The Bank of England building in London, Britain, May 19, 2026. Photographer Corey Rudy By Reuters Bank of England policymaker Alan Taylor said interest ​rates at their current level ‌were restrictive for the economy and he did not see the ​need for an increase ​to tackle inflationary pressures that ⁠have grown as a result ​of

By Anadolu Agency The Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat assessment for Israel to the highest possible level on concerns about increasingly aggressive Israeli espionage targeting US officials, NBC News reported Friday. The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) issued the new assessment in recent weeks, elevating Israel’s threat designation to “critical,” according to two current and

By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump has told his aides privately that he will not end a ceasefire with Iran unless Tehran kills American troops, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday citing US officials. Trump’s reluctance to reignite the conflict with Iran suggested that he might be willing to “withstand smaller flare-ups for weeks

By Anadolu Agency The Philippines’ Senate has extended to Monday the deadline for Vice President Sara Duterte to file her answer to the articles of impeachment against her, local media reports said. The 10-day deadline for Duterte to file her formal answer with the Senate is set to end, local English daily Manila Times reported

By The Associated Press The world is getting more uptight about lending money to President Donald Trump’s government — causing interest rates to climb in ways that are worsening affordability pressures, hampering economic growth and creating a new risk for Republicans in November’s midterm elections. The energy price spike triggered by the Iran war has

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei By Xinhua News Agency Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Friday that no agreement has been finalized with the United States yet and the exchange of messages between the two sides is continuing. Baghaei made the remarks in a telephone interview with state-run IRIB TV, after U.S.

Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, meets with a British delegation of cross-Party members of parliament (MPs), who have come to China to attend the 14th China-UK Senior Leadership

A man draped in a Ghana flag stands among other Ghanaians as Ghana repatriates hundreds of its citizens from South Africa following instances of violence against migrants from other sub-Saharan African countries, amid a wave ‌of protests against illegal immigration, at O.R. Tambo International. By Reuters Almost 300 Ghanaian nationals returned home on Wednesday after

By Anadolu Agency Iran said on Wednesday that its enriched uranium was not part of the current negotiations with the US, according to the deputy secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. “This issue is not on the agenda of the negotiations,” Ali Bagheri said in remarks carried by Iran’s semi-official news agency Fars. The

After CENTCOM announced that US forces had carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, Iran reported shooting down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone that had violated its airspace over the Persian Gulf, according to Anadolu Agency reported. According to a written statement from the Revolutionary Guard Corps, an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was