A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Investors' attention looks set to switch, briefly, to monetary policy for the rest of the week, from its usual recent fixation
March 19, 2025
Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival on Wednesday on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group, in what the main opposition
March 19, 2025
Turkish police have arrested Istanbul’s mayor — a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and terror links
March 19, 2025
Gold prices rose to hit a record high on Wednesday, as tensions in the Middle East and trade uncertainties lifted the bullion's safe-haven appeal, while traders awaited the
March 19, 2025
At least 10 U.S. strikes targeted areas in Yemen, including Saada province and Hodeidah, Yemen's Houthi media reported early on Wednesday.
March 18, 2025
Asian stocks were subdued on Wednesday and gold hovered near record highs as economic worries and a shifting geopolitical landscape kept risk appetite in check,
March 19, 2025
Oil prices fell on Wednesday after Russia agreed to U.S.
March 18, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University Palestinian graduate student who the Trump administration is seeking to deport for his role in pro-Palestinian protests
March 18, 2025
Israel has launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says are “only the beginning” and “a necessary condition for freeing hostages.”
March 18, 2025
A Columbia University student arrested and threatened with deportation for his role in campus protests against Israel gave his first public statement, saying that his detention is indicative of “anti-Palestinian racism” demonstrated by both the Trump and Biden administrations
March 18, 2025
The White House says a lengthy phone call between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had achieved “movement to peace” in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
March 18, 2025
The presidents of Congo and Rwanda have met in Qatar for their first direct talks since Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seized two major cities in mineral-rich eastern Congo earlier this year
March 18, 2025
Hours after Israel pummeled Gaza with bombs, killing more than 400 people and ending the fragile ceasefire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised, "from now on, Israel will fight against Hamas with more and more power," until Gaza "will no longer be a threat."
March 18, 2025
After call with Trump, Putin agrees to pause attacks on Ukraine’s energy and infrastructure targets
March 18, 2025
Israel has launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, saying it is hitting Hamas targets in its heaviest assault in the territory since a ceasefire took effect in January
March 18, 2025
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday defended the resumption of airstrikes in Gaza, saying that negotiations on restoring the ceasefire would continue "only
March 18, 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame called for a ceasefire in eastern Congo on Tuesday during
March 18, 2025
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday talks on the future of Cyprus had made progress for the first time in years, with both sides agreeing a series of
March 18, 2025
Turkey will ramp up diplomatic efforts to reinstate a ceasefire in Gaza and halt the killing of innocent people there, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
March 18, 2025
Yemen's Houthis said on Tuesday they would expand their range of targets in Israel in the next hours and days unless the "aggression" on Gaza stops.
March 18, 2025
The fragile ceasefire in Gaza ended on Tuesday as Israel launched “extensive strikes” across the enclave. The operation ended a nearly two month pause in fighting which had allowed some sense of normalcy for Gaza residents after over a year of war.
March 18, 2025
Responsibility for the resumption of hostilities in Gaza lies solely with Hamas, and the United States supports Israel in its next steps, the acting U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
March 18, 2025
Itamar Ben-Gvir's planned return to Israel's government brings back a West Bank settler who has pressed for an intensification of the war in the Gaza Strip, even as the
March 18, 2025
Israel has been fighting wars on several fronts in the Middle East since the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked communities in the country in
March 18, 2025
Purdue Pharma files new bankruptcy plan for $7.4 billion opioid settlement
Central banks take the limelight, briefly
Turkey detains Erdogan's main rival on array of charges
Bank of Korea's Chang says need to monitor household debt growth
Openly gay soccer player still faces online death threats
CBS' '60 Minutes' is unflinching in its White House coverage in the shadow of Trump's $20B lawsuit
March Madness: Davis perfect on six 3s as North Carolina routs San Diego State 95-68 in First Four