aOil prices have jumped after Qatar’s energy minister warned he expects all oil and gas exporters in the Gulf to stop production within days. Saad al-Kaabi told the Financial Times…
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UK: Failed asylum seeker families to be offered up to £40k to leave the country
Families of failed asylum seekers will be offered up to £40,000 to leave the UK under a trial scheme announced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. Mahmood said the government would…
USA: Economy unexpectedly sheds 92,000 jobs in February
The number of jobs in the US economy fell last month, an unexpected contraction that has renewed questions about whether the labour market in the US might be starting to…
HUNGARY: Authorities confirm holding seven Ukrainian bank workers and $80m
Hungary’s tax authority has said it has arrested seven Ukrainians and two cash-transport vehicles on suspicion of money-laundering after Ukraine’s foreign minister accused Budapest of taking them hostage. “The reasons…
EUROPE: Ukraine accuses Hungary of taking seven people hostage
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has accused Hungarian authorities of taking hostage seven employees of Ukraine’s state savings bank, Oschadbank. Writing on X, Sybiha said: “Today in Budapest, Hungarian authorities…
EUROPE: Finland plans to lift decades-old ban on hosting nuclear weapons
Finland plans to lift its long-standing ban on having nuclear weapons on its territory, in a move the government says would align the country more closely with Nato’s deterrence policy.…
AMERICAS: US and Venezuela agree to resume diplomatic ties after Maduro capture
The US and Venezuela have agreed to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations. The agency said in a statement that the two sides would make joint efforts to promote stability, support…
USA: Britney Spears arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence
Britney Spears has been arrested in California under suspicion of driving under the influence, according to CBS News. The singer was arrested by the California Highway Patrol at around 21:30 PT…
UK: Starmer tries to reassure as Iran crisis deepens
“Worried sick”. They are not the words a prime minister wants to be using from the Downing Street podium to describe the emotional state of their country. Sir Keir Starmer…
UKRAINE: USA asked us for help fighting Iranian drones, Zelensky says
The US has asked Ukraine for help defending Gulf allies against Iranian drones, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. He said Ukraine’s partners had been reaching out and there had been…