they would begin talks on an agreement to share classified information to allow Tokyo to step up transfers of military equipment to
May 28, 2026
Brazil's lower house approved late on Wednesday a constitutional amendment reducing the workweek, a measure that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hopes to use as a
May 28, 2026
Best Buy on Thursday forecast second-quarter sales above Wall Street estimates after beating quarterly expectations on steady demand for AI-powered smartphones and
May 28, 2026
A combined German-Dutch army corps will take command of NATO land forces in Estonia and Latvia later this year to strengthen the alliance's eastern flank against a potential Russian
May 28, 2026
Right-wing Colombian lawyer and senator Paloma Valencia is running to become her country's first female president in a Sunday presidential contest,
May 28, 2026
Leftist Colombian activist and Senator Ivan Cepeda, whose youth was marked by exile and his father's murder at the hands of right-wing paramilitaries, is
May 28, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets It’s now a full three months into the Iran war, and the United States
May 28, 2026
The U.S.
May 28, 2026
A fire has devastated a girls' boarding school in central Kenya, killing at least 16 students and injuring many more
May 28, 2026
A selloff in government bonds is testing one of the most basic assumptions in markets: that Treasuries and other high-quality debt will cushion portfolios when
May 28, 2026
U.S. and Mexican negotiators began formal talks to revamp the North American trade deal on Thursday, with Washington demanding stricter
May 28, 2026
More than half of wealthy individuals in Asia-Pacific consider an economic recession their biggest worry over the next three years, a survey by Lombard Odier found, and
May 28, 2026
The ceasefire agreed in Lebanon last month has brought little respite for civilians, who are being driven
May 28, 2026
JD.com's acquisition of German retailer Ceconomy will not be financed by Chinese subsidies, the Chinese online retailer said on Thursday after EU antitrust regulators
May 28, 2026
France will reimburse the cost of weight-loss drugs prescribed to severely obese patients from mid-June in a first for a European Union
May 28, 2026
Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com's $2.5 billion bid for German electronics retailer Ceconomy may involve Chinese subsidies, European Union competition
May 28, 2026
IBM said on Thursday it has committed $5 billion to an initiative that will deploy engineers and AI tools to help companies better secure open source software.
May 28, 2026
The World Health Organization chief said on Thursday he was on his way to the Democratic Republic of Congo where an Ebola outbreak is outpacing the world's ability to
May 28, 2026
U.S. forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded by military officials, an
May 28, 2026