Foreign policy
G7 leaders gather in Canada for summit overshadowed by Middle East crisis and Trump’s tariffs
The flags of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union ahead of the Group of Seven (G-7) Leaders’ Summit in Banff, Alberta, Canada, on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Leaders of some of the world’s biggest economic powers will arrive in the […]
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Israel targets Iran’s defense ministry as Tehran unleashes deadly missile strike
Emergency and rescue soldiers search for trapped people around heavily damaged buildings after an overnight missile strike from Iran on June 15, 2025 in Bat Yam Israel. Iran launched a retaliatory missile strike on Israel starting late on June 13, after a series of Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day targeted Iranian military and nuclear […]
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Trump’s long-sought military parade becomes reality
A Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to be used in the U.S. Army’s 250th Birthday Celebration and Parade, is seen near U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 11, 2025. Alexander Drago | Reuters WASHINGTON — Thousands of troops will descend on Washington, D.C., on Saturday, accompanied by dozens of tanks and helicopters overhead, as […]
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Trump urges Iran to reach nuclear deal ‘before there is nothing left’
President Donald Trump looks on during a National Economic Council meeting in the Oval Office at the White House March 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday morning urged Tehran to reach a nuclear deal “before there is nothing left,” hours after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes against […]
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Iran launches 100 drones at Israel in response to missile attack as markets reel
Traffic flows on a highway in the Iranian capital Tehran on June 13, 2025 following reported Israeli strikes targeting Iran early in the morning. AFP | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran launched more than 100 drones toward Israeli territory Friday morning after Israel’s overnight missile strike on the country killed at least […]
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Oil prices surge 11% on heels of Israeli strikes
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader. Office Of The Iranian Supreme Le | Via Reuters Crude oil futures jumped as much as 13% Thursday evening after Israel launched airstrikes against Iran without U.S. support. U.S. West Texas Intermediate last […]
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Trump administration tells 500,000 immigrants to ‘self-deport’ after revoking protections
A farmworker works in a strawberry field on June 12, 2025 in Oxnard, California. Anti-immigration crackdowns ordered by US President Donald Trump has seen federal authorities target factories and work sites since June 6, sparking days of angry protests in Los Angeles. Apu Gomes | Afp | Getty Images The Trump administration began sending termination […]
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Trump wanted an Iran deal fast. Now he may get military confrontation
This combination of pictures created on April 09, 2025 shows US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff after a meeting with Russian officials at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 18, 2025 (L); and Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaking to AFP during an interview at the Iranian consulate in Jeddah on March 7, […]
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Huawei ‘has got China covered’ if the U.S. doesn’t participate, Nvidia CEO tells CNBC
If the U.S. continues to impose AI semiconductor restrictions on China, then chipmaker Huawei will take advantage of its position in the world’s second-largest economy, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC Thursday. “Our technology is a generation ahead of theirs,” Huang told CNBC at the sidelines of the Viva Technology conference in Paris. However, he […]
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Oil prices rise more than 4% on escalating U.S.-Iran tensions
Crude oil storage tanks at the Juaymah Tank Farm in Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia, in 2018. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. crude oil futures rose more than 4% Wednesday as tensions escalated between the U.S. and Iran, with President Donald Trump expressing doubt that […]
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