The UN Security Council has voted in favour of a US-drafted resolution that endorses US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza. Included in the plan is the establishment of an International Stabilisation Force (ISF), to which, the US says, multiple unnamed countries have offered to contribute. The resolution was backed by 13 countries – including […]
Donald Trump has urged lawmakers in his own party to vote to release files relating to the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The US president wrote on Sunday night that House Republicans should do so “because we have nothing to hide”. The reversal of his position follows a slow drip feed of documents concerning the disgraced […]
South Korea’s government has announced that it has finalised an agreement to build nuclear-powered submarines in partnership with the United States. The US has approved the “attack submarines” and agreed to cooperate in sourcing fuel, according to a fact sheet released by the White House on Thursday. The agreement marks a significant step in South […]
Pope Leo has held an audience with Hollywood stars, urging actors and directors including Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen and Monica Bellucci to continue their work as “pilgrims of the imagination”, helping to “bring hope”. The celebrity meeting was a sprinkling of star dust for a still relatively new pope and a way for the Catholic […]
US lawmakers have released more than 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including some that mention President Donald Trump. Early on Wednesday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee published three email exchanges, including correspondence between Epstein, who died in 2019 in prison, and his […]
By Martin Banks The Emirates Group has announced a new record half-year financial performance, posting a profit before tax of US$ 3.3 billion for the first six months of 2025-26, making this the fourth consecutive year of record profitability for the half-year reporting period.
By Martin Banks Ukraine has joined an international group that protects marine waters.
A storm bearing down on the Philippines’s largest island has been upgraded to super typhoon status, with one region already experiencing “life-threatening conditions”. Typhoon Fung Wong will bring sustained winds of 185 km/h (155mph) and torrential rain to several areas on Sunday, according to the country’s meteorological service, Pagasa. The eastern Bicol region was the […]
