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Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party publicly criticised the government for moving too slowly on implementing steps toward peace after a jailed PKK leader urged fighters to lay down arms. DEM co-chair Tulay Hatimogullari told party MPs the government was 'failing to match the momentum' created by Abdullah Ocalan's February 2025 call. The PKK has halted a…
Two months into a war with the United States and Israel, Iran’s political architecture has shifted from the long-standing primacy of a single clerical arbiter to a wartime leadership dominated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC). The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the conflict’s ope…
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has used Ukraine’s recent advances in drone warfare as a bargaining chip to secure defence and security agreements across Europe and the Middle East. Those deals have expanded Kyiv’s diplomatic reach, but Ukraine faces internal export controls, limited export licences, reliance on skilled human operators, and the need …
President Donald Trump posted that Iran has informed U.S. officials it is in a 'state of collapse' and has asked the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as it addresses a leadership situation. The method of that communication was not specified and Iran had not immediately responded. A U.S. official said Trump is unhappy with Tehran's most …
A source close to Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov said his superyacht Nord was permitted to pass through the Strait of Hormuz following maintenance in Dubai because neither Iran nor the United States raised objections. The yacht, valued at over $500 million and sailing under a Russian flag, followed an approved route in line with international…
Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed three Palestinians, according to local health officials. Medics reported a 9-year-old boy died after an Israeli drone strike in eastern Khan Younis, while an Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle in Gaza City, killing two others and injuring several. Relatives at Nasser Hospital described the boy as col…
The United Nations children’s agency says five million children in Sudan’s Darfur region are enduring severe deprivation as the civil war enters its fourth year. UNICEF issued a rare "Child Alert" — the first for Darfur in two decades — highlighting widespread destruction of homes, schools and health facilities, surging child casualties, and acute …
A recent AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll indicates that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are virtually level in a simulated second-round matchup, with the two candidates separated by a narrow margin well within the survey's reported error. First-round simulations also show Lula leading but without a clear majority, leaving…
Rabih Khreiss, a 45-year-old mechanic and father of nine, fled Khiyam on March 2 after Hezbollah fired into Israel and subsequent strikes began. Now living in a tent in Beirut with his family and an ailing sister, Khreiss faces ongoing displacement, limited access to services, and uncertainty over whether his home and workshop still stand as hostil…
The presidents of Finland and Estonia said on April 28 that certain U.S. defence deliveries to Europe have been postponed as stocks are shifted in response to the war in the Middle East. Finnish President Alexander Stubb described some U.S. inventory being sent elsewhere but did not view it as alarming for Finland. Estonia's President Alar Karis sa…
Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro told Reuters he is not concerned that the war in the Middle East will reduce U.S. deterrence in the Indo-Pacific, pointing to expanded Balikatan exercises as evidence of Washington's commitment. He warned, however, that China may attempt to exploit any perceived openings and highlighted Manila's efforts…
Ghana has declined a proposed bilateral health agreement with the United States after raising objections to clauses that would require sharing sensitive health data, a source familiar with the talks said. The decision comes amid a wider push by the Trump administration to reshape foreign health assistance and follows similar friction in negotiation…
A combination of reduced foreign aid, extended shipping times and surging fuel prices linked to the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran has disrupted deliveries of lifesaving therapeutic foods to Somalia. Clinics are rationing supplies and turning away severely malnourished children, while humanitarian agencies warn that delays and higher costs are compoun…
King Charles will deliver a rare address to the U.S. Congress emphasizing the enduring bond between the United Kingdom and the United States. The speech, part of a four-day state visit with Queen Camilla, comes as transatlantic relations face strain over differences on the war on Iran and recent diplomatic sensitivities.
A 21-year-old Austrian accused of planning an Islamist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna is due in court as prosecutors lay out allegations that extend beyond the foiled concert plot. The defendant has said he will admit guilt on the principal charges related to the concert plot but will contest other accusations involving planned Middle E…
A U.S. official said President Donald Trump was unhappy with Iran's most recent proposal to halt hostilities and postpone talks about its nuclear program until after the fighting ends. The proposal envisions staged negotiations beginning with an end to the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran and addressing maritime access through the Strait of Hormu…
The Trump administration has abruptly terminated the full membership of the National Science Board, ousting all 22 current members effective last Friday, two former board members said on Monday. The independent body, created in 1950 to oversee National Science Foundation governance and advise the president and Congress on science and engineering po…
Two Republican members of the House Homeland Security Committee have requested that senior federal officials authorize the National Guard to bolster defenses against potential drone threats and to create a single federal security posture for the upcoming World Cup matches taking place this summer in 11 U.S. host cities.
At the opening of the 11th review conference for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York, Iran was chosen as one of 34 vice presidents by the group of non-aligned and other states. The United States condemned the selection as an affront to the NPT and criticized Iran's record of cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog. Iran's representa…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said discussions about a designated survivor and the presidential line of succession occurred before the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, after an attempted attack at the event forced senior officials and attendees to take cover and prompted rapid security evacuations.
NATO officials and diplomats say the alliance is considering stepping back from the recent pattern of annual leaders' summits, a move partly driven by concern over potentially fraught interactions with U.S. President Donald Trump and by wider worries that yearly high-profile meetings encourage short-term, attention-grabbing outcomes at the expense …
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 27 declined to take up an appeal from Florida parents who sought to sue a public school district over efforts by school staff to support a student’s gender identity without informing the parents without the child's consent. The appeal concerned a middle school student in Tallahassee who had identified as nonbinary. L…
Two prominent Israeli leaders, Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, have combined forces to form a joint party aimed at unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition. While the new grouping centers on domestic politics, especially ultra-Orthodox conscription, public statements and actions suggest its approach to Iran, Lebanon and Gaza would re…
A senior White House official said the chief of staff will convene a meeting this week with Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security leaders to review security protocols for events involving the president after a shooting occurred near a hotel ballroom where the White House Correspondents' Association dinner was taking place. The White Ho…
Palestinians in Gaza, under a U.N. Development Programme effort, are crushing and repaving streets with war-damaged concrete and metal to clear access to vital services and create usable public spaces. The work comes as progress on a U.S.-backed reconstruction plan has stalled and the territory faces an estimated 61 million tons of debris, fuel sho…
