Ceasefire or no ceasefire, the Middle East’s reshuffling is not yet done
The best hope for the ceasefire talks in Pakistan is that both the United States and Iran have strong reasons to call a halt to...
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EU fingerprint and photo travel rules come into force
The EU’s new digital border system which requires fingerprints and photos alongside a passport scan is set to be fully operational from Friday. This was...
Taiwan opposition leader meets Xi Jinping in Beijing
China’s President Xi Jinping received Taiwan’s main opposition party leader on Friday, in a rare meeting which saw both sides stress a desire for cross-strait...
Over 125,000 Iranian civilian sites damaged: Red Crescent
More than 125,000 civilian sites have been damaged across Iran in attacks by the United States and Israel, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society....
Israel strikes residential areas, destroys homes in southern Lebanon
Israel has launched more than 50 attacks across Lebanon in the past 24 hours, raising fears that the escalating violence could unravel the fragile ceasefire...
Hezbollah chief vows continued ‘resistance’, rejects ‘free concessions’
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem has vowed that the group’s “resistance continues as long as there is breath,” rejecting what he called “free concessions” to Israel...
Russia’s Nobel Prize winning rights group facing ban
Russia is expected to label the Nobel Prize-winning human rights group Memorial “extremist” on Thursday, a designation that will make it easier to prosecute the...
Global energy crisis is ‘the mother of all crises’: Turkish energy minister
Turkiye’s energy minister says the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, due to the United States and Israel’s war on Iran, indicates the importance of diversifying...
Thousands of Iranians rally in memory of Khamenei
Thousands of Iranians paid tribute on Thursday to the late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for nearly four decades until his killing...
Vietnam confirms top leader’s China visit
Vietnam confirmed on Thursday that top leader To Lam will visit China next week at the invitation of counterpart Xi Jinping, his first foreign trip...
Lebanon thought there was a ceasefire – then Israel unleashed deadly blitz
The guns were supposed to have fallen silent. It was, after all, just hours after US President Donald Trump had announced that a two-week ceasefire...
UK says Russia ran submarine operation over cables and pipelines
Three Russian submarines conducted a “covert” operation of cables and pipelines in waters north of the UK, Defence Secretary John Healey said. A British warship...