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US Senate Confirms New NSA Director After Months-Long Vacancy

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Army General Joshua Rudd as the new director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and head of U.S. Cyber Command, filling a national security position that had remained vacant for months.

Qatar FM Stresses Urgent Need to Keep Strait of Hormuz Open

Qatar’s foreign minister has warned that keeping the Strait of Hormuz open is critical as...

North Korea Backs Iran's New Supreme Leader Amid Tensions

North Korea has expressed support for Iran’s newly appointed Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei,...

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers Quits Three Months After Crisis

IndiGo Chief Executive Officer Pieter Elbers has stepped down from his role with immediate...

Simon & Schuster Appoints Greg Greeley as CEO

Major publishing company Simon & Schuster has appointed former Amazon executive Greg Greeley as...

Hedge Fund Founder Odey Challenges Ban from City in Court

British hedge fund founder Crispin Odey appeared in court on Tuesday to challenge a ban from...

Putin Offers Trump Suggestions to End Iran War Quickly

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly shared suggestions with U.S. President Donald...

Australia Sends Missiles & Surveillance Jet to Aid UAE Defence

Australia will send missiles and a military surveillance aircraft to the United Arab Emirates...

U.S. & China Clash Over Fentanyl and Tariffs at Global Drugs Meet

The United States and China traded accusations on Monday at a United Nations meeting on global drug control, exposing tensions over fentanyl trafficking and the use of tariffs between the two countries.The United States and China traded accusation...

Brazil Finance Minister Haddad Expected to Step Down Next Week

Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad is expected to step down from his post next week as he prepares to run for governor of São Paulo, according to sources familiar with the matter.

South Korea Says it Cannot Stop U.S. Redeploying Weapons Abroad

South Korea President Lee Jae Myung said the government cannot prevent U.S. forces stationed in the country from redeploying weapons abroad after reports that American military equipment could be moved to support operations in the Middl...

Trump Suggests Possible 'Friendly Takeover' of Crisis-Hit Cuba

U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States could pursue what he described as a possible “friendly takeover” of Cuba, pointing to the island nation’s worsening humanitarian crisis and economic crisis.