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BEIJING: The international rule of law must be upheld for peace and stability to prevail in the Middle East, China’s President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday (Apr 14), in a rebuke of the US-Israeli war on Iran.While Beijing has repeatedly criticised the US-Israeli campaign as illegal, Xi has made few public comments about the conflict. He will hold talks with US President Donald Trump in an expected meeting in Beijing next month.The rule of law cannot be “used when convenient and discarded when not”, Xi told Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the visiting crown prince of Abu…

Published On 14 Apr 202614 Apr 2026At least three vessels, including two United States-sanctioned tankers, have entered the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on the first full day of the US ⁠blockade on ships calling at Iranian ports, according to shipping data.As the three vessels transiting the strait on Tuesday were not heading to Iranian ports, they were not affected by the blockade.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listPanama-flagged Peace Gulf, a medium-range ‌tanker, is heading to Hamriyah port in the United Arab Emirates, LSEG data showed. The vessel typically moves Iranian naphtha, a petrochemical feedstock, to other…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Relief is on the way for House Speaker Mike Johnson, as the GOP clings to a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives.Republican Rep.-elect Clay Fuller of Georgia is expected to be sworn in by Johnson on Tuesday, one week after Fuller defeated Democrat Shawn Harris in a special election to fill the vacant U.S. House seat in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, in the crucial southeastern battleground state.The seat, in northwest Georgia, was left vacant when MAGA firebrand Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stepped down at the beginning of January. Greene quit…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that Wall Street’s resilience in the face of escalating geopolitical tensions shows investors are focusing less on the Iran war itself and more on a key driver of stock valuations: interest rates.”I think I’ve been negligent in bringing up the power of low rates, because it’s the reason the bulls keep winning when it seems like they should be slaughtered,” said the “Mad Money” host. “Let’s not overthink it. If interest rates were spiking, this market would be very different.”Despite a surge in oil prices tied to supply disruptions from the Straight of Hormuz, the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former NFL defensive back Chris Payton-Jones was killed in a car crash in Florida on Saturday night, officials said. He was 30.Payton-Jones was traveling in a vehicle when he struck a pickup truck and overturned, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Payton-Jones’ vehicle caught fire, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to FOX 2 Now. Chris Payton-Jones of the St. Louis Battlehawks poses for a portrait in Arlington, Texas, on March 7, 2024. (Fox Sports/UFL/Getty Images)He played for four NFL teams between 2018 and 2021 before he played for the…

A former student has opened fire at a high school in southeast Turkey, wounding at least 16 people before killing himself.The 18-year-old attacker, armed with a shotgun, fired randomly at a vocational high school in Siverek, Sanliurfa province on Tuesday before hiding inside the building.He later killed himself with the same shotgun, governor Hasan Sildak said.The attack left 10 students, four teachers, a canteen employee and a police officer wounded, Sildak said.While most of them were being treated in Siverek, five of the wounded teachers and students were were transferred to a hospital in the provincial capital because their conditions…

GROWING DIPLOMATIC FOOTPRINTVietnam has increasingly positioned itself as an active player on the international stage.In 2024, it launched the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Future Forum as an annual platform, drawing global leaders including Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.Last month, Hanoi hosted the inaugural Vietnam-China ministerial-level “3+3” strategic dialogue, covering areas such as public security, defence and foreign affairs.The country is also preparing to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum next year and is set to assume the ASEAN chairmanship in the coming years – further signs…

Global agriculture is highly exposed to the waterway blockage, risking higher commodity prices and food inflation.Published On 14 Apr 202614 Apr 2026A prolonged disruption in the Strait of Hormuz could result in a global food “catastrophe”, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned, as shipments of critical agricultural inputs remain blocked in the key waterway due to the US-Israel war on Iran.Food prices have not risen yet because existing stocks are absorbing the shock, the United Nations body’s chief economist, Maximo Torero, said in an interview on Monday, alongside David Laborde, director of FAO’s agrifood economics division.Recommended Stories list…

Eric Swalwell resigning from Congress amid sexual assault allegations – CBS News Watch CBS News California Congressman Eric Swalwell announced Monday he’s stepping down amid multiple investigations for alleged sexual misconduct, sexual assault and ethics violations. Caitlin Huey-Burns has the late developments.

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