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Daniel Kinahan extradited from Dubai to Ireland after a decade in the UAEThe alleged Kinahan crime group leader was handed over by the UAE on Sunday under a bilateral extradition treaty that only entered force in May 2025, and he now faces the Special Criminal Court on …Iran says it has a Hormuz deal with Oman. Shipowners aren't celebrating yetIran says it has struck an agreement with Oman over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the channel that carries roughly a fifth of the world's seaborne oil. Tehran is also reportedly pushing to…Explosives drone found at Leipzig airportGerman police are treating the discovery as a serious security breach, with flights disrupted while investigators establish who flew it and why. Europe's airports have had a rough eighteen months o…Tokyo and Washington confirm the intervention everyone already priced inCentral banks rarely admit to currency intervention while it's happening, so Japan and the US confirming a joint operation to prop up the yen is the unusual part, not the intervention itself. The y…Egypt clears its IMF review, unlocking $1.8bnEgypt passing its latest IMF programme review and unlocking roughly $1.8bn matters beyond Cairo because it's a live test of whether currency devaluation and subsidy cuts, the standard IMF prescript…FIFA wants to sell a $20bn stake in itself, and fans are furiousFIFA is exploring a stake sale in a new commercial entity valued around $20 billion, bundling World Cup broadcast and sponsorship rights into a vehicle that outside investors could buy into. Critic…Wildfires are disrupting France and Spain travel as heat intensifiesRail and flight delays are already hitting routes near the affected regions, and UK holidaymakers with August bookings should check operator advisories before travelling rather than after arrival.The US-Saudi nuclear pact quietly rewrites Gulf energy politicsA civil nuclear agreement between Washington and Riyadh gives Saudi Arabia a US-backed path to nuclear infrastructure it's wanted since normalisation talks with Israel stalled. US nuclear cooperati…US and Congo Ebola travel curbs risk slowing the aid responseRestricting flights makes it harder to move medical staff and supplies into outbreak zones fast, which is exactly the bottleneck that turned past Ebola flare-ups into prolonged crises.UK-Switzerland deal quietly extends Britain's post-Brexit e-gate diplomacyEvery bilateral e-gates deal Britain signs is really a small admission that the EU relationship isn't giving UK travellers frictionless movement anymore, so London is patching it country by country…Canada and the Philippines agree to sign a trade deal this year, deepening Indo-Pacific tiesCanada and the Philippines have committed to concluding a bilateral trade agreement in 2026, pairing it with expanded defence cooperation in a region where supply chain diversification away from Ch…Alibaba sues the Pentagon over its place on the Chinese military blacklistAlibaba taking the US Department of Defense to court over its inclusion on the Chinese Military Company list is the most aggressive legal challenge yet to Washington's corporate blacklisting progra…The IMF is embedding AI into its crisis models. That is the detail most people missedKristalina Georgieva's warning that AI will 'likely worsen overall inequality' in most scenarios is the quotable line, but the more consequential signal is institutional: the IMF is now running AI …The US is backing a dynastic deal in Libya. It wants the oil, not the democracyTrump adviser Massad Boulos has spent months brokering a power-sharing arrangement built around two family networks: the Dbeibehs in the west and the Haftars in the east, with the reported plan ins…The BRICS Bank is lending South Africa $1bn for city infrastructure. The US is responding in NamibiaThe New Development Bank's approval of up to $1 billion for South Africa's eight major metropolitan municipalities, covering water, sanitation, electricity, and waste management, is part of a consi…The PBOC's new yuan liquidity tool is a slow-burn challenge to dollar-centric reservesThe People's Bank of China has launched new money-market instruments specifically designed to help foreign central banks and sovereign wealth funds hold, invest, and manage renminbi liquidity in Ch…2026 World Cup venues enforce strict security policiesFIFA's 48-team World Cup brings enhanced security protocols including clear bag mandates and over $32 million in federal funding for North Texas venues alone, with Dallas Stadium requiring 12"x6"x1…Hong Kong emerges as hub for Russia shadow fleetHong Kong has become essential to Russia's sanctions evasion efforts, hosting 31 ships owned by subsidiaries of sanctioned Russian entities including Sovcomflot and Novatek. The Committee for Freed…Trump plans Kenya facility for US Ebola patientsThe Trump administration is establishing a quarantine and treatment centre in Kenya for Americans exposed to Ebola overseas, rather than bringing them to US hospitals. Officials defend the move as …US cuts Europe troops to pre-Ukraine levelsThe Pentagon plans to withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany, reducing the US force posture in Europe from four brigades to three and returning to roughly pre-Ukraine invasion levels. The move co…Putin locks in 50bcm gas pipeline as China hedges its betsRussia and China signed a binding construction agreement for the Power of Siberia-2 pipeline during Putin's Beijing visit, but the fine print tells a different story. The deal carries 50 billion cu…Xi tells Trump that Putin might 'regret' Ukraine invasionBeijing is quietly distancing itself from Moscow's war. During Trump's recent summit in Beijing, Xi privately told him that Putin might 'regret' his 2022 invasion decision, marking a sharp shift fr…Trump calls off Iran strike after Gulf states interveneTrump postponed a planned military strike on Iran after Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE asked for a delay, saying they were 'getting very close to making a deal.' The former president said the US …US drops fraud cases against Gautam AdaniUS authorities are ending fraud investigations against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani after he hired a Trump-linked lawyer and pledged $10 billion in US investments, according to multiple reports.…CIA chief visits Havana as Cuba faces 22-hour blackoutsCIA Director John Ratcliffe met senior Cuban intelligence officials in Havana Thursday, with CBS reporting he delivered a message that the US was prepared to expand engagement if Havana made fundam…New Zealand abandons isolation doctrine as China tensions riseGeography is no longer destiny for New Zealand. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon declared the country's historic isolation strategy dead, comparing current global tensions to the Cold War and warni…Trump puts Taiwan arms sales on the negotiating table with XiForty-seven years of US arms sales to Taiwan just became a bargaining chip. Trump announced he's discussing future weapons packages with Xi Jinping, with $14 billion in pending sales now hanging in…Trump-Xi summit proceeds despite Iran warThe May 14-15 Beijing summit will happen as scheduled, six weeks after Iran tensions forced the original delay. The meeting puts Xi in a stronger position than March, when Trump needed Chinese coop…Asia bond surge marks strongest April in five yearsA brief Iran ceasefire opened the floodgates for Asian issuance, delivering the region's strongest April in five years. Japan's 20-year government bond auction recorded its strongest demand since 2…King Charles defends transatlantic ties in Congress speechKing Charles III urged Congress to preserve the UK-US "special relationship" during a 25-minute address marking America's 250th anniversary, calling the alliance "more important today than it has e…US proposes 20-year Iran uranium freezeWashington asked Tehran to halt uranium enrichment for two decades — suggesting either serious diplomacy or serious desperation.Trump threatens NATO over Europe's Iran war abstentionTrump can't quit NATO legally, but he's testing every way to hurt it. After European allies refused to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Trump tweeted criticism of the alliance and threatened troop…