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President Donald Trump said Washington and Tehran are making progress toward a potential agreement following the latest indirect talks, although direct negotiations remain premature. Meanwhile, tensions persist over Iran’s nuclear programme and the Strait of Hormuz, while reports suggest Israel targeted senior Hezbollah and Hamas figures in fresh regional strikes.
Authorities in Argentina are tracing the movements of passengers aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship after several travellers contracted hantavirus, leaving three dead. The World Health Organization says the outbreak may involve the rare Andes strain capable of limited human-to-human transmission, though the broader public risk remains low.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it's monitoring American passengers who travelled on the hantavirus-affected cruise ship, with health authorities in several U.S. states tracking asymptomatic travellers. Officials stressed the risk to the wider public remains “extremely low” as international coordination efforts continue.
A federal judge in New York City has unsealed a handwritten document described as a suicide note allegedly written by late financier Jeffrey Epstein before his 2019 death in custody. The court clarified it was not ruling on the authenticity of the note, but said public interest outweighed arguments for keeping it sealed.
Türkiye’s special envoy for normalisation with Armenia Serdar Kılıç said that Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz's visit to Yerevan marked a “turning point” in relations between Türkiye and Armenia. Kılıç made the remarks on the sidelines of the two-day Yerevan Dialogue 2026 conference, currently under way in the Armenian capital. During the visit, Yilmaz met Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. An agreement was then signed to jointly restore an ancient bridge located on the Türkiye-Armenia border as part of the ongoing normalisation process launched in 2022.
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The collective-defence agreement between Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signals that regional powers no longer want to rely solely on external security guarantees. Whether it becomes a stabilising deterrent or another axis of rivalry remains unresolved.
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has slowed, according to the latest data, as uncertainty over the waterway’s reopening kept most shipowners away. Six commodity vessels crossed the strait on Tuesday, down from nine the day before and below the 10-day daily average of 11.
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains limited on Thursday, with no increase in vessel crossings as U.S.-Iran talks to resolve the conflict remained stalled. Nine commodity vessels transited the key waterway on Wednesday, unchanged from the previous day, according to Kpler data.
Iran has said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the U.S. fulfils the terms of an interim deal, including lifting the maritime blockade and sanctions and releasing Iran’s frozen assets.
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Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains limited on Thursday, with no increase in vessel crossings as U.S.-Iran talks to resolve the conflict remained stalled. Nine commodity vessels transited the key waterway on Wednesday, unchanged from the previous day, according to Kpler data.
South Korea estimates North Korea possesses between 80 and 120 nuclear warheads, its defence minister said on Thursday, citing a range significantly higher than U.S. President Donald Trump's recent assertion that Pyongyang has 57 nuclear weapons.
Russian ballistic missile strikes on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv has killed at least twelve people and injured more than two dozen others, Ukrainian officials said, with fires reported across the city and Poland activating defensive air operations.
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Britain has summoned Israel’s chargé d’affaires and demanded that the Israeli government withdraw a tender for construction in the controversial E1 settlement area in the West Bank.
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