Wall Street ends lower as oil spikes and the benchmark Treasury yield breaches 5 per cent, crypto firms sink on bitcoin weakness
In the wake of last week’s hot inflation data and the near 25 per jump in US crude prices over the last two weeks, financial markets have priced in more than a 95 per likelihood of a rate hike on Wednesday, up from 33.1 per one month ago, according to CME’s FedWatch tool.
President Xi Jinping leads high-powered Chinese delegation for BRICS conference in Indian capital New Delhi
Xi Jinping has not only joined other leaders of member countries in pushing for their respective expansions but also put forward new ideas and initiatives like the “BRICS Plus” cooperation approach and the building of an SCO community with a shared future, opening up new vistas for win-win cooperation among Global South countries.
Court in Nairobi commences extradition proceedings of Kenyan sentenced to jail in US for fatal drink-driving
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has moved to extradite a Kenyan fugitive wanted in the United States of America to face sentencing following his conviction over a fatal drink-driving offence. The DPP today presented Sancho Kibutu before the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi to commence extradition proceedings following his arrest...
How Britain strained ties with Israel after recognising State of Palestine, blasting Tel Aviv’s expansionist policy
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced on Tuesday that Britain would ban imports of goods originating from Israeli settlements in the West Bank and restrict British companies from providing certain services to them.
How al Qaeda began disintegrating as infighting intensified and weakened Osama Bin Laden on power
Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden had assumed that those who pledged their allegiance to him would pursue the kind of attacks against the United States that al Qaeda had pioneered. Their success, he hoped, would “raise the morale of Muslims, who would, in turn, become more engaged and supportive...
Bin Laden’s catastrophic success: How Al Qaeda changed geopolitics, although not in the way it expected
Although bin Laden was inspired by religion, his aims were geopolitical. Al Qaeda’s mission was to undermine the contemporary world order of nation-states and re-create the historical umma, the worldwide community of Muslims that was once held together by a common political authority.
Trump’s Republicans resort to fear-mongering to make Muslims a campaign issue in 2026 US midterms and beyond
In Texas, Republican Governor Greg Abbott, in a close race for another term, attacked a proposed Muslim-led development and called for an investigation into what he described as efforts to create “sharia courts,” a claim disputed by developers and civil rights groups.
Kenya, US review health financing deal less than a year after Washington agreed to commit $1.6 billion in funding to Nairobi
On December 4, 2025, Kenya and the United States signed a historic health cooperation framework making Kenya the first country to enter a government-to-government agreement with the US. In the agreement, the United States will invest directly in government health institutions and not NGOs.
Kenya, US meet over transnational organised crimes as UN agencies in Nairobi accused of facilitating human trafficking
Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Ingonga held talks with representatives of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) alongside key Kenyan criminal justice agencies as the two countries explored ways of strengthening their response to increasingly sophisticated criminal networks.
From dance floor to war: How Chinese military researchers are working on eventual deployment of humanoid robots in warfare
China’s defence establishment is accelerating research into humanoids’ military uses and planning for their eventual wartime deployment, according to a Reuters review of more than 100 Chinese military procurement notices, academic studies, patents, official publications, government records and defence-company materials.
