4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (495+ words) SANAA, Sept 9, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Yemen's Houthi rebels reported dozens of Saudi airstrikes on Wednesday as daily attacks continued in a conflict that has reignited during the Middle East war, with hundreds of people killed in fighting near the Red Sea....

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (553+ words) BARRANQUILLA, Colombia, Sept 8, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in Colombia on Tuesday, the first stop on a Latin American tour designed to bolster pro-US leaders and cement influence over the continent. The recent election of…...

6+ day, 10+ min ago   (409+ words) BEIJING, Sept 8, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - China's imports and exports surged in August, helped by a global AI buildout that has fuelled demand for technology products and ahead of an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump. After…...

6+ day, 10+ min ago   (282+ words) KYIV, Ukraine, Sept 8, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russia showed readiness to negotiate towards a conflict settlement at talks with US envoys, Axios reported. The weekend visit to Moscow and Kyiv by Steve Witkoff and Jared…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (292+ words) WASHINGTON, United States, Sept 5, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions Friday on a Turkish bank over its alleged ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as Washington pushes to economically isolate Tehran six months into their war....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (624+ words) MOSCOW, Sept 5, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner landed in Moscow on Saturday to discuss a plan to end more than four years of war between Russia and Ukraine. After talks in Moscow the pair, sent by…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (200+ words) KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait, Sept 3, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Kuwait's army said Thursday it was intercepting a missile and drone attack from Iran, as Tehran targeted US allies in the Middle East. Iran has targeted US bases in Kuwait, Jordan, the United Arab…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (486+ words) CARACAS, Sept 3, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - US Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Wednesday dismissed claims that Washington was "stealing Venezuelan oil" after the South American nation granted its northern neighbor access to a huge chunk of its natural resources. Wright, who traveled…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (604+ words) CAIRO, Sept 2, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping urged Middle Eastern countries on Wednesday to oppose "external interference" and said Beijing was ready to work with regional states to safeguard maritime shipping, jeopardised by the US-Iran war. Xi's remarks to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (303+ words) BRASILIA, Sept 2, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro was acquitted Tuesday of a possible violation of electoral law after he broadcast a deepfake video of his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro. A left-wing coalition supporting the re-election of President…...