Trump orders 'blockade' of sanctioned oil tankers leaving and entering Venezuela
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela on Tuesday (16 December), in Washing...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday that Iran welcomes American investment but will strongly oppose any efforts at regime change or foreign interference.
President Masoud Pezeshkian announced that Iran has no objection to American investors entering the country, as long as it does not involve political interference.
“The leader has no objection to the presence of American investors in the country,” Pezeshkian said, referring to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, during a speech broadcast on state television.
However, he emphasised that Iran firmly opposes US policies aimed at regime change, calling them "flawed conspiracies."
Although Iran and the United States have had no diplomatic relations since 1980, indirect nuclear talks are planned to take place in Oman on Saturday. These discussions follow a letter from US President Donald Trump dated March 7, urging Iran to return to nuclear negotiations and warning of possible military action if it refuses.
Tehran responded by saying it is open to indirect talks but rejects direct negotiations as long as the US continues its "maximum pressure" campaign. “We are ready to negotiate, but not in direct negotiations because we do not trust them,” Pezeshkian said.
At least 37 people have been killed in flash floods triggered by torrential rain in Morocco's Atlantic coastal province of Safi, Moroccan authorities said on Monday (15 December).
Fighting along the Thailand–Cambodia border has entered a fifth consecutive day, despite U.S. President Donald Trump claiming he had brokered a ceasefire between the two sides.
Authorities discovered the lifeless bodies of renowned filmmaker Rob Reiner, aged 78, and his wife, Michele Reiner, 68, in their upscale Brentwood home in Los Angeles on Sunday. The police investigation has labeled the incident an apparent homicide.
Schools across Cambodia and Thailand were forced to close on Monday (15 December) as border clashes between the two countries escalated, with the death toll reaching at least 40 and hundreds of thousands of people displaced, according to officials and local media.
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held two rounds of high-stakes talks in Berlin, Germany on 14-15 December. Ukraine’s chief negotiator, Rustem Umerov, posted on X that discussions with the U.S. envoy have been "constructive and productive".
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela on Tuesday (16 December), in Washington's latest move to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro's government, targeting its main source of income.
Austria’s public broadcaster ORF, which is hosting the next Eurovision Song Contest, has said it will not block Palestinian flags in the audience or suppress crowd reactions during Israel’s performance.
The Trump administration has expanded its travel restrictions, now affecting a total of 39 countries.
Venezuela has formally accused the United States of “maritime piracy” after a Venezuelan oil shipment was seized in international waters, escalating diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
The Pentagon has released video showing U.S. military strikes on three vessels in the eastern Pacific that Washington says were involved in narcotics trafficking, operations that U.S. Southern Command said killed eight people on Monday (15 December).
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