Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has firmly refused to negotiations with Washington on a final agreement following remarks by US President Donald Trump. In a social media post, Araghchi cited the Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and the United States, stating that Tehran would not resume talks until...
A new United Nations estimate has put the direct physical damage caused by the twin earthquakes in Venezuela at 37 billion US dollars.
The estimate includes around 24 billion US dollars in damage to buildings, including homes, businesses, schools, hospitals and public facilities, and another 13 billion US dollars in...
NATO leaders plan to unveil arms deals worth tens of billions of dollars in Turkey’s capital Ankara on Tuesday to show they are heeding U.S. calls to spend more to defend Europe before joining President Donald Trump for a summit.
European governments will announce the deals at a NATO defence...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today said that over 300 children have been killed or injured in the last six months in the war in Sudan, mostly from drone strikes.
Sudan has been mired in a war between the Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since...
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that artificial intelligence is developing faster than anyone can keep up, calling for globally harmonised rules to reduce potential risks – especially to children.
“A technology that can reshape economies, transform the world of work, sway elections and tilt the balance of security...
In Ukraine, at least 10 people were killed and 46 others were injured after Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on the capital, Kyiv, this morning. This came a day before a key NATO summit in Turkey, which US President Donald Trump is expected to attend.
Ukraine’s Air Force said...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held a telephone conversation yesterday, according to the Kremlin. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said President Putin congratulated President Trump on the 250th anniversary of the United States’ Independence Day.
During the conversation, President Putin briefed President Trump on what the...
The United States marked the 250th anniversary of its independence with a nationwide celebration yesterday. The main event in Washington resumed after a brief weather-related interruption, with President Donald Trump addressing thousands gathered at the National Mall. In his address, President Trump paid tribute to American veterans and described...
A Ukrainian drone attack struck a Russian oil terminal in St Petersburg today, with Russian authorities claiming that air defence systems intercepted dozens of drones over the city and surrounding areas. St Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov said the attack targeted the Kirovsky district on the Baltic Sea.
He added that...
NASA’s Swift Observatory is set for a crucial rescue mission after a spacecraft was successfully launched to boost its shrinking orbit. Northrop Grumman launched Katalyst Space Technologies’ Link spacecraft aboard a Pegasus rocket from the Marshall Islands on Friday.
The spacecraft is expected to reach Swift in about a month...
