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1. Venezuela’s government, opposition may cooperate to safeguard US assets

   Venezuela’s government and its political opposition are seeking to coordinate their legal defence of the oil-rich country’s United States assets, after Washington’s official recognition of ‌interim president Delcy Rodriguez raised questions about who could represent the country in US courts. Lawyers for Rodriguez’s government and the opposition asked Manhattan-based US Magistrate Judge Sarah...

2. Supreme Court clears path to overturn conviction of ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon

   The US Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Steve Bannon, a former adviser to US President Donald Trump, to overturn his conviction in a case linked to the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Bannon, a leading figure on the far-right, served four months in prison in 2024 for defying a subpoena to testify before a congressional panel investigating the 2021 attack. But he appealed to the...

3. Trump says Iranian people want more US strikes for ‘freedom’ as his deadline looms

   US President Donald Trump has claimed that ordinary Iranians were urging the US to keep bombing their own country in pursuit of “freedom”, as he renewed his warning of sweeping strikes on Iran’s critical infrastructure if negotiations fail ahead of his Tuesday deadline. Sounding triumphant after what he described as a “dangerous” operation to rescue a wounded American pilot from deep inside...

4. 3 dead, 15 injured as Russia hits Ukraine’s port city Odesa in major drone strike

   At least three people were killed on Monday in the latest powerful Russian drone strikes on the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa. Fifteen residents, including a pregnant woman and two children, were injured, military governor Oleh Kiper reported on Telegram, after a drone struck a multi-storey residential building. Those killed included a 30-year-old woman and her two-and-a-half-year-old...

5. How lessons from Iran war could shape mainland China’s calculus on Taiwan

   Whether it wraps up quickly or drags on, the repercussions of the US-Israeli war on Iran will echo for years, reshaping warfare, geopolitics, energy security and global perceptions of American tactical and strategic power. In the first of a three-part series, Mark Magnier looks at how the Iran war may alter Beijing’s approach to potential conflict over Taiwan, asymmetrical weaponry and the...

6. China’s yuan may be going global faster than Western data suggests, analysts say

   Mainstream metrics may understate the role of China’s currency in global payments, as a growing share of transactions is now routed through Beijing’s own cross-border payment system and not fully reflected in conventional data sets, analysts say. This could help explain the gap between Beijing’s official narrative – which describes the yuan as the world’s third-largest payment currency – and...

7. Artemis II breaks Apollo 13 record as humans travel further from Earth than ever before

   With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts set a record on Monday as the furthest humans from Earth during a lunar fly-by promising magnificent views of the far side never before witnessed. The six-hour fly-by is the highlight of Nasa’s first return to the moon since the Apollo era with three Americans and one Canadian – a step towards landing boot prints near the moon’s...

8. Malaysia: Daim’s daughter to be charged in Kuala Lumpur court amid corruption probe

   A daughter of Malaysia’s late finance minister Daim Zainuddin will be charged at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Tuesday. Lawyer Yu Ying Ying confirmed that Asnida Daim, who is in her 60s, will be charged under Section 36(2) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009. That section relates to the offence of failing to comply with a written notice from the MACC to declare...

9. Pakistan’s peace plan a ‘critical opportunity’ for US-Iran talks ahead of Trump deadline

   As US President Donald Trump’s Tuesday deadline for reopening the Strait of Hormuz approached, Pakistan put forward a fresh proposal for an immediate ceasefire on Monday, offering what one analyst described as “a critical opportunity” for talks. The plan was brokered through overnight contacts between Pakistani army chief Asim Munir, US officials including Vice-President J.D. Vance and Iran’s...

10. Why KMT leader’s planned visit to Beijing is under scrutiny in Taiwan

    A high-stakes visit to mainland China by the chairwoman of Taiwan’s main opposition party Kuomintang (KMT), during which she is expected to meet Communist Party leader Xi Jinping and promote cross-strait peace, is under scrutiny in Taipei. Cheng Li-wun is set to depart for Shanghai on Tuesday for a six-day trip, with local media reporting a possible meeting with Xi in Beijing on Thursday – the...