The United States has charged an alleged officer of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) with “terrorism and murder” over the killing of a US citizen in Iraq in 2022. The Department of Justice released the charges on Friday, accusing Mohammad Reza Nouri of orchestrating the killing of Stephen Troell in Baghdad in retaliation for…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has reshuffled his cabinet, just days after his top deputy resigned in a move that sent shockwaves across the country and renewed calls for Trudeau to step down as head of the Liberal Party. The prime minister welcomed the members of his new cabinet during a swearing-in ceremony in the…
Donald Trump has threatened to levy tariffs against the European Union if the bloc does not buy more oil and gas from the United States, in the latest economic warning from the US president-elect before his inauguration next month. In a brief post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he told the EU “that…
A senior diplomat has announced that the United States is dropping a $10m reward for the arrest of Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, after an uprising that toppled President Bashar al-Assad. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf made the announcement on Friday after she and other US officials visited the Syrian capital,…
US President Joe Biden’s administration is cancelling student loans for another 55,000 people in the United States, amounting to $4.2bn in debt forgiveness just weeks before his time in office ends. The White House said in a statement on Friday that the move would affect public service workers, including teachers, nurses and law enforcement officers….
Musk’s $101bn Tesla pay package again rejected by US judge
US imposes new sanctions on Iran’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has filed criminal complaints against tech giant Apple’s subsidiaries in France and Belgium over the use of “conflict minerals” in their supply chains. Lawyers representing the Central African country, claimed in a statement this week that Apple’s subsidiaries in Europe are using conflict minerals sourced in sub-Saharan Africa…
Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky pleads guilty to two fraud counts
China hits back against US chip crackdown
