Vessels anchored at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman on May 25, 2026. A U.S. helicopter on Monday went down over the strait, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed, adding that the pilots "are fine."
Pentagon labels tech giant Alibaba and car maker BYD as aiding Chinese military WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses, including the tech giant Alibaba, electric car maker BYD and search engine Baidu, to its list of Chinese military companies, preventing them from getting U.S. defense contracts. The list, updated and published Monday by the Pentagon, now sanctions well-known, non-state-owned Chinese companies that are not traditionally considered to be in the d
The web of fractious alliances and dysfunctional ceasefires shows how destabilised the region remains.
Federal judge strikes down Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas BOSTON — A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, contradicting an earlier federal court ruling upholding the fee hike. The administration announced the much-higher fee as a way of preventing foreign workers from taking American jobs. But U.S. District Court Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston sided with 20 states and struck down the visa policy, concluding that the executive branch
In a wide-ranging interview, an upbeat Ukrainian president also discusses Donald Trump, King Charles, and how Kyiv is prepared to share its experience of drone warfare with the west Sitting down with the Guardian in London, Volodymyr Zelenskyy seems cheerful. More than four years after Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion, he believes Europe’s biggest war since 1945 appears to be slowly turning in Ukraine’s favour. The military situation is the most promising it has been for Kyiv for two and a h
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Exclusive: Ukrainian leader says he has ‘a very good relationship’ with British monarch, who has supported his country Zelenskyy hopes Reform UK councils will allow Ukraine flags to be flown again Volodymyr Zelenskyy has revealed that he plans to invite King Charles on a state visit to Ukraine as early as this year, which would make him the most senior royal to travel to Kyiv since Russia’s full-scale invasion. The Ukrainian president said he had a close relationship with the king, whom he has m
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Proposals considered by government would strengthen protections for parents forced to become full-time carers Thousands of parents who are forced to become full-time carers after their child becomes seriously ill would be entitled to financial support and job protections under new “Hugh’s law” proposals being floated by the government. Hugh’s law is named after Hugh Menai-Davis, who was six when he died in 2021 just under a year after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and undergoing 10
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Measures being considered to crack down on practice that has grown as a result of Britain’s housing crisis London councils could be banned from “dumping” homeless families hundreds of miles across England under measures being considered by ministers, the Guardian has learned. MPs said vulnerable people, including women fleeing abuse, were being “coerced” into choosing between rough sleeping or moving to cheap, sparsely furnished properties in some of the poorest parts of the country. Continue re
