Trapped Hamas fighters issue bedevils Gaza truce progress
U.S. mediators are meeting Israel’s prime minister on Monday with attention turning to the second, far more complex, phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal and the immediate problem ...
BBC chairman apologises for ‘error of judgment’ in Trump speech edit
BBC Chair Samir Shah on Monday apologised for an “error of judgment” in the editing of a speech by Donald Trump that raised the ire of the U.S. president, ...
France’s Sarkozy back home after court frees him pending appeal
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was freed from jail and went home on Monday, after a Paris court ruled he could be released while he appeals against his conviction for ...
Trump pardons allies accused of seeking to overturn his 2020 election loss
U.S. President Donald has pardoned at dozens of allies accused of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark and Sidney Powell, a top ...
Kremlin says it wants war to end but peace process is ‘stalled’
The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted the Ukraine war to end as soon as possible but that efforts to resolve it had stalled.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding ...
Pressure mounts on BBC as Director General Tim Davie and News Chief Deborah Turness quit
The BBC’s boss and its head of news quit on Sunday following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by U....
US Senate advances bill to end federal shutdown
The U.S. Senate moved forward on a measure aimed at reopening the federal government and ending a now 40-day shutdown that has sidelined federal workers, delayed food aid and ...
Israeli government spokesperson rules out Turkish forces in Gaza
An Israeli government spokesperson said on Sunday that Turkish soldiers would not be deployed to Gaza as part of a multinational force that is meant to take over from the ...
Israel receives remains of deceased hostage
Israel on Sunday received the remains of a deceased hostage held in Gaza that Palestinian militant group Hamas said were of an Israeli soldier killed in the territory more than ...
US airlines brace for third day of government-mandated flight cuts
Major airlines in the United States braced for a third day of government-mandated flight cuts Sunday after rising air traffic control staffing shortages snarled thousands of flights on Saturday.
The ...
Russia’s Lavrov: I am ready to meet Rubio
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that he was ready to meet United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio but that Russia would not abandon its core conditions ...
Lavrov says work underway on Putin’s order on possible Russian nuclear test
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that work is underway on President Vladimir Putin’s order to prepare proposals for a possible Russian nuclear test, state news agency ...
Tanzania police arrest senior opposition party official after deadly protests, target others
Police in Tanzania arrested a senior official from opposition party Chadema on Saturday and authorities named nine others being sought in relation to violent protests that followed last week’s ...
Afghanistan-Pakistan peace talks collapse, ceasefire continues, Taliban says
Peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan broke down, although a ceasefire continues between the South Asian neighbours, a Taliban spokesperson said on Saturday.
Zabihullah Mujahid said negotiations had failed due ...
Trump says no US government official will attend G20 summit in South Africa
President Donald Trump said on Friday that no US government official would attend the Group of 20 summit in South Africa later this month, because of what he said were “human ...
Palestinian militants hand over body of another Gaza hostage
Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad handed over the body of a deceased hostage on Friday night as part of the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The Israeli military said ...
Russia says house-to-house advance continues in Pokrovsk, tiny village captured
Russia said on Saturday that its forces continued to advance in grinding battles around the key towns of Pokrovsk and Kupiansk, and had captured a tiny village in eastern Ukraine.
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Greece’s new energy deal with Chevron shifts Eastern Med power balance
Chevron-Hellenic Energy Consortium’s selection: A geopolitical analysis for Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean
In a very important development, the Chevron-Hellenic Energy consortium has been selected as the preferred investor ...
Several people ill at US military base in Maryland after suspicious package
Several people fell ill after a suspicious package was opened at a US military base in Maryland, though they were evaluated and released, the US military said on Friday.
The ...
US backs EU using frozen Russian assets to help end war, US source says
The United States fully backs the European Union using frozen Russian assets as a tool to support Ukraine and end the war with Russia, a US source familiar with the ...
Azerbaijan will only send peacekeepers to Gaza if fighting stops completely, source says
Azerbaijan does not plan to send peacekeepers to Gaza unless there is a complete halt to fighting there between Israel and Hamas, an Azerbaijani government source told Reuters on Friday.
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Hungary’s Orban makes case to Trump for using Russian oil at warm White House meeting
US President Donald Trump heaped praise on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday at a White House meeting that glossed over differences about Hungary’s use of Russian oil ...
France lets Shein resume operation after it withdrew all illicit products
The French finance ministry on Friday allowed Chinese online retailer Shein to resume operating in France after demonstrating it had withdrawn all illicit products from its platforms.
Shein will remain ...
Polish parliament strips former justice minister of immunity
The Polish lower house of parliament voted on Friday to strip a former justice minister of immunity, which opens the way for him to be arrested and charged with numerous ...