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Houthi attacks target Riyadh amid concerns over Saudi oil supplies, as Iran says it will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until its conditions are m...
The European Parliament has delayed until next week a decision on whether to resume work on the EU–U.S. trade deal.
Bernd Lange, chair of the Parliament’s Committee on International Trade, said on Monday that no decision was taken to restart ordinary legislative procedures. In a post on X, he confirmed that the Parliament’s negotiating team will meet on February 4 to reassess the situation.
On 21 January, the European Parliament put approval of the trade deal on hold, citing concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland and threats of new tariffs against European allies.
Tensions later eased after Washington announced that a “framework deal” had been reached on Greenland-related issues and that planned tariffs on eight European countries would be suspended.
Under the EU–U.S. trade deal agreed in July last year, the European Union would eliminate tariffs on all U.S. industrial goods and introduce tariff-rate quotas for a wide range of U.S. agricultural products. In return, the United States would cap tariffs on most EU exports at 15 percent.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy said a Togo-flagged oil tanker was struck while attempting to make an “illegal passage” through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said early on Friday.
Saudi civil defence sent an all-clear on Saturday after issuing alerts for a second time for potential danger in Riyadh and the city of Al-Kharj east of the capital, amid an uptick in attacks by Iran-aligned Houthis on the Gulf country.
The European Union will disburse €3.3 billion ($3.8 billion) to Ukraine for missiles and drones, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The U.S. State Department approved a $2.7 billion military sale to Ukraine for air-defence development upgrades, along with related equipment and services, the department said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities reported at least 10 people had died in Russian attacks over the last 24 hours.
Houthi attacks target Riyadh amid concerns over Saudi oil supplies, as Iran says it will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until its conditions are met and U.S. commitments are implemented, parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday.
German voters cast ballots on Sunday in two state elections that could add to the political pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz, as his government faces growing public frustration and a resurgent far right.
Iraq has returned restricted airspace across the western part of the country to civilian authorities, ending limits imposed for military operations against Islamic State since 2016, the Transport Ministry said.
Denmark and Greenland have moved to reassure the public that their sovereignty will remain intact under a new security agreement with the United States.
World leaders are set to gather at the United Nations General Assembly in New York for several days of high-level debate, with Iran, Ukraine, artificial intelligence (AI) and a range of global crises expected to dominate discussions this week.
Ed Sheeran has broken his silence on the controversy surrounding his U.S. tour, apologising for decisions made after rapper Macklemore was removed from the line-up over his public support for Palestine.
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