U.S. President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters United States President Donald Trump is moving toward levying a new tariff on China that would penalise the world’s second-largest economy for flooding the global market with underpriced goods, according to three people familiar with the matter. Two of the people…
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Yemen’s Houthis said on Monday (August 24, 2026) that their forces hit a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea with a ballistic missile, as the Iran-backed rebels pursue a maritime blockade of the kingdom. Also read | ‘Economic D-Day’: U.S. threatens Iran with new…
Mannar For about a decade now, successive governments in Sri Lanka have sought to tap Mannar’s strong winds to power the island’s transition to green energy. But renewable energy projects — existing and proposed — have left local communities increasingly fearful about the possible impact on their environment and livelihoods. Residents in villages across Mannar…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announces a new set of sanctions against Iran, describing them as “an economic D-Day”, in the Cash Room at the Treasury Department on August 24, 2026, in Washington, DC. Photo: Getty Images via AFP. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday (August 24, 2026) laid out plans for the “economic asphyxiation”…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his son Yair. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday (August 23, 2026) that Iran had attempted to assassinate one of his two sons, without offering further details. “Something incredible happened: Iran targeted one of my sons. Iran tried to kill one of my…
South Korea’s Marines take part in U.S. and South Korea’s marine corps combined amphibious landing drill called the ‘Ssangyong’ exercise, in Pohang, South Korea. File | Photo Credit: Reuters South Korea said on Monday (August 24, 2026) that the United States had cancelled a large joint amphibious landing exercise scheduled for next month due to…
Syria’s former grand mufti under ousted President Bashar Assad, Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, stands as a court sentences him to life in prison at the Palace of Justice in Damascus, Syria, on August 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP A former Islamic religious leader was sentenced to life in prison on Monday (August 24, 2026) in…
President Donald Trump’s administration, on August 24, released a proposed regulation to codify an unprecedented fee of more than $100,000 on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. Mr. Trump first imposed this last year but was blocked by the courts. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday (August 24,…
U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump on Monday (August 24, 2026) threatened to impose a 50% tariff on Canadian automobiles, car parts, and steel starting next year as the trade rift with Ottawa continued to deepen. The announcement comes after trade talks between otherwise allies and reliable trading partners collapsed…
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party has condemned what it called the “continued failure” of authorities at a state-run hospital after the CT Coronary Angiography (CTA) was not conducted on him despite cardiologists complaining about potential risks of cardiac complications. In a statement on Sunday (August 23, 2026), Central Secretary Information of the Pakistan…