SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – AUGUST 7: (L to R) Col. Lee Sung-jun, public affairs director of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and Col. Ryan Donald, public affairs director of the United Nations Command (UNC), Combined Forces Command (CFC), and United States Forces Korea (USFK) bump fists during the press briefing for the Ulchi Freedom…
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House on May 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images Less than two hours before massive U.S. tariffs on certain Canadian goods were set to switch on, President…
Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), during a rates decision news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images Europe is facing an erosion of the conditions that historically drove the continent’s growth, its top central banker warned Wednesday, as she called on leaders…
Iran has considered attacking U.S. military targets in Europe if the war escalates, the Financial Times reported Wednesday, citing two regime insiders. U.S. assets in Bulgaria and Cyprus were weighed as potential targets, according to the FT’s report. CNBC has reached out to Iran’s Military of Foreign Affairs for comment and has not independently verified…
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – 2025/01/24: A 24-hour Yonhap news TV broadcast at Seoul Railway Station showing a news broadcast with the file footage of U.S. President Donald Trump (L) with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R). Kim Jae-Hwan | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images South Korea’s military said Wednesday that it would…
A woman rolls a baby stroller past a replica of the Soviet RDS-4 nuclear bomb installed in memory of its creators in a park in Moscow on July 29, 2026. Alexander Nemenov | Afp | Getty Images For decades, allies worldwide rested in the comfort of the U.S. nuclear umbrella, confident they didn’t need their…
US President Donald Trump greets Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. Trump landed in Egypt on October 13 for a summit on Gaza, following a lightning visit to Israel after a ceasefire he brokered entered into force. Evan Vucci | Afp | Getty Images…
People walk in front of a billboard honouring a participant in Russia’s military action in Ukraine and reading “Pride of Russia!” and a Neftmagistral gas station pylon which shows that there is no gasoline at the station in Moscow on July 10, 2026. Igor Ivanko | Afp | Getty Images Russian government officials told CNBC…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images A cargo vessel was struck by a projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations…
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – JUNE 06: South Korean new President Lee Jae-myung speaks during a ceremony marking Korean Memorial Day at the Seoul National cemetery on June 06, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea is marking the 70th anniversary of Memorial Day, in tribute of people who died during military service in the 1950-53…
