The Russian army seized three more villages across eastern Ukraine, the defence ministry in Moscow said Monday, the latest in its grinding advance. Russia’s latest claimed advances came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was touring European allies to garner support for his depleted army and the country’s battered energy infrastructure. Moscow said its troops had…
President Donald Trump, yesterday signed a bill to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history 43 days that paralyzed Washington and left hundreds of thousands of federal workers unpaid while Republicans and Democrats engaged in a high-stakes blame game.The Republican-led House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to approve a Senate-passed package that…
The United States has warned that foreigners who celebrate or make light of the assassination of conservative activist, Charlie Kirk, may face visa revocation, as officials identified social media account holders in Germany, Brazil, the United Kingdom, South Africa, and parts of Latin America for scrutiny. The warnings followed the killing of Kirk, a 31-year-old…
US. President Donald Trump has announced he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska next week. This has raised speculation that the summit could explore a controversial territorial swap as part of efforts to end the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin confirmed the meeting on Friday, calling the choice of venue “quite logical,” and…
Tehran on Monday accused Britain, France and Germany of failing to respect the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, after they threatened to reimpose sanctions over its atomic programme. The 2015 deal, reached between Iran and the UN Security Council’s permanent members — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — plus Germany imposed curbs on…
Iran on Thursday denied it is set to resume nuclear talks with the United States after the end of a 12-day war with Israel, and accused Washington of exaggerating the impact of US strikes. The most serious conflict yet between Israel and Iran derailed nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, but President Donald…
India has deported without trial to Bangladesh hundreds of people, officials from both sides said, drawing condemnation from activists and lawyers who call the recent expulsions illegal and based on ethnic profiling. New Delhi says the people deported are undocumented migrants. The Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has long taken a hardline…
The United Nations on Tuesday condemned Israel’s apparent “weaponisation of food” in Gaza, a war crime, and urged Israel’s military to “stop shooting at people trying to get food”. “Israel’s militarised humanitarian assistance mechanism is in contradiction with international standards on aid distribution,” the UN human rights office said in written notes provided before a…
China urged Iran and Israel on Tuesday to seek a “political resolution” to their conflict as Israel said it had agreed to US President Donald Trump’s proposal for a ceasefire. “The Chinese side calls on relevant parties to return to the correct path of political resolution at an early date,” foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun…
US President, Donald Trump, has announced that Iran and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire after close to two weeks of violent conflict between the two countries. Trump took to his Truth Social on Monday evening to announce that both countries had agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire”. According to him, the ceasefire agreement…