Lawmakers have reviewed summary of Pentagon order on Caribbean attacks, sources say
Dec 4 – U.S. lawmakers have reviewed a summary of a Pentagon document that lays out the scope of the Trump administration’s campaign to strike vessels carrying narcotics in the…
Czech populist Babis to become prime minister next week
PRAGUE, Dec 4 – Czech election winner and populist ANO party chief Andrej Babis will be appointed prime minister on December 9, the country’s president said on Thursday, after Babis…
US signs pact with Kenya under ‘America First’ global health plan
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 – The U.S. will provide more than $1.6 billion to Kenya’s health system under a new five-year agreement signed on Thursday, the first such agreement reached under…
Syria’s growth accelerates as sanctions ease, refugees return, central bank chief says
NEW YORK, Dec 4 – Syria’s economy is growing much faster than the World Bank’s 1% estimate for 2025 as refugees flow back after the end of a 14-year civil…
UK, Norway to jointly ‘hunt Russian submarines’ under new pact
Sightings of Russian vessels in UK waters have increased 30 per cent in the past two years. Read More
Anti-Hamas Gazan clansman reported killed, in blow to Israeli policy
JERUSALEM/CAIRO Dec 4 – The head of an armed Palestinian faction that opposes Hamas in Gaza has been killed, Israeli media reported on Thursday, in what would be a blow…
War insurance costs spike for ship owners as Black Sea threats grow, sources say
LONDON, Dec 4 – War insurance costs for ships sailing to the Black Sea have spiked again, with insurers reviewing policies daily as the conflict in Ukraine spills into sea…
Israel says it killed around 40 Hamas militants trapped in Gaza tunnels
JERUSALEM, Dec 4 – The Israeli military said on Thursday that its forces have killed around 40 Hamas militants who had been trapped in tunnels below Rafah in southern Gaza,…
Main findings from UK Novichok report that blames Russia
LONDON, Dec 4 – A British inquiry delivered its report into the death of a woman who died in 2018 after being poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok, months after…
Swiss parliament votes to relax restrictions on arms exports
ZURICH, Dec 4 – Swiss lawmakers on Thursday voted to ease restrictions on weapons exports as the upper house of parliament approved changes to the neutral country’s War Materials Act.…