By Alexander Cornwell MANAMA, Bahrain (Reuters) – The U.S. believes that an alleged sweeping Chinese cyber espionage campaign known as Salt Typhoon targeted and recorded telephone calls of “very senior” American political figures, a White House official said on Saturday. The comments by Anne Neuberger, the U.S. deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging…
Investing.com — Tanker stocks rallied sharply on Tuesday after the U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on 21 additional vessels transporting Iranian crude, including 10 very large crude carriers (VLCCs). The move signals a renewed push to enforce sanctions against Iran, which could significantly tighten global VLCC supply and bolster the tanker market, according to a note…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday the U.S. should not be involved in the conflict in Syria, where rebel forces are threatening the government of President Bashar al-Assad. “Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, & THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS NOT OUR…
By Yves Herman THE HAGUE (Reuters) -One person died, three were injured and an unknown number of people were missing after a building in The Hague collapsed on Saturday following explosions and a fire, the mayor of the Dutch city said. Jan van Zanen told a news conference those missing were believed to be buried…
President Bashar al-Assad used Russian and Iranian firepower to beat back rebel forces during years of civil war but never defeated them, leaving him vulnerable when his allies were distracted by wars elsewhere and his enemies went on the march. The rebels’ lightning advance through western Syria marks one of the most serious threats to…
Doha (Reuters) – U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein said the situation in Syria, where rebels are pressing a rapid advance that is threatening President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on power, was creating a new weakness for militant Lebanese group Hezbollah and for Iran. The U.S. envoy, who negotiated a U.S-brokered ceasefire agreement in the conflict between Israel…
By Giuseppe Fonte and Valentina Za ROME (Reuters) – France’s Credit Agricole (OTC:CRARY) had informal backing from the Italian government before it said on Friday it was raising its stake in Banco BPM, two sources close to the matter told Reuters. The increase intensifies a banking battle in Italy, begun when UniCredit last month made…
PARIS (Reuters) – Iran’s acceleration in its enrichment of uranium to close to bomb grade is “extremely serious”, has no civilian justification and contradicts Tehran’s assertions on wanting serious nuclear negotiations, a Western diplomatic source said on Saturday. Iran has long denied seeking nuclear weapons. U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi told Reuters on Friday…
By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces the greatest challenge of his brief but chequered political career, despite surviving a bruising impeachment challenge, as members of his own party called for him to resign for imposing martial law. Yoon was regarded as a tough political survivor but became increasingly…
By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) – Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), is an unlikely public face for a male-dominated, anti-immigration far-right party that depicts itself as a defender of traditional family values and ordinary people. The 45-year-old is raising two sons with a Sri Lankan-born woman, a filmmaker, and…
