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Iran currency falls to record low against dollar as tensions with US mount

Around The Globe - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 16:58
As traders opened on Saturday, the exchange rate fell to 1,043,000 rials to the dollar.

AI and doxxing sites: Trump vs antiwar activists

Around The Globe - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 16:03
The US administration’s unlawful revoking of student visas for voicing opposition against Israel’s genocide on Gaza.

UN says 100 children killed or injured in Gaza every day since war resumed

Around The Globe - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 15:28
Palestinian and UN bodies mark Palestine Children's Day with 'harrowing' accounts of toll of Israel's war on children.

‘Unprecedented’: Video shows last moments of Gaza medics killed by Israel

Around The Globe - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 14:43
Video discovered on mobile phone of one of the victims reveals the details of an Israeli attack that killed 15 people.

The world “will form united front” against tariffs

Around The Globe - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 13:43
China will trade with multiple partners to weather the tariff storm better than the US, says policy expert Huiyao Wang.

Iconic Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko dies at 70

Around The Globe - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 12:58
Bagayoko part of blind duo Amadou and Mariam, was among Africa's best-selling and beloved music industry performers.

Thousands hit the streets for South Korea’s impeached ex-president Yoon

Around The Globe - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 11:53
Constitutional Court unanimously ruled to remove President Yoon Suk-yeol over his bungled martial law declaration.

Myanmar earthquake death toll passes 3,300 as UN calls for help

Around The Globe - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 11:22
UN aid chief says the world 'must rally behind the people of Myanmar' after a magnitude 7.7 quake flattened buildings.

The UK’s ‘grooming gang’ scandal is about race, class and misogyny

Around The Globe - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 11:17
The victims were considered disposable – not only by the perpetrators but also by those who were supposed to help them.


India’s Modi visits Sri Lanka to shore up defence and energy ties

Around The Globe - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 09:57
Indian PM is first foreign dignitary to visit island since leftist Anura Kumara Dissanayake swept elections last year.

Trump’s 10 percent tariff takes effect, raising fears of global trade war

Around The Globe - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 08:19
Initial 'baseline' tariff comes into effect at US seaports, airports and customs warehouses as stock markets plummet.

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,136

Around The Globe - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 07:44
These are the key events on day 1,136 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupt Microsoft’s 50th anniversary event

Around The Globe - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 07:03
Reports say AI models from Microsoft were used as part of Israeli military programme to select bombing targets in Gaza.

'If our daughter was screened at birth she could have been treated'

Education - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 06:11
Sean and Emily Stock say they never want another family to face what they have had to.

More than 500 firms sign brief in support of Trump-targeted law office

Around The Globe - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 02:14
The law firm Perkins Coie is fighting an executive order from Donald Trump limiting its access to federal buildings.

Pentagon confirms four-star general’s firing amid Trump security purge

Around The Globe - Sat, 04/05/2025 - 00:50
US President Donald Trump acknowledged he has taken advice from a far-right media personality about who to fire.

Judge rules Trump must return to US man wrongly deported to El Salvador

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 23:37
Judge describes deportation of Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia as an 'illegal act'.

What are the implications of the US-China tariffs war?

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 23:23
Beijing hits back with its own set of tariffs on all US goods after Trump's latest levies.

Global markets swoon as Trump heads to the golf course

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 23:15
Markets tumbled in Wall Street's worst crisis since pandemic as investors fled after China retaliated against tariffs.

US stock markets continue slump as China hits back on Trump tariffs

Around The Globe - Fri, 04/04/2025 - 22:47
Top indices see worst two-day stretch since COVID pandemic, as Fed chair warns of increased inflation and unemployment.

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