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Since the Iran war began in late February, Turkey has positioned itself as a key regional power, an economic bridge and a neutral mediator, condemning both the US-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran’s retaliatory attacks on Gulf nations. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his country’s support for peace talks in separate phone calls with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif last week. The week before, in a call with US President Donald...

An ex-Syrian general and a former senior Syrian police officer pleaded not guilty on Monday to torturing opponents of ousted president Bashar al-Assad as their trial started in Vienna. The two face charges including torture, aggravated coercion, sexual coercion and inflicting serious bodily harm. Prosecutors accused them of "having, on numerous occasions, ordered or failed to oppose the mistreatment of members of a protest movement".

US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth told Asia’s biggest military conference that his country’s relations with China were “better than they’ve been in many years”, as he adopted a much less strident tone than at the same event 12 months ago. “President Trump and this administration seek a stable peace, fair trade and respectful relations with China,” Hegseth said on Saturday at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. The two countries agreed to “build a constructive relationship of strategic...

Anatoly Bashkin clarified that all decisions have been made on Gambia and that an ambassador has been appointed

_ Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing’s first trip to India since being sworn in as president signals New Delhi’s recognition of the strongman’s political status as it seeks to counter mounting Chinese influence, according to analysts. The five-day visit, which began on Saturday at the personal invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is aimed at strengthening ties with one of Myanmar’s key regional partners. Despite Western sanctions imposed after the February 2021 coup, India has maintained...

Donald Trump and other Western leaders have pledged billions of dollars in investments to break China's chokehold on rare earths refining - a powerful lever Beijing has wielded in its trade war with Washington

The India-Omani CEPA comes into force amid the ongoing US-Iran war, which has severely disrupted the movement of ships in the international waters crossing the Strait of Hormuz.

According to the media outlet, Iran has targeted key facilities across eight countries in the Middle East
IRGC Navy releases footage of fast-boat patrols in the Strait of Hormuz, describing them as round-the-clock routine operations. The boats are tasked with "guiding" transiting vessels — and stopping any that ignore warnings.

According to Wang Yi, as leading world powers and permanent members of the UN Security Council, China and Russia have always firmly adhered to the international system based on the United Nations

U.S. Central Command said it conducted a round of “self-defense strikes” on military targets in southern Iran over the weekend. Iran’s military later said it had targeted a base in retaliation.
Satellite imagery from May 29 shows a 252-meter vessel on fire at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, with four suspected IRGC large speedboats approaching from the Iranian direction and a fifth departing southeast.

Military-Transport Aviation Commander Lieutenant General Vladimir Benediktov added that previously commissioned equipment is also being modernized

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer: I believe in the state of Israel. I support the state of Israel. If there had been a state of Israel in 1941, dozens of my ancestors would have been able to flee Nazi persecution.

In October 2025, I paid the first instalment of my tuition fee. It was 15,800 pounds, and the conversion rate was Rs 118 for a pound. By January, it further slipped to Rs 125 as I paid the second instalment.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer: For millennia, let them hear that loud and clear. The Jewish people have yearned for a state of Israel whilst experiencing the constant anxiety of knowing the place where they lived could violently expel them at any moment. It has happened again and again. We cannot, we must not go back to that era.
Finland’s Ministry of Defense announced a series of NATO defense and security innovation testing events to be held in the country in June.
Indonesia: A suspected WWII-era bomb exploded beneath a stilt house in a fishing village in Biak, Papua; killing 5 and wounding nearly 20. Biak was the site of intense 1944 Allied-Japanese fighting; unexploded ordnance from that campaign still surfaces in the area more than 80 years later. Several homes were destroyed, and authorities have cordoned off the area over fears of secondary blasts.

The Tagor was hauling crude from a Russian Arctic port toward West Africa when commandos stopped it on the high seas, with British help.
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The European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, met Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday as the two are set to chair a strategic dialogue in Islamabad. Kallas, who serves as vice-president of the European Commission and the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, is visiting Pakistan at the invitation of Dar. Both will co-chair the 8th EU-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue, which the Foreign Office (FO) said is the “highest-level platform for structu

The local authorities said the cause was an accident at a warehouse that held explosives for mining operations.

A non-operational post office building went on fire as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack on the village of Giryi in the Belovsky district,Alexander Khinshtein said
Hesse Minister for Federal, European and International Affairs Manfred Pentz visited Kyiv region, Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration Mykola Kalashnyk reported.

According to Tel Aviv, this is in response to Hezbollah’s violations of the ceasefire

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday adjourned the hearing of sentence suspension petitions filed by human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha in the controversial social media posts case as the Supreme Court directive to decide the pleas by May 26 remained unfulfilled. The Supreme Court directive was issued on May 12, more than three months after the husband-wife duo were sentenced in the case. They had subsequently filed petitions against their convicti
The volume of contributions from partner countries to the PURL program is sufficient to ensure the continued supply of critical U.S.-made weapons to Ukraine. Military aid is currently continuing to arrive.

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday adjourned the hearing of sentence suspension petitions filed by human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha in the controversial social media posts case as the Supreme Court directive to decide the pleas by May 26 remained unfulfilled. The Supreme Court directive was issued on May 12, more than three months after the husband-wife duo were sentenced in the case. They had subsequently filed petitions against their convicti
The rules, published by the State Council, will take effect from July 1. One of the most significant articles requires authorization for exports of restricted Chinese goods, technologies, and data.

While a peace deal between the US and Iran remains elusive, Israel has deepened its offensive into southern Lebanon.

Sources predict ‘toe-curling’ revelations as more than 1,000 pages of documents relating to his appointment as US ambassador to be published Mandelson files show no mitigation of security concerns Good morning. Many people despair at the quality of governance in Britain at the moment, but in one respect we are living through a golden age; if you are interested in contemporary history, and learning about what actually happens at the heart of government, then you can now – sometimes – access the

French president says it is ‘unacceptable for ships to circumvent international sanctions’, adding operation took place with support of UK The French navy has boarded an oil tanker that was subject to international sanctions and sailing from Russia, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, has said. Macron wrote on X: “This operation took place in the Atlantic Ocean, on the high seas, with the support of several partners, including the United Kingdom, in strict compliance with the law of the sea,.
WATCH: Israeli Knesset hosted an event where Christian delegations publicly repented on behalf of their nations for "insufficient support" of Israel. One German cried: Lord, please forgive us for all the things we did that did not support Israel!

Yury Chernichuk emphasized that despite all attempts by the Kiev regime to sow panic among the nuclear power plant’s staff, the personnel continue to work normally and maintain full control of the situation
In the Kherson region, a civilian was killed in a Russian drone attack on a bus stop, and proceedings have been opened.

One of the most effective counter-drone systems in the largest drone war in history between Ukraine and Russia is a German anti-aircraft gun designed during the Cold War. The Gepard — a self-propelled 35 mm cannon that first entered service in 1976 — has earned recognition from Ukrainian military experts as the most effective weapon against Shahed-type drones, at a cost of a few thousand dollars per engagement. Meanwhile, one of the more novel counter-drone technologies amounts to a sharpened pr
Alyaksandr Lukashenko commented on the statement by the Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, regarding a plan to deliver a series of strikes on 500 targets in Belarus if it dares to enter the war against Ukraine on the side of Russia, by claiming that the statement was actually made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and alleging that the Ukrainian military does not want a war with Belarus, while speaking of them in derogatory t
Sky is exiting its 14-year joint venture with the UAE's IMI — controlled by Sheikh Mansour, owner of Manchester City — over Sky News Arabia's coverage of Sudan, which critics accused of denying genocide committed by the UAE-backed RSF paramilitary group. Sky will relinquish operational control but allow the channel to keep its name under a brand licensing deal. Sky News Arabia functions as a de facto PR outlet for the RSF, downplaying atrocities and framing the war in ways that served UAE fore