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Israel and Lebanon have agreed to implement a ceasefire aimed at ending months of cross-border hostilities, boosting hopes for broader progress in negotiations between the United States and Iran. Talks between Washington and Tehran are expected to resume next month, although renewed regional violence, including Iranian attacks in the Gulf and continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, has highlighted the fragility of the settlement.
The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted 215-208 to approve a resolution directing President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran unless Congress authorises military action, with four Republicans joining Democrats in support. While the measure is unlikely to have an immediate impact and still faces hurdles in the Senate, the vote marks a significant bipartisan rebuke of Trump's handling of the conflict and highlights growing concern within his own party as the war enters its fourth month.
Ukraine launched overnight strikes on Crimea's two main cities after Russia and Ukraine traded attacks on each other's territory a day earlier, leaving at least four people dead. Russian shelling killed three civilians in Kramatorsk, while a Ukrainian drone strike killed one person in Russia's Bryansk region. Moscow-installed officials later said Ukrainian attacks on Crimea killed three more people and injured seven in Simferopol.
Taiwan has called on China to acknowledge the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and confront its legacy, as the 37th anniversary of the deadly suppression of pro-democracy protests was marked on Thursday. President Lai Ching-te urged Beijing to recognise the truth and pursue reconciliation, while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said China's censorship could not erase the memory of those killed when troops ended the demonstrations in and around Tiananmen Square.
Germany's foreign minister has suggested the country's strong backing for Ukraine and its close ties to Israel may have contributed to its failure to secure a seat on the UN Security Council. Berlin lost out to Austria and Portugal in the vote for a two-year term, with Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul also accusing Russia of working to undermine Germany's bid amid growing geopolitical divisions at the United Nations.
At least 132 people have died and 570 have been injured after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, the Colombian Association ...
U.S. President Donald Trump has called for Iran to pay compensation for decades of deaths and damage, adding a new demand to peace talks as Tehran see...
Türkiye’s parliament on Monday approved a key piece of legislation underpinning the government’s effort to end decades of conflict with the Kurdi...
Flights arriving at Catania airport in eastern Sicily were suspended after volcanic ash from a new eruption of Mount Etna drifted into the airspace around the airport, disrupting operations at one of Italy’s busiest aviation hubs.
One hundred years after the First World War and more than eighty years after the devastation of the Second World War gave rise to the United Nations, humanity once again finds itself living in an age of permanent crisis.
For months, efforts to secure the Red Sea have focused on what is happening in the water. Naval deployments have increased, governments have expanded maritime cooperation and shipping companies have adapted to persistent security threats.
Greenland has issued a “strong warning” to a U.S. oil company linked to President Donald Trump after drilling equipment was brought ashore without the required government approvals, according to British media.
A deal on a new route for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is "very close," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said, while warning that the reopening of the waterway depends on the U.S. meeting other conditions, including paying compensation to Iran.
U.S. President Donald Trump has called for Iran to pay compensation for decades of deaths and damage, adding a new demand to peace talks as Tehran seeks compensation and sanctions relief before reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Türkiye’s parliament on Monday approved a key piece of legislation underpinning the government’s effort to end decades of conflict with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), moving the so-called Terror-Free Türkiye initiative closer to implementation.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia is preparing to deploy additional North Korean forces on its territory and has received more ballistic missiles from Pyongyang, arguing that their growing military cooperation poses a threat beyond Ukraine.
Firefighters were continuing to battle a massive blaze at the Zawiya refinery on Tuesday as Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) said it could declare force majeure and completely halt operations if drone attacks on oil assets in the city continued.
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