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Record Oil Supertanker Rates Make Waves for the Whole Fleet

High earnings for the biggest oil carriers are spreading to smaller vessels.

Dangote Hires Engineers India for $16 Billion Kenya Refinery

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person, has hired the engineers that built his Lagos refinery to work on the new crude p...

Jordan’s King Abdullah Likely to Focus on Palestinians at U.N. General Assembly

The Jordanian monarch will most likely base his speech on the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank ...

EU spends three times more on imports from China than bloc exports there

Study shows trade deficit ran at more than €1bn a day in July, days before Xi Jinping’s summit with Donald TrumpBusiness...

NCCIA arrests 212 individuals over alleged involvement in international fraud schemes

The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) raided three call centres in Islamabad over the past 24 hours, tak...

Who actually has power at the United Nations?

Every country at the UN gets a vote. But five countries have a power the other 188 don’t: the power of veto in the UNSC.

Europe’s Power Exchange Giant EEX Eyes New Weather Futures

European Energy Exchange AG, the world’s biggest power bourse, is considering listing new weather futures, becoming the ...

Ecuador Seeks US Help Fighting $30-Billion Cocaine Trade

Ecuador is asking the US "every day" for more help fighting a cocaine trade President Daniel Noboa estimates is worth $3...

Saudi war against Houthis displaces 130,000 Yemenis as hunger crisis deepens

Saudi war against Houthis displaces 130,000 Yemenis as hunger crisis deepens Submitted by Elis Gjevori on Tue, 09/22/202...

Afghan cyclist who escaped Taliban wins Asian Games silver medal

Fariba Hashimi, who used to disguise herself as a man to train in Afghanistan, finishes second in women's road race.

Rubio says US open to meeting Iranian officials at UN

Rubio says US open to meeting Iranian officials at UN Washington is open to the idea of meeting Iranian officials at the...

Saudi’s Ceer unveils first EVs in push to become autos hub

PIF-backed carmaker’s luxury EVs aim to make Saudi a manufacturing center and challenge Chinese brands.

Exclusive: EU countries sound alarm over weapons brought back from Ukraine front line

Returning soldiers from Ukraine's front are bringing weapons and military gear into the European Union, a confidential d...

Kremlin Backs UN Security Council Reform, But Says Permanent Members and Veto Powers Should Remain

The comments come in response to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s renewed calls to abolish both permanent member...

Gulf States Set to Urge Trump to Avoid Any Escalation With Iran

Gulf Arab states are set to urge US President Donald Trump to avoid any escalation of hostilities with Iran at a meeting...

Bigger EU budget and joint borrowing needed in ‘turbulent times’, Greek minister says

Greece’s deputy minister for foreign affairs has advocated for a bigger EU budget and joint debt in targeted sectors to ...

DORA Year Two: Can Your SOC Actually See the Attack?

When the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) became enforceable across the European Union in January 2025, it trig...

Poland aims to become gas hub for Europe, minister says

Wojciech Balczun added that Warsaw is already holding talks with Greece, which "can control gas supplies to Europe from ...

After Rappler report, more Gencorp contracts with Davao City Hall confirmed

PhilGEPS and Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte separately confirm that Gencorp's contracts with Davao City Hall are wor...

Russia’s SVR comments on yet another EU’s attempt to seize sovereign Russian assets

European officials fear that without seizing Russian assets, they "will not be able to endlessly fund the corrupt Kiev r...

New Linux Kernel Flaw Gives ARM64 KVM Guests Read-Write Access to Host Memory

A new flaw in the Linux kernel's KVM virtualization code for ARM64 processors can leave a freed piece of host memory exp...

Globalists will replace Merz after CDU election failure, RDIF chief says

The Chancellor's party got zero seats in a regional election in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Fake and divisive ads proliferate in Israel’s first AI election

Israel's elections will be the country's first since the deadly Hamas attacks on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

Trump’s Belarus potash plan may have limited bite

Analysts say logistics, limited supply and global pricing make Belarus an unlikely replacement for Canadian potash.

China Urges EU to Keep Auto Markets Open, Avoid Protectionism

China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao called on the European Union to keep its markets open to Chinese automakers and av...

Chinese chips advance despite being shut out of US technology

Alibaba shares rose after it unveiled what it called China’s most powerful chip ever.

Venezuela courts debt, energy and mining deals in New York

For years, Caracas was seen as a pariah, and foreign direct investment flows plummeted. But investors have begun returni...

Trump-GCC Summit in New York: What does each side want?

Trump will meet with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman on the sidelines of UNGA.

Secretary-General Guterres set for UN exit

A former Costa Rican vice president is the frontrunner to replace him, meaning the UN could be led by a woman for the fi...

Iraq to collect 6 million weapons despite pushback from Iran-backed militias

Baghdad recast 30 September — originally a hard deadline for armed factions to surrender an estimated 6 million weapons ...

Trump readies diplomatic push at the UN General Assembly

Along with holding talks with Venezuela’s interim leader, the US president will also meet with Gulf countries.

Only 22% of Russian gold consumed domestically

According to a presentation by Sergey Kashuba, Chairman of the Russian Union of Gold Producers, 78% of gold produced in ...

Tech Rally Loses Steam In Europe as Oil Rises

A rally in technology stocks came to a halt as oil resumed its role in setting the tone for markets, with Brent heading ...

Trump Takes Dealmaking to New York with Packed UN Assembly Agenda

The Iran war, AI, and Russia-Ukraine conflict are likely to dominate world talks.

Climate change, overfishing: Lake Chad sees fish stocks dwindle

People living in Chad’s Lake Province are bearing the brunt of climate change. The region and the communities that have ...

Taiwan’s opposition casts doubt on ‘rock solid’ US ties ahead of Xi-Trump summit

Reports that Taiwanese officials have been asked to scale back visits to Washington have sparked debate over whether the...

Gaza siblings pulled from rubble left reeling after mother’s death

Gaza siblings pulled from rubble left reeling after mother’s death Submitted by Maha Hussaini on Tue, 09/22/2026 - 09:36...

Iran war spreads through region as Trump seeks way out

Washington, Tehran and the Gulf states continue to pursue different objectives while searching for a way to end the Iran...

Trump admin's hardline deportation policy an 'attempt to break the global refugee and asylum system'

François Picard is pleased to welcome Washington Post national security reporter Adam Taylor. The Forbidden Stories cons...

UN General Assembly Live: Updates From Trump, Leader Speeches in New York