South Korea is reportedly reviewing exclusive bank partnerships for crypto exchanges as regulators assess competition and prepare the Digital Asset Basic Act....
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed new laws creating licensed crypto exchanges and giving the central bank authority to approve tradable coins....
The right-wing extremist party Alternative for Germany (AfD) profits significantly from public funding. Is democracy in Germany funding its own downfall?...
The Syrian army announced that it had taken control of Deir Hafer, a town previously under Kurdish control located east of Aleppo....
The US is suspending visa processing for 75 countries. What does this mean, when will it start and who does it affect?...
Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance has signed an MOU with an affiliate of the Trump-backed DeFi project to target cross-border payments....
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first visit to Asia has raised India’s hopes for a long-awaited trade pact with the European Union as Berlin pushes for deeper engagement with South Asia amid height...
Braverman is the latest high-profile Conservative to embrace Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's message that Britain is broken and overrun by migrants....
Vietnam's Communist Party has handed To Lam another five-year term and endorsed a reform agenda aimed at transforming the economy by 2030....
Israel agreed to reopen Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt for pedestrian passage only once the body of Israeli soldier Ran Gvili is found....
The initiative comes as enforcement actions and pending market structure legislation raise questions about how privacy tools and open-source developers are treated....
Federal Trade Commission’s move comes as Big Tech’s push to woo the White House has failed to put an end to monopoly cases...
At least 47% of executions carried out in Iran in 2025 had been related to drug offences, the UN human rights office said....
According to media reports, the Gaza "Board of Peace" draft charter requires members to contribute $1 billion in cash to extend their membership....
Moldova plans to introduce its first crypto law in 2026, aligning with the EU’s MiCA framework while warning citizens about digital asset risks....
As Trump's Middle East envoy says the peace plan is moving forward, disarming Hamas and sustaining a transitional government in Gaza remain elusive....
Klingbeil listed a string of reasons for his belief that ties between the United States and Europe, traditionally close allies, were radically changing....
A social media account called "Raise the Colours Operation France" late last year posted videos of far-right activists on France's northern coastline....
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is not happy with the Justice Department investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, multiple sources told ABC News....