UK net migration halves in 2025 to 171,000

Net migration to the UK fell by nearly half in the 12 months to December 2025 to 171,000, the official statistics agency said yesterday, providing some relief on a key issue for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
22 May 2026

US, Iran gap widens over nuclear issue

The US and Iran stuck to opposing stances yesterday over Tehran’s uranium stockpile and controls on the Strait of Hormuz, although US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there had been “some good signs” in talks.
22 May 2026

Israel deports all foreign activists

Israel said yesterday it had deported all the foreign activists seized by Israeli forces from a Gaza-bound flotilla, following global outcry over their treatment in custody.
22 May 2026

Trump says he will speak with Taiwan leader

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te said yesterday he would be “happy” to talk to US leader Donald Trump, a conversation that would break more than four decades of diplomatic protocol and drew pre-emptive ire from China.
22 May 2026

Pakistan army chief due in Iran

Trump says talks on 'borderline'
21 May 2026

Tehran reviewing latest US response as Trump suggests he can wait

Pakistan continues to mediate between two sides
21 May 2026

Close shave: laser hair removal device sparks Australia airport evacuation

A bomb disposal unit was called to an Australian airport on Thursday -- only to find the suspicious object was a laser hair removal device
21 May 2026

SpaceX IPO filing lays bare losses and Musk control as it stakes future on AI

SpaceX IPO could reshape late-stage tech funding, targets $1.75 trillion valuation
21 May 2026

Zuckerberg says he feels 'weight' of Meta layoffs

Meta began laying off roughly 8,000 employees Wednesday -- about 10 percent of its global workforce -- as co-founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg pushes to redirect resources toward an ambitious artificial intelligence agenda
21 May 2026

Central Africa: Did US aid cuts worsen Ebola outbreak?

DRC and Uganda are fighting to contain a dramatic Ebola outbreak, which went unnoticed for a long time. Are US aid cuts to blame for the delayed crisis response?
21 May 2026
21 May 2026

Iran is consolidating control of Hormuz with island checkpoints, diplomatic deals – and sometimes ‘fees’

Iran uses checkpoints, vetting, and selective fees to control Hormuz transit, IRGC central to process
21 May 2026

US envoy stirs Greenland independence dreams

The US special envoy to Greenland, the Arctic island coveted by President Donald Trump, fanned the Danish autonomous territory’s dreams of independence in an interview published yesterday during his visit to Nuuk.
21 May 2026

Ebola risk high regionally, low globally: WHO

The World Health Organization yesterday said the risk of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s deadly Ebola outbreak was currently high at the national and regional levels but low worldwide.
21 May 2026

EU agrees to implement US trade pact

EU lawmakers and member states reached a deal in the early hours of yesterday to implement the bloc’s nearly year-old trade pact with the US, with President Trump threatening new tariffs unless it is done by July 4.
21 May 2026

Rubio offers Cubans ‘new path’ in video

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered Cubans a “new path” in a special video address yesterday hours before Washington was expected to criminally indict the island’s former leader Raul Castro.
21 May 2026

US indicts Raul Castro

The United States yesterday criminally indicted Cuba’s former leader Raul Castro, fueling speculation that President Donald Trump will try to topple the communist state.
21 May 2026

US seeking to ‘start new war’

Iran’s chief negotiator yesterday said the United States wanted to restart the Middle East war after President Donald Trump said he would attack again unless Tehran agreed to a peace deal.
21 May 2026

Colosseum selfies and 'Melody' toffee: Modi visits Rome

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took selfies at the Colosseum
20 May 2026

Meta begins cutting 8,000 jobs globally with e-mails sent out in Singapore at 4am

Move comes as Mark Zuckerberg shifts focus to AI, with thousands reassigned and costs rising despite investor concerns
20 May 2026