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Homeowners in the United States who took out mortgages in recent years are facing renewed uncertainty as **mortgage rates climb again**, delaying hopes of refinancing at lower rates.
Sep 6, 2026 · 1 min read
US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are set to travel to Kyiv on Sunday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as Washington intensifies efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
Sep 6, 2026 · 1 min read
The United States military said on Saturday that its forces struck three Iranian crude oil tankers following ballistic missile attacks by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) against two US Navy warships.
Sep 6, 2026 · 2 min read
A political action committee aligned with US President Donald Trump has entered the 2026 midterm election campaign with a $10 million advertising campaign aimed at supporting Republican candidate Ken Paxton.
Sep 6, 2026 · 1 min read
The International Human Rights Commission – Rights for All and its Nigeria chapter, IHRC-RFT, has called for an urgent review of Nigeria’s criminal justice system, particularly the handling of suspects accused of serious offences such as murder, kidnapping and armed robbery.
Sep 5, 2026 · null min read
A Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) in central Kyiv on Friday, in a rare direct attack on a key Ukrainian government facility.
Sep 5, 2026 · 2 min read
The Trump administration has quietly closed a long-running criminal investigation into Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt, according to the report.
Sep 5, 2026 · 1 min read
WASHINGTON, D.C. — September 5, 2026: The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for Republican campaign committees to purchase television advertising at discounted rates ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, temporarily blocking a lower-court ruling that had prevented political parties from accessing the cheaper rates.
Sep 5, 2026 · 1 min read
NEW YORK — September 5, 2026: The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution promoting a new world map designed to represent the relative size of continents more accurately, following an African-led campaign to address longstanding distortions in the widely used Mercator projection.
Sep 5, 2026 · 1 min read
Only six vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, according to new shipping-tracking data from Kepler cited by Reuters.
Sep 5, 2026 · null min read
Sabbin bayanan sa ido kan zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa na kamfanin Kepler, da kamfanin dillancin labarai na Reuters ya wallafa, sun nuna cewa jiragen ruwa shida kacal ne suka bi ta mashigin Hormuz a ranar Laraba.
Sep 5, 2026 · 1 min read
Senior US technology executives, alongside the Trump administration, have urged G20 ministers to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) and establish dedicated infrastructure and development centres for the technology.
Sep 5, 2026 · null min read
