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Kuwait has begun increasing crude production and expects to reach 2 million barrels per day within a week, following repairs to damaged oil infrastructure and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz under an interim US-Iran peace arrangement. Company leadership also said force majeure notices issued during the conflict will be withdrawn immediately.
Rescue personnel in Nabatieh have been combing the wreckage of their civil defence headquarters after it was obliterated by an airstrike late last month. The destruction has deprived first responders of their base of operations and archives, compounded by multiple casualties among civil defence members and extensive damage across the city amid mont…
The U.S. State Department announced targeted visa restrictions on individuals it says are obstructing peace efforts in Ethiopia, focusing on hardliners within the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and their immediate family members. The move follows recent clashes between TPLF forces and the Ethiopian government and TPLF's reassertion of regi…
Gaza's health ministry reports that Israeli fire has killed 1,008 Palestinians since an October 2025 ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump, including three people killed when a vehicle was struck on a major Gaza City road. Violence persists amid renewed mediation efforts and stalled negotiations over the next phase of the Gaza plan.
Senator Tammy Duckworth, the top Democrat on the Senate aviation subcommittee, wrote to FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford urging the agency to resist presidential pressure to approve a 259-foot Independence Arch. Duckworth cited potential risks to commercial aviation and criticized what she described as improper prioritization of construction over sa…
Emmanuel Macron has repeatedly used grand venues such as the Palace of Versailles to cultivate influence with foreign leaders. While the approach produced visual unity at a recent lakeside summit and a Versailles dinner that brought Donald Trump into a collective statement on Ukraine and sanctions on Russia, analysts say these displays have not con…
Israel's military released a new map showing its forces operating further into southern Lebanon, including areas near Nabatieh north of the Litani River. Israeli officials say talks are underway with the United States over keeping troops deployed there, even as an interim agreement tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict calls for an end to fighting on all …
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced he is severing all contact with European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas following media reports that she compared Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to apartheid-era South Africa during a visit to Mexico. Kallas responded by emphasizing the value of dialogue and reaffirming the EU’s position on…
A senior Kremlin foreign policy aide said European leaders at the recent G7 summit likely put forward misleading or harmful information to U.S. President Donald Trump about the situation in Ukraine. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov also maintained that Trump is a determined leader who retains his own judgment, and said Moscow expects a visit from Trump en…
A large, privately financed campus honoring the 44th U.S. president is scheduled to be dedicated in Chicago amid broad fanfare and cultural programming. The Obama Presidential Center spans 19.3 acres in historic Jackson Park and features an eight-story granite museum, performance spaces, recreational facilities and extensive landscaping. Organizers…
As Canada co-hosts the World Cup with the United States and Mexico, many Canadian fans vocalize discomfort with sharing the tournament with their southern neighbor amid heightened political tensions and trade disputes. While some urge putting politics aside for the sake of sport, a majority of those interviewed say they will not travel to the U.S. …
New York City will hold a ticker-tape parade Thursday to honor the NBA champion New York Knicks after their Game 5 clinching victory. Municipal authorities are coordinating the event, which Mayor Zohran Mamdani said could be the largest in the city's history. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch has ordered 10,000 officers to Lower Manhattan as offici…
Four years after the Azov Regiment surrendered the final pocket of Mariupol in May 2022, the formation has been reconstituted and expanded into a corps that is mounting an organised campaign of drone strikes against Russian-held infrastructure. Recent operations have struck Mariupol's port and nearby electrical and repair facilities, and corps lead…
Thailand has renewed plans for a 1 trillion baht (about $30.45 billion) Land Bridge logistics corridor that would connect two new deep-sea ports on the Andaman and Gulf coasts via rail and road, offering an alternative routing to the crowded Strait of Malacca. The proposal promises cost and time savings for certain cargo flows and could handle up t…
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te urged swift approval of a new U.S. arms sale package and stressed that bolstering the island's defence and rejecting rule by the Chinese Communist Party are not provocations. Lai affirmed continued communication with the U.S. and reiterated a desire for talks with Beijing based on parity and respect, while noting China…
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said he held an extended conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump during a leaders' dinner at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, describing the talks as making significant progress on peace for the Korean peninsula and bilateral ties. Lee left the summit with a pen Trump had been using and recounted a person…
On June 18, Kyiv came under missile attack as air raid warnings spread across most of Ukraine. The strikes occurred hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy held talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders aimed at coordinating efforts to end the war. Authorities reported casualties in multiple locations, damage to cultural heritag…
The United Nations released its annual Children and Armed Conflict report showing a record number of children affected by grave violations in 2025. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that Israeli settler groups could be added to the U.N. blacklist if high levels of violations continue in 2026, and highlighted an alarming increase in attacks …
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said the central question in upcoming discussions between Tehran and Washington is how Iran's nuclear programme will be monitored. While officials from both sides say they have reached a memorandum of understanding to end hostilities and open wider talks, the minister urged that durable, enforceable verification arra…
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte hosted U.S. President Donald Trump at the Palace of Versailles on Wednesday. The visit, which included a formal greeting on the palace steps and a planned dinner, came after G7 talks where leaders reached a joint statement on Ukraine. The encounter was presented as a gesture to reinforce relati…
U.S. and Iranian negotiators will reconvene in Switzerland after months of hostilities, attempting to convert a recently agreed memorandum of understanding into a comprehensive peace deal within 60 days. The interim pact postpones the most contested issues to later talks, leaving open questions on Iran's nuclear materials and enrichment, the future…
At the end of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, President Donald Trump publicly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he should adopt a 'softer touch' in operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Trump reiterated that he had provided Netanyahu with the U.S. 'memorandum of understanding' reached with Iran and said the accord clears the way f…
Kenya is reportedly close to sealing an arrangement with the United States that would enable the country to carry out downstream processing of its critical minerals on Kenyan soil. The agreement, according to the president, would encompass rare earths and other strategic minerals and reflects a regional shift toward domestic processing to preserve …
A senior U.S. official said both Iran and the United States retain the option to walk away from a 14-point memorandum of understanding slated for signature on Friday, and that forthcoming talks in Switzerland are likely to concentrate on the precise sequencing of steps outlined in the preliminary accord. The official, speaking anonymously, read out…
The United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran have a 14-point interim memorandum that, according to a draft text, would end active hostilities, lift a naval blockade, resume merchant shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, and initiate a 60-day negotiating window toward a comprehensive final agreement. Key elements include commitments on respect for…
