Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, says he has had no contact with Hezbollah representatives for weeks, even though the militia puts up two Cabinet ministers and has 13 representatives in the Lebanese parliament. “There has been no communication with Hezbollah since the middle of last month,” Mikati told news broadc

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned Pyongyang and Moscow about sending North Korean soldiers to fight in the Ukraine war. North Korea deploying soldiers to fight with Russia in North Korea “would mark a significant escalation,” Rutte said on X after talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. The two spoke about the close [&he

Israeli attacks have left “Beirut in flames,” the country’s foreign minister said on Monday morning, after a major offensive targeting Hezbollah’s financial assets. Foreign Minister Israel Katz wrote on X that over 15 buildings were struck and posted a photo of a large fireball rising over the skyline of Lebanon’s capi

(Bloomberg) — Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh projects the nation’s economy will grow 6.5% to 7% in 2025 and says the government will push for expansion of 7%-7.5%, according to a post on the government’s website. Most Read from Bloomberg The targets come ahead of Chinh’s address to the National Assembly this morning, during […]

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers in southern Mexico, was killed on Sunday. The prosecutors’ office in the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas, in the state of Chiapas, said the religious leader was shot dead by two gunmen when he was in his […]