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Hezbollah said it carried out 33 attacks targeting Israeli forces, military positions, and vehicles in southern Lebanon over the past 24 hours. U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington could destroy Iran’s infrastructure within days, while Iran’s foreign minister warned that the U.S. would face rising economic costs from the conflict.
President Trump said that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, was killed in an operation conducted by U.S. and Nigerian forces. "Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield," Trump said on Truth Social. He did not disclose in his post the exact location of the operation.
U.S. announces 45-day extension of Israel-Lebanon ceasefire
The U.S. announced that a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended by 45 days following "highly productive" talks at the State Department, with political negotiations set to reconvene 2-3 June. A State Department spokesman said the extension aims to advance lasting peace between the two countries, including full recognition of sovereignty and territorial integrity. It also seeks to establish genuine security along their shared border.
Leaders of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) gathered in the Kazakh city of Turkistan on Friday for an informal summit focused on strengthening cooperation in trade, transport, energy and regional connectivity. The meeting brought together member states including Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan. A key focus of the summit was the development of the Middle Corridor, a trade and transport route linking China to Europe through Central Asia, the Caspian Sea, the South Caucasus and Türkiye.
The Eurovision Song Contest final takes place in Vienna on Saturday, with organisers hoping the annual show of glitz and Europop will be a success despite five countries’ withdrawal over Israel’s participation. Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Iceland are boycotting this year’s event, marking one of the biggest crises in the contest’s 70-year history. The countries are protesting Israel’s participation in light of its military actions in Gaza.
Tajikistan tripled fuel imports from neighbouring Central Asian countries in July after deliveries from Russia declined sharply, underscoring how disr...
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan will remove tariff and non-tariff barriers affecting around 20 product categories from 10 August, in a move designed to faci...
President Masoud Pezeshkian has defended his administration's economic performance under longstanding Western sanctions and severe wartime conditions,...
U.S. President Donald Trump said there was an "all-day negotiation" on Tuesday with Iran, characterising the talks positively while also threatening to hit Iran "really hard" if a deal was not reached.
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, two key maritime chokepoints in the region, decreased significantly from the previous day, according to shipping data.
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Kazakhstan’s main oil export corridor was disrupted by drone strikes near Russia’s Black Sea coast in July, forcing a temporary suspension of crude loadings and raising fresh concerns over the vulnerability of regional energy infrastructure to the war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed the country's ambassadors to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and several other countries. The removals came after a speech on Monday in which he said embassies would be judged on their effectiveness in securing weapons for Ukraine.
Uzbek exporters say repeated disruptions to Wildberries' logistics network in Russia have slowed deliveries and affected overseas sales, prompting the government to hold talks with the online marketplace's management.
Morocco has expressed its readiness to work with Spain and other European partners to identify and return unaccompanied minors following the mass arrival of tens of thousands of migrants Ceuta last week.
Three students and three teachers are among the dead following a school shooting in Thailand, with at least 15 injured, according to Royal Thai Police.
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A U.S. judge has ordered Meta to pay an additional $567 million over claims that its platforms failed to protect children from online harm.
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