CIA director John Ratcliffe on Thursday delivered a message from President Donald Trump to top Cuban officials in Havana that the US would "seriously engage" with the island´s government on economic and security issues "only if it makes fundamental changes," a CIA official told Reuters.
Pakistan has deployed 8,000 troops, a squadron of fighter jets and an air defence system to Saudi Arabia under a mutual defence pact, ramping up military cooperation with Riyadh even as Islamabad serves as the main mediator in the Iran war. The deployment, the full scale of which is reporte
The US-Israeli war with Iran has already cost companies around the world at least $25 billion - and the bill is climbing, according to a Reuters analysis. A review of corporate statements since the start of the conflict by companies listed in the United States, Europe and Asia offers a sobering lo
When customers of Iran’s largest crypto exchange needed to move billions of dollars, networks created by two of the industry’s biggest players served as conduits. And from the early stages of President Donald Trump’s flagship digital currency venture, the same two players lent cr
Israel secretly operated two covert military bases in Iraq's western desert for well over a year, with preparations beginning as far back as late 2024, The New York Times reports. An Israeli outpost in Iraq had earlier been reported by The Wall Street Journal, an American newspaper. Iraqi officia
