Italy’s transport minister has called on the UK to take responsibility for 141 people rescued by a ship sailing under the flag of the British territory of Gibraltar.

Saudi Arabia has scaled back its rate of oil production just one month after the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to increase their output.

Iran has threatened to fight back against the “economic war” waged by its “enemy” the US as more than 60 people were arrested in a drive against financial crime.

Russia has announced it will shun the US dollar for trade as the nation joined forces with Turkey in protest of punishing sanctions hiked by Donald Trump.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called the plunge of the lira a “currency plot” after Donald Trump gloated about his crushing sanctions on Twitter.

Iran test-fired a short anti-ship missile in the Strait of Hormuz during naval drills last week in a move Washington believes was a message to the US as it imposes tougher sanctions on Tehran.

Erdogan and Putin have held urgent talks amid the deepening economic crisis engulfing Turkey.

THE Chinese military told a US Navy plane flying over the highly-disputed island in the South China Sea to “leave immediately”.

Russia has responded furiously to a new round of US sanctions imposed in response to the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury in March.

Prices of oil are set to skyrocket if Iran carries through on a threat to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to Donald Trump’s proposed sanctions against Iran’s oil industry, an expert has warned.

The Turkey lira meltdown is causing a global economic crisis with countries across the four corners of the world becoming infected.

Iran has threatened the US with World War 3 in a vow of unity with Turkey after President Donald Trump imposed further sanctions on the nation that crippled the lira.

Trump administration officials and Iran hawks in Washington believe sanctions will further squeeze the Islamic republic and weaken the regime.

There has been a peculiar dualism about the Trump Administration's approach to Russia since its start. The President's meeting with Putin may indicate that some consistency is still necessary.

NATO’s July Ministerial meeting will be one of the most divisive meetings in the Alliance’s history.

The Chequers Plan is still-born. Theresa May cannot command a Tory majority in Parliament for her fatal compromise. The votes can be found only by turning to the opposition, and that way lies Sir Robert Peel and the schism of 1846.

The Pentagon is analyzing the cost and impact of a large-scale withdrawal or transfer of American troops stationed in Germany, amid growing tensions between President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Limiting or eliminating the potential North Korea nuclear threat to the United States is a key aspect of U.S. strategy. It is important to remember, however, that it is only part of America's vital strategic interests in Asia.

U.S. commanders are worried that if they had to head off a conflict with Russia, the most powerful military in the world could get stuck in a traffic jam.

Russia is attempting to influence the midterm elections in the United States in November as well as divide the transatlantic alliance, US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats warned.