Rescue workers and desperate residents raced against time across northern Venezuela on Thursday to find survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings after two powerful earthquakes killed at least 235 people and left more than 1,500 injured. The twin earthquakes, measuring magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, struck within less than a minute of each other on Wednesday night,...
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday held wide-ranging talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun in Seoul, focusing on strengthening bilateral ties and reviewing developments in the rapidly changing global environment. The meeting took place during Jaishankar’s two-day visit to South Korea, the second leg of his ongoing foreign tour after Mongolia. The...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps on Thursday (June 25, 2026) said safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz is only possible through routes designated by Iran, and that a new route announced without coordination with Iran is unacceptable and a safety risk. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised Gulf allies of the United States on...
Forty people have drowned in France over recent days as they sought to cool down to escape record heat, the prime minister said on Tuesday, as a heatwave swept across much of Europe. Britain, Italy, Switzerland and Spain were also sweltering in extreme heat, with record temperatures in some areas disrupting schools and transport networks...
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, announced his resignation on Monday (June 22, 2026), with a timetable of his expected departure from power, in a televised address from 10 Downing Street in London. His resignation comes on the heels of his visit to the U.S. as part of the G7 Summit and discussions with leaders about...
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir will participate in the technical-level talks being held in Burgenstock, Switzerland, on June 21, the PM’s office said on Saturday. Earlier today, the country’s foreign ministry said U.S. and Iranian representatives would participate in the meeting, along with mediators from Pakistan and...
US Vice President JD Vance on Thursday lashed out at members of Israel’s government, saying that the country is deeply isolated and its leaders have failed to appreciate American diplomatic and military support. The comments deepened a rift that has emerged between the two allies over the interim deal reached by the United States and...
A landmark memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran has come into effect, bringing an immediate halt to nearly four months of direct conflict and opening a 60-day window for negotiations on a comprehensive peace settlement. The 14-point agreement, signed electronically ahead of a planned meeting in Switzerland, establishes an immediate ceasefire, commits...
The United States has made public the full text of a 14-point memorandum of understanding reached with Iran over the weekend, ending days of silence over what the agreement actually contained. US officials released after growing public pressure over the lack of transparency regarding the deal, which President Donald Trump had announced on Sunday. It...
Ukraine has launched the largest drone offensive on Moscow of the full-scale war, in an attack that damaged a key oil refinery, caused fires, and sent debris raining down across the region. Air defenses shot down at least 194 drones bound for the Russian capital overnight into Thursday, according to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. That’s far higher than...