The deal comes as Iran-backed Houthis escalate attacks on Saudi Arabia and seek control of the strategically important Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Lee Jae Myung said the U.S. ally, whose support for the Iran war President Donald Trump has criticized as insufficient, was focused instead on safeguarding navigation in the region.

The yen dropped after the Bank of Japan’s decision to hike rates as a split vote sent bearish signals, strategists said. The Japanese currency fell as much as 0.5% after the central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 1.

Malaysia’s king has granted former Prime Minister Najib Razak a rare royal clemency, allowing him to serve the rest of his prison term under house arrest

It is the second consecutive year the State Department has prevented key Palestinian officials from attending the U.N. meeting in New York.

King Charles III met Thursday with senior leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Nvidia to make a plea to ensure AI remains in the service of people.

Iranian forces in recent days have brought down at least two American MQ-1 unmanned aircraft, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

Satellite imagery reveals Iran added new defenses at Pickaxe Mountain near Natanz as Trump warns Tehran not to "get cute" with the nuclear site.