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Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump's top US intelligence official: Report

Gabbard advised Trump of her intention to step down during an Oval Office meeting on Friday, the news outlet reported. The resignation is effective June 30, it said

A strong El Nino could be coming; countries are already preparing

Scientists warn that one of the strongest El Nino events on record could intensify global heat, disrupt agriculture and trigger extreme weather events

UAE joins Saudi, Qatar in urging Trump not to restart Iran attacks

Gulf states have stepped up diplomatic outreach to the US president amid fears that renewed conflict with Iran could destabilise regional economies and energy markets

Kevin Warsh takes over US Fed with a policy problem already in view

The new Federal Reserve chair takes charge as rising inflation, AI-led economic shifts and geopolitical shocks complicate the US monetary policy outlook

WHO chief Adhanom says Ebola outbreak in Congo is 'spreading rapidly'

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom said Friday the UN health agency was revising upward to "very high" its assessment of the risk within Congo, which had previously been deemed as high

Standard Chartered CEO apologizes for 'lower-value human' comments

Winters wrote in a LinkedIn post on Friday that he recognized his 'choice of words' has 'caused upset to some colleagues'

Two Indian mountaineers die while descending from Mount Everest summit

The climbers have been identified as Arun Kumar Tiwari and Sandeep Are

Rubio embarks on mission to ease tensions with allies during Nato meeting

Rubio will attend a Nato foreign ministers' meeting in Sweden on Friday

Israel fears Iran could launch surprise attack amid ceasefire talks

Security officials said Iran could attempt to launch an attack before the US and Israel conclude that diplomatic efforts have failed and decide to take military action

Iran, Oman in talks over Strait of Hormuz ship payment system amid tensions

The discussions suggest that the United States and the Iranian government may not be close to reaching a deal to end a war that has badly damaged the global economy

Indians top list of foreigners leaving UK as net migration nearly halves

The estimate for total long-term immigration for last year is 813,000, marking a decrease of 20 per cent from 2024 and continuing a downward trend

Strait of Hormuz closure threatens recession rivaling 2008: Rapidan Energy

Oil prices have nearly doubled since late February as the war between the US, Israel and Iran upends global markets and triggers concern about a simultaneous spike in inflation and slowdown in growth

Progress in US, Iran talks undercut over uranium stockpile, Hormuz tolls

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a toll system would make a deal with the US 'unfeasible'

US depleted roughly half of THAAD interceptors in defence of Israel: Report

In a statement, the Pentagon defended the balance of military resources used between Israel and the United States

US, Iran are in intense indirect talks for drafting final agreement: Report

The report also said that intensive mediation efforts are underway, with Mohsin Naqvi currently in Iran to discuss the status of the Strait of Hormuz

Republicans pull vote on Iran war resolution that was on verge of passing

The House had scheduled a vote on a war powers resolution, brought by Democrats, that would rein in Trump's military campaign

Trump dismisses fears, says US wants to help Cuba on 'humanitarian basis'

Trump dismissed speculation that the deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz near the region was aimed at intimidating the Cuban government

Trump announces 5,000 additional US troops to Poland, sparks confusion

Trump and the Pentagon have said in recent weeks that they were drawing down at least 5,000 troops in Germany after Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the US was being humiliated by the Iranian leadership

SpaceX halts Starship test flight launch less than a minute before liftoff

The 407-foot (124-metre) rocket was poised to begin a space-skimming journey from Texas extending halfway around the world

Gunmen open fire, killing at least 25 people in twin attacks in Honduras

First incident took place at a plantation in the municipality of Trujillo in northern Honduras, where at least 19 workers were shot and killed, according to Public Prosecutor's Office spokesperson