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Iran's economy has been battered by years of sanctions, but the conflict that began in February with US-Israeli attacks and an American blockade of the country's ports has put extra strain on daily life. Rising inflation, nearly 90 percent year-on-year in September according to official figures, and erratic currency exchange fluctuations have driven up the cost of everyday items. Food prices hav...
Donald Trump called on Saturday for Ukraine to "get a new leader" after Volodymyr Zelensky slammed Washington's easing of Russian diesel sanctions, as the US president faces fuel price pressure weeks before midterm elections. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg tells us more.
Four people died in the southeastern United States as post-tropical cyclone Isaias threatened flooding and tornado risks Saturday as it moved northward after making landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast.
Disappointed with his performance at the World Championships two weeks ago, French cyclist Paul Seixas quickly made up for it at the final Monument of the season. He won the Tour of Lombardy, setting a new record as the race’s youngest-ever winner in the process.
A post from an Instagram account appearing to be linked to the protests that had promoted the demonstrations said people had "been squeezed by rising house prices and the cost of living" for years.
Saudi Arabia has extended the closure of the country’s main international airport a day after a missile attack on the facility killed 12 people from several countries and left more than 300 injured
Republican Christopher Paul is running unopposed for seat despite allegations he raped two girls 20 years agoA candidate for police chief in a small Louisiana town candidate is on course to be elected unopposed despite two charges of child rape pending against him, leaving his community to weigh whether to convert the position into an appointed office rather than one determined at the ballot box.C...
UK classifies Syria as safe to return to despite UN refugee body’s adviceA Syrian plastic surgeon is facing deportation from the UK after the Home Office revoked his refugee status, declaring it is now safe for him and his family to return to their home country.Despite Foreign Office guidance advising against all travel to Syria because of the “volatile” security situation, the government has clas...
Although there is scepticism about Tehran’s capabilities, it has become clear it wants Britain to feel it poses a riskBritain may have been only peripherally involved in the bombing of Iran that Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu started, but in the past fortnight it has become clear that Tehran wants to pose a threat inside the UK in response.In the aftermath of the confused incident near RAF Fa...
The alleged murder and dismemberment of Abby Choi Tin-fung in 2023, which prosecutors say was linked to a dispute over a luxury flat, has once again gripped Hong Kong as the trial over the 28-year-old socialite’s death entered its second week. Choi’s ex-husband, Alex Kwong Kong-chi, 31, and his elder brother, Anthony Kwong Kong-kit, 35, have pleaded guilty to preventing the lawful burial of her bo...
For the past few months, this newspaper has extensively covered China’s ongoing clampdown on tax avoidance, especially its push to tax the income of super-rich families held in offshore trusts. We never expected to become targets of the campaign ourselves. But there have been signs in recent weeks that officials are starting to take an interest even in the incomes of South China Morning Post journ...
In 2024, Dartmouth College announced a scholarship bequest of more than $150 million from former Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt and his wife, Barbara Britt. The gift raised the annual family income threshold for zero parent contribution from $65,000 to $125,000, benefiting around 350 families each year. It also expanded scholarship support at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business.
A Ukrainian drone attack shut down a data center run by Russian technology giant Yandex, the company said Sunday, the third strike on its facilities in four days as Kyiv widens its campaign against infrastructure inside Russia
Police say they will keep restricting access to the city centre after thousands of people were detained and released on Saturday.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk says recent attacks at Polish schools are “spontaneous acts” fueled by the online glorification of violence
Man City face Liverpool in their first game since being found guilty of serious EPL financial breaches.
Trump has called for Ukraine to hold elections, implying Zelenskyy missed opportunities to end the war with Russia.
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez aimed to pull off another unlikely comeback as he began campaigning on Saturday for a snap vote dominated by housing protests that have shaken the country. Our correspondent Sarah Morris tells us more.
"If we don't do it, nobody else will."
PM office says cabinet move follows 'provincial government’s deliberate disengagement from the fight against terrorism'.
Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, Hong Kong’s first post-handover Legislative Council president, recently dropped a political bomb. She revealed that one of her friends had been telling her that a legislature with 90 seats costs a lot more than one with 60 and that “I kind of agree with that”. The basic maths behind the statement cannot be refuted: 60 is two-thirds of 90. Even though Fan didn’t bring up the t...
US president Donald Trump says he is weighing whether the US will join Saudi strikes against the Iran-backed HouthisSaturday’s attack was the third launched on the Saudi capital’s main airport this week- with the missile making it past Saudi air defences to strike terminals 3 and 4 of King Khalid airport where hundreds of passengers were awaiting domestic flights.The attack killed at least 12 peop...
A $100 million donation by Stephen and Denise Adams in 2005 made Yale School of Music tuition-free for admitted students. More than 20 years later, the school continues to offer full-tuition awards and fellowships. The couple, who initially donated anonymously, also supported improvements to the school's academic programmes and music facilities.
Fossil fuels produce 81 percent of global energy. We look at Middle East’s role and what happens when supplies are cut.
Hong Kong police have arrested a 24-year-old man over an alleged scam operation that made more than 23,000 fraudulent calls in over a week by impersonating e-commerce customer service representatives, with one victim losing more than HK$100,000 (US$12,741). The force said on Sunday that the man was suspected of operating a call centre for a syndicate that posed as online shopping platform staff an...
David McCloskey’s new book depicts a calamitous collapse of the ‘special relationship’ – could things get darker still?The “special relationship”, the time-honored emotional bond between the US and Britain that has sustained through war and peace, is in trouble.The ties of history, culture and language that have bridged an ocean and bound the two countries politically for generations are fraying a...
When 60,000 football fans gathered in Jeddah for the Arabian Gulf Cup on Tuesday, they inadvertently highlighted the vulnerability of major sports events hosted by Gulf monarchies to the wars raging across the region. The previous day, Saudi Arabia resumed strikes on Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels after a four-year ceasefire collapsed. That truce had originally followed a Houthi attack on an oi...
International scientists warn that rising sea levels driven by melting Antarctic ice will be 15 to 20 per cent higher in cities such as Hong Kong and Shanghai compared with the global average. They said gravitational shifts caused by shrinking Antarctic ice would redistribute water across the globe, causing higher ocean levels along China’s densely populated coastlines. “Even if we limit warming t...
