Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Washington on Wednesday ahead of US President Donald Trump’s planned trip to the Kingdom next month. Trump said last week that Saudi Arabia would be his first foreign destination, with a visit planned as early as next month. He also indicated…
The IDF clarified that there is no concern over security issues nor over an information leak. An Israeli air force jet crashed in Lebanon due to a technical malfunction, the IDF announced on Wednesday. There is no concern over security issues nor over an information leak. The incident is being investigated. IDF plane crashes are a fairly…
President Donald Trump announced a complete three-month pause on all the “reciprocal” tariffs that went into effect at midnight, with the exception of China, a stunning reversal from a president who had insisted historically high tariffs were here to stay. But enormous tariffs will remain on China, the world’s second-largest economy. In fact, Trump said…
China will raise its tariff rate on all imports from the United States from 34 percent to 84 percent starting from April 10, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced Wednesday. On April 8, 2025, the U.S. government announced an increase in the so-called “reciprocal tariff” rate on Chinese exports to the United…
Yemen’s Houthi media said on Wednesday the number of people killed in an airstrike on Hodeida the day before that they blamed on the United States has risen to 10 people. “The death toll rose to 10 as a result of the American enemy’s massacre in a residential neighborhood” of Hodeida, the Houthis’ Al-Masirah TV…
The US Treasury Department sanctioned five entities and one individual in Iran on Wednesday for their support to Iran’s nuclear program. Those designated were allegedly providing to support to sides that manage and oversee Iran’s nuclear program, including the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and the AEOI-subordinate Iran Centrifuge Technology Company (TESA). “Today’s action, which…
Russian Security Council secretary Sergei Shoigu held a call with the head of Oman’s Palace Office, Sultan bin Mohammed al-Nu’amani, during which they discussed the Middle East, state news agency RIA reported on Wednesday. The US and Iran are set to hold talks in Oman this week aimed at defusing tensions around Tehran’s nuclear program.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for building a community with a shared future with neighboring countries and striving to open new ground for China’s neighborhood work. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a central conference on…
A US federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore the Associated Press’s access to President Donald Trump’s official events, saying it had no right to bar media for their “viewpoints.” AP journalists and photographers have been barred from the Oval Office and from traveling on Air Force One since mid-February because of…
Ukraine launched a major overnight drone attack on Russia, disrupting flights early on Wednesday in the southern part of the country and forcing the evacuation of residents from dozens of apartments in the Rostov region, Russian officials said. The Russian defense ministry said in a post on the Telegram messaging app that its air defense…
Those wishing to perform Hajj will only be allowed to do so if they book through the relevant Saudi platforms that grant authorized Hajj visas, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said in a statement. The ministry warned those who want to take part in Hajj against using unofficial channels to book for the…
Russian forces staged huge drone attacks on eastern Ukraine late on Tuesday, triggering fires and injuring at least 22 people, regional officials said. In the Donetsk region, the focal point of the 1,000-km (600-mile) front line in the more than three-year-old war, a residential area came under attack in the city of Kramatorsk and local…
China’s top leaders plan to convene a meeting as early as Wednesday to discuss measures to boost the economy and stabilize the capital markets, people with knowledge of the matter said, amid an escalating trade war with the US. The meeting comes as US duties on Chinese imports nearly doubled to 104 percent on Wednesday…
As calls for Lebanon’s Hezbollah to disarm gain momentum, a senior Hezbollah official told Reuters the group is ready to hold talks with the Lebanese president about its weapons if Israel withdraws from south Lebanon and stops its strikes. US-backed President Joseph Aoun, who vowed when he took office in January to establish a state…
US-Iran talks to be held on April 12 in Oman will be led by Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, Iran’s state media reported on Telegram on Tuesday. The talks will be held with the intermediation of Oman’s foreign minister, Badr al-Busaidi, according to the report. President Donald Trump made a…
