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Trump expects 'great meeting' with Xi in South Korea
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he expected a "lot of problems" to be solved with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in their talks on dialling down their hugely damaging trade war.
Trump says 'nothing' will jeopardise Gaza ceasefire after Israeli strikes
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday "nothing" would jeopardise the ceasefire in Gaza, after Israel carried out air strikes on the Palestinian territory accusing Hamas of violating the truce, which the militant group denied.
Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan 'failed'
Pakistan said Wednesday that negotiations for a lasting truce with Afghanistan had "failed to bring about a workable solution", warning it would take steps to protect its people.
As US blows up drug boats, Venezuelan oil sets sail
While the American military blows up boats it claims are transporting drugs from Venezuela, observers say tankers shipping Venezuelan oil in violation of a US embargo continue to navigate the very same Caribbean waters undisturbed.
US Fed on track to cut rates again in penultimate decision of 2025
The US Federal Reserve is almost certain to cut interest rates for a second straight meeting on Wednesday, and could also shed light on what it will do next.
North Korea announces missile test hours before Trump due in South
North Korea test-fired cruise missiles off its western coast in a message to Pyongyang "enemies", state media announced Wednesday just hours before US President Donald Trump begins a visit to South Korea.
Ecological Threat Report 2025: Extreme Wet-Dry Seasons Emerge as Critical Conflict Catalyst
Approximately 2 billion people - one quarter of humanity - now live in regions experiencing moderate to severe increases in seasonality
Israel launches air strikes on Gaza, says Hamas attacked troops
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israel carried out air strikes Tuesday despite an ongoing ceasefire, after the Israeli military accused Hamas of attacking its troops and violating the US-brokered truce.
Cameroon blames post-vote deaths on opposition leader
Cameroon's government on Tuesday acknowledged that people died during protests against the disputed re-election of 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world's oldest head of state, but blamed the opposition leader for the deaths.
Trump heads to South Korea with all eyes on Xi meeting
US President Donald Trump heads Wednesday for South Korea, where a key meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping could produce a truce in the blistering trade war between the world's two largest economies.
Fears of mass atrocities after Sudan's El-Fasher falls to paramilitaries
Fears mounted in Sudan on Tuesday, three days after paramilitaries seized the key city of El-Fasher, amid reports of mass atrocities and the killing of five Red Crescent volunteers in Kordofan.
US kills 14 in strikes on alleged Pacific drug boats
US forces killed 14 people in strikes that destroyed four alleged drug-smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday, bringing the death toll from Washington's anti-narcotics campaign to at least 57.
Swiss town hands three artefacts back to South Africa
The Swiss town of Neuchatel on Tuesday handed over to South Africa three artefacts that had spent more than a century in one of its museums.
Cyberbullying has affected Brigitte Macron's health, says daughter
The daughter of Brigitte Macron told a French court on Tuesday that unsubstantiated claims about her mother's gender had adversely affected the French first lady's health.
Warnings grow of executions, ethnic cleansing in Sudan's El-Fasher
Reports were mounting on Tuesday of ethnically motivated atrocities in the western Sudanese city of El-Fasher since its capture by paramilitaries, with allies of the army accusing fighters of executing "more than 2,000" civilians.
Gunman pleads guilty to Japan ex-PM's murder
The gunman accused of killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe pled guilty Tuesday, three years after the assassination in broad daylight shocked the world.
Campaigning begins in Myanmar's junta-run election
Parties approved to participate in Myanmar's junta-organised elections are set to start campaigning Tuesday, two months ahead of a poll being shunned at home and abroad as a ploy to legitimise military rule.
Sudan army admits loss of key city as reports of atrocities emerge
Sudan's army admitted on Monday it had withdrawn from the strategic hub of El-Fasher, while the United Nations issued a stark warning over reports of "atrocities" by the paramilitary group now in control of the city.
Trump to meet Japan PM as hopes grow for China deal
US President Donald Trump is set to meet Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday, sitting down with the newly elected conservative leader ahead of high-stakes trade talks with China on a tour of Asia.
Argentine markets cheer Milei mid-terms triumph
Argentine stocks and the peso surged Monday after a decisive victory for President Javier Milei in midterm elections seen as an endorsement of his radical free-market agenda.
US B-1B bombers fly off coast of Venezuela: flight tracking data
A pair of B-1B bombers flew over the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela on Monday, flight tracking data showed, in the third such show of force by US military aircraft in recent weeks.
UK, Turkey sign $11-bn Eurofighter deal as Starmer visits
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed an agreement to sell Eurofighter jets to NATO member Turkey in a 10-year deal worth nearly $11 billion after talks Monday with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Rallies in Cameroon after rival rejects 92-year-old Biya's win
Hundreds of Cameroonians took to the streets in protest on Monday after the world's oldest head of state, Paul Biya, was proclaimed to have won an eighth term extending his more than four-decade rule.
Ouattara wins landslide fourth term as Ivory Coast president
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has won a fourth term, securing a crushing 89.77 percent in a vote which his two greatest rivals were barred from, the electoral commission said Monday.
Turkey, UK sign $11 bn Eurofighter deal as Starmer visits
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said London has signed an agreement to sell Eurofighter jets to NATO member Turkey in a 10-year deal worth nearly $11 billion after talks Monday with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Rival rejects Cameroon's 92-year-old Biya's eighth term
The world's oldest head of state, Paul Biya, extended his more than four-decade rule, securing an eighth term in Cameroon's presidential poll, the Constitutional Council announced Monday, results which his rival swiftly rejected.
Cameroon's veteran leader Paul Biya wins controversial eighth term
The world's oldest head of state Paul Biya, 92, has extended his more than four-decade rule, securing an eighth term in Cameroon's presidential poll, the Constitutional Council announced Monday, in the face of a fierce protest by his rival.
Putin terminates plutonium disposal agreement with US
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Monday terminating an already defunct plutonium disposal agreement with the United States that aimed to prevent both sides from building more nuclear weapons.
Fears for trapped civilians in Sudan's El-Fasher after RSF claims control
Thousands of civilians remained trapped in Sudan's stricken city of El-Fasher, with fears growing for their safety, the United Nations and local groups said on Monday, after paramilitary forces claimed control of the army's last stronghold in the western Darfur region.
Fears for trapped civilians in Sudan's El-Fasher as fighting flares
The army-aligned governor of Sudan's Darfur region called for the protection of civilians in the stricken city of El-Fasher on Monday, after paramilitaries claimed to have seized it following a brutal 18-month siege.
Trump heads for Japan as hopes grow for China trade deal
Donald Trump headed to Japan on Monday, the next leg of an Asia tour that could see the US president and China's Xi Jinping end the bruising trade war between the world's largest economies.
Argentina's Milei vows more reforms after stunning election win
Argentine President Javier Milei hailed his party's runaway victory in Sunday's midterm elections as a "turning point" for the country and vowed to charge ahead with his agenda of shrinking the state and deregulating the economy.