John Hayward

The foreign ministers of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, a group commonly known as the Quad, joined Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday to announce new security and energy initiatives for the Indo-Pacific region to counter the growing influence of China.

Ship tracking services said on Monday that three tankers filled with liquefied natural gas (LNG) passed safely through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, headed for Pakistan, China, and India.

A second incident of Congolese youths storming an Ebola clinic to demand the return of infected bodies for funerals took place on Sunday evening, as the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) announced the number of suspected infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda has surpassed 900.

Bloomberg News reported on Thursday that Turkey sold almost all of its U.S. Treasury holdings in March as part of a strategy to prop up its currency during the Iran crisis.

The Ebola treatment center at Rwampara Hospital in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo was set on fire Thursday during a brawl between local police and a mob of angry youths attempting to claim the body of an Ebola victim.

The government of the now-infamous city of Wuhan, China, is reportedly investigating a sodium silicate factory for dumping toxic chemicals into the water and soil of a village called Huangtupo, which is allegedly producing a massive spike in cancer and leukemia among the villagers.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday called on the government of Iraq to investigate the drone attack launched against the Barakah nuclear power plant from Iraqi soil, and to take all necessary steps to prevent Iranian proxies from using Iraq as the launch pad for further terrorist attacks.

A new case of Ebola infection has been confirmed in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

About a hundred motorized rickshaws in the crowded streets of India’s capital, New Delhi, are sporting banners with President Donald Trump’s face, an American flag, and the message “Happy Birthday America! 250 Years Old.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin got the show of unity and enduring partnership he wanted from Chinese dictator Xi Jinping in Beijing, but he did not get the gas pipeline deal he reportedly wanted and the Kremlin took a defensive tone on Wednesday when discussing the overall results of Putin’s trip.

The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in the Congo (DRC) began much earlier than previously suspected.

According to a Financial Times report on Monday, Chinese dictator Xi Jinping told the visiting President Donald Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin might come to regret invading Ukraine.

Health officials in Argentina trapped hundreds of rats near the town of Ushuaia, hoping to determine the origins of the hantavirus outbreak.

Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Beijing for a meeting with dictator Xi Jinping just days after President Trump’s visit.

An Iranian state television presenter used a rifle to fire shots at a flag of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during a segment on weapons training, in a sign of Iran’s intensifying effort to inspire a sense of militant nationalism among its people.

President Donald Trump said on Monday he was “concerned” about the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), because it could have a “breakout” beyond the current infection area.

Pakistan sent a squadron of jet fighters, an air-defense system, and about 8,000 troops to Saudi Arabia to honor a mutual defense pact.

The Kremlin announced on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Beijing on Tuesday and Wednesday to meet with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, less than a week after President Donald Trump’s high-profile meeting with Xi.

CBS News reported on Sunday that least six American citizens have been exposed to Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Three of them encountered a “high-risk contact or exposure” and one is displaying symptoms of illness.

Iran’s Tasnim News Agency claimed on Monday that Tehran has prepared a 14-point ceasefire proposal and given it to Pakistani intermediaries to present to the United States.

Chinese state media reporting on Thursday’s meeting between President Donald Trump and dictator Xi Jinping was generally upbeat, with the state-run Global Times celebrating the leaders’ visit to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing as a “new historic footnote to China-U.S. relations.”

The regime in Tehran is bizarrely claiming to be the “protector of security” for the Strait of Hormuz, even as its terrorist attacks on commercial vessels continue to block vital traffic from passing through the strategic waterway.

The summit of foreign ministers from the BRICS economic bloc on Thursday was derailed by simmering animosity between Iran and several of the other attendees, especially the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which has been obliged to defend itself against repeated unprovoked missile and drone attacks from Tehran over the past two months.

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a statement on Friday that attributed 246 suspected infections and 65 deaths to a new Ebola outbreak in the remote Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). 

Two more ships have been attacked near the Strait of Hormuz, including an Indian-flagged cargo ship that sank off the coast of Oman.

The White House said on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s talks with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping produced agreements on trade policy, energy, and the Iran crisis.

Gunshots rang out in the Philippine Senate on Wednesday as Senator Ronald Marapon “Bato” dela Rosa sought to escape an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity during his time as former President Rodrigo Duterte’s chief drug war enforcer.

Kuwait on Tuesday arrested four alleged members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and accused them of attempting to infiltrate Bubiyan Island, a Kuwaiti territory close to shipping lanes and oil fields that has a port under construction with Chinese funding.

A supertanker named Yuan Hua Hu that is registered to China’s state-owned COSCO shipping company appears to have safely transited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, carrying an estimated two million barrels of Iraqi crude oil.

President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday morning, receiving a red carpet welcome as he departed Air Force One in the company of top administration officials and American business executives.

Hundreds of refugees fled their homes in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince on Monday amid a fresh wave of gang violence.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has technically been banned from visiting China by its Communist government, but he accompanied President Donald Trump on his trip to Beijing on Tuesday using a bureaucratic loophole created by the Chinese to let him in.

The World Health Organization reports two new hantavirus infections linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius, bringing the total up to 11.

Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani, commander of the foreign operations Quds Force unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), paid an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Sunday for meetings with Iran-controlled politicians and militia groups — a clear attempt by Iran to influence the new government that is taking shape in Iraq.