The U.S. military on Thursday accused Iran of violating a fragile ceasefire after Kuwait reported coming under attack following an American strike against the Islamic Republic. It was the latest flare-up of fighting to threaten ongoing negotiations to end the war. U.S. Central Command said Kuwait intercepted missiles fired from Iran late Wednesday, and military...
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Netanyahu directed IDF to increase control of Gaza to 70%
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he directed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to increase control of Gaza to 70%. Speaking at a conference on Thursday, he said: “We are currently squeezing Hamas; we now control 60% of the territory of the Strip – you know this. We were at 50, we moved to...
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Trump calls on Arab nations to recognise Israel as part of Iran war deal
Donald Trump has boldly tied negotiations to end his war with Iran to a swathe of Arab nations formally establishing diplomatic ties with Israel. In a 565-word post on his Truth Social platform, the US president made the demand that he was “mandatorily requesting that all Countries immediately sign the Abraham Accords”. That is the...
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Xi and Putin unite to criticise US, but fail to clinch big gas deal
China and Russia condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defence shield plans and Washington’s “irresponsible” nuclear policy at a summit on Wednesday, a week after President Xi Jinping hosted Trump in Beijing. A joint statement issued after Xi’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin served to underline that, while the Chinese leader seeks stable and...
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Putin’s Beijing visit hot on heels of Trump
Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing for a state visit, four days after Donald Trump left China. Putin was greeted by China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, when he landed on Tuesday evening, with an honour guard alongside Chinese youths waving China and Russia’s national flags in a welcome ceremony on the tarmac. The Russian leader’s visit...
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Trump warns ‘clock is ticking’ for Iran as peace progress stalls
US President Donald Trump has warned Iran the “clock is ticking” as talks to bring the war to an end have stalled. “They better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform. “TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!” The message came as the president spoke with...
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Trump returns after leaving Beijing summit with few clear wins
President Donald Trump is back in the U.S. after two days of talks with President Xi Jinping in Beijing that saw both sides trade praise and tout progress in stabilizing what they agreed is the world’s most important relationship. The president hailed “fantastic” trade deals and said “a lot of different problems” were settled, though no major agreements...
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Day one of Trump’s China visit: Xi cautions US over Taiwan, leaders discuss trade and Iran
Beijing, where the day’s events concluded with a state banquet for Trump and his delegation at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Trump’s two-day visit to China is the first by a U.S. president since his previous one, in 2017. During a closed-door meeting that lasted more than two hours, Xi told Trump that trade talks between...
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Brics 26: Iran urges bloc to condemn US-Israel actions, act against ‘warmongering and impunity’
The eyes of the Global South have turned to the capital today as India officially hosts the first major ministerial engagement of its 2026 Brics Presidency. Under the sweeping theme of “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability,” Foreign Ministers from the expanded 10-nation bloc have gathered at Bharat Mandapam to navigate a world increasingly defined...
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Latvian PM resigns after row over stray Ukrainian drones
Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina has resigned following a political crisis over Russia-bound Ukrainian drones straying into Latvian territory. She had fired her Defence Minister Andris Spruds last week after two drones crashed down in eastern Latvia, criticising his response and appointing a replacement. In protest, Spruds’s Progressives party pulled their support for Silina’s governing...