World leaders are gathering in Calgary in Canada for the G7 summit, where the escalating Israel-Iran conflict is set to dominate discussions.
World leaders have begun arriving in the Canadian city of Calgary as the Group of Seven prepares to meet in the Canadian Rockies, with the Israel-Iran conflict expected to top the agenda.
Israel’s decision to attack Iran is likely to shift the summit’s focus, drawing attention away from other priorities as leaders discuss how to manage the escalating tensions.
French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have already arrived for the three-day meeting.
The Group of Seven—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States—will officially begin talks on Sunday. Host nation Canada is aiming to avoid any public confrontations with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Leaders from Ukraine, Mexico, India, Australia, South Africa, South Korea, and Brazil are also expected to join parts of the summit, which runs through Tuesday.
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Finance ministers from the G7 and other major economies met in Washington on Monday (12 January) to discuss ways to reduce dependence on rare earths from China, including setting a price floor and new partnerships to build up alternative supplies, ministers said.
In 2025, climate talks, security negotiations and trade diplomacy defined a year of high-level summits. Leaders met across continents to confront conflict, debate climate responsibility and shape global priorities. Some eased tensions, others exposed divisions, but all left their mark.
Export controls and critical minerals were key issues of discussion when G7 finance ministers met virtually on Monday (8 December). Countries continue to look at alternatives to move away from China's dominance in the rare-earth sector.
G7 foreign ministers and outreach guests gathered for a family photo during a ministerial meeting in Canada on Wednesday (12 November).
The S&P 500 edged to a record closing high on Tuesday, marking its fifth consecutive day of gains, as strong advances in technology stocks offset a sharp selloff in healthcare shares and a mixed batch of corporate earnings.
Residents in Syria’s Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli have stepped up volunteer patrols amid growing pressure from the country’s Islamist-led government, expressing deep mistrust of Damascus despite a fragile U.S.-backed ceasefire.
Liverpool confirmed direct qualification to the UEFA Champions League round of 16 with a 6-0 win over Qarabağ at Anfield in their final league-phase match. Despite the setback, Qarabağ secured a play-off spot, with results elsewhere going in the Azerbaijani champions’ favour on the final matchday.
Iraq's former Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki said on Wednesday that he rejects U.S. interference in Iraq's internal affairs, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to cut off support to the country if Maliki was picked as prime minister.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa stressed to U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call on Tuesday the importance of unifying international efforts to prevent the return of "terrorist groups", including Islamic State.
“For some weeks now, we have been seeing with increasing clarity the emergence of a world of great powers,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday (29 January), declaring that Europe had found “self-respect” in standing up for a rules-based global order.
Colombian authorities on Wednesday (28 January) located a missing plane carrying 15 people in the northeast of the country, with no survivors found, an Air Force source and local media said.
Chinese authorities say they've carried out capital punishment against a group of individuals tied to notorious telecommunications fraud syndicates operating across the southern border, according to state news agency Xinhua.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party is likely to increase its number of parliamentary seats and gain a majority in the lower house, a preliminary survey by the Nikkei newspaper showed on Thursday (29 January).
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