Iran's offer to the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days is still on the table, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told Iranian media outlets on Sunday.
October 18, 2026The United States wants Israel to do more to deter attacks committed by settlers in the West Bank, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday.
October 17, 2026US President Donald Trump's decision to waive sanctions on Russia and tariffs on its goods days before they were to take effect will
October 17, 2026Ukraine on Saturday rejected Russia's claim to have captured more than 1,800 square km (695 square miles) of territory and nearly 100 settlements, including the eastern town of
October 17, 2026The global economy is showing great resilience but there is no room for complacency, the head of the International
October 17, 2026Pope Leo XIV has brought an American style of governing to the Vatican, including in the way it handles health crises
October 17, 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday condemned US President Donald Trump's diesel deal with Russia, called Moscow's stance a "parody" of peace negotiations and welcomed
October 16, 2026North Korea's state media KCNA said on Friday that an opening ceremony was held for the Amnok River bridge linking to China, which is also called New Yalu River Bridge.
October 15, 2026The United Nations has become too risk-averse and its next leader must be prepared to bear the cost of diplomatic failure and try again, Rebeca
October 15, 2026Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery on Thursday after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy declared that Kyiv was abandoning a ceasefire covering
October 15, 2026China is aiming to spur more effective and accessible global governance solutions at a forum next week, convened under its push for an alternative governance system for the
October 16, 2026The Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia are about more than Yemen.
October 15, 2026Exclusive: US considering using ‘mother of all bombs’ against Iran, sources say
October 15, 2026Colombia opened its embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, becoming the 10th government to do so, as new President Abelardo De La Espriella reversed his predecessor's break
October 14, 2026Poland's foreign minister asked Elon Musk if he was "playing politics" with Starlink in Ukraine on Wednesday, after Kyiv said Space X had introduced a limit on some services
October 14, 2026A new bridge linking China and North Korea is set to open Thursday after more than a decade of delay
October 14, 2026US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Washington was still sharing intelligence with Ukraine, even as Kyiv reported new Russian
October 13, 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he had proposed new talks in the coming days with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as Washington steps up efforts to
October 14, 2026Eleven sailors were missing at sea on Tuesday from a ship sunk by a drone attack off the coast of Bulgaria, possibly the second deadly sinking of a cargo
October 13, 2026President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Yemen's Houthi militants of deliberately trying to drive up oil prices ahead of the US midterm
October 13, 2026South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday welcomed home the first South Korean container ship to sail to Europe and back via the Arctic, as Seoul pushes to
October 13, 2026The Trump administration opposes "coercion and aggression" by China against countries for exercising their sovereign rights, the US State Department said,
October 13, 2026China on Monday placed sanctions on Paraguay's communications minister and the foreign minister of Belize over their countries' ties
October 12, 2026President Donald Trump is criticizing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid a US-Russia diesel deal, saying that the country's war with Russia began due to "incompetence" and suggesting that it get a new leader.
October 10, 2026Iran is still reviewing a US response to its proposal regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and will reply to Washington via intermediaries when the review is over,
October 12, 2026South Korea’s military says North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, adding to a recent streak in weapons demonstrations
October 12, 2026US President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement of an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine on Sunday that he said
October 11, 2026US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday vowed to cooperate with Japanese authorities investigating allegations that a US Marine murdered a woman in Okinawa, a case
October 11, 2026A conversation on Friday between President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump was "very substantive and friendly" and neither leader wanted to be the first to end the call
October 10, 2026How a series of miscalculations restarted Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen
October 10, 2026China's maritime actions off Taiwan's east coast are "deeply destabilising" and only worsen tension, the US State Department said, after Reuters reported the first known
October 10, 2026The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court as part of its campaign to dismantle the tribunal that the U.S. believes has become politicized and attempted to unfairly and illegally prosecute Americans and Israelis on war crimes charges
October 09, 2026Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Thursday that Russia agreed with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the Ukraine conflict was in a stalemate.
October 09, 2026U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has flatly refused to comment on a new report alleging that U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before taking up her post
October 08, 2026Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that Russia's war in Ukraine is at a dangerous stalemate and the United States will keep working toward a
October 08, 2026The US supports an EU-backed undersea power cable scheme in the eastern Mediterranean and will use diplomacy to try to remove any possible hurdles, Secretary of State Marco
October 08, 2026Malaysia hosted Myanmar's junta chief-turned-President Min Aung Hlaing on Thursday, saying it aimed to reintegrate the country
October 08, 2026Britain and Israel announced on Thursday that the nearly 200-year-old British diplomatic mission in Jerusalem would
October 08, 2026Eritrean soldiers have entered the towns of Adigrat and Idaga Hamus in northern Ethiopia, according to a commander allied with Ethiopia’s government
October 08, 2026US President Donald Trump, who waged war with Iran and has yet to broker peace in Ukraine, said on Wednesday that he should win the Nobel
October 08, 2026Syria is carefully considering providing military assistance to key ally Saudi Arabia amid an escalating war against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, a US
October 08, 2026Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will launch a joint motion with the small far-left BSW party in a regional parliament calling for an end to military support
October 07, 2026Taiwan's de facto ambassador to Washington said on Wednesday that ties with the United States remained robust after last month's summit between
October 07, 2026The leader of Myanmar’s military-backed government is traveling to Malaysia for talks with its leaders as the two Southeast Asian nations work to repatriate thousands of Myanmar nationals
October 07, 2026Nearly a month after President Donald Trump signed a sweeping Russian sanctions bill named after Lindsey Graham, bipartisan leadership in the Senate is urging the administration to act to help Ukraine
October 07, 2026US Vice President JD Vance said in an exclusive interview with Reuters that Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its nuclear enrichment
October 07, 2026US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that "strong and model NATO ally" Greece and the United States are launching new counterterrorism information sharing
October 07, 2026North Korea criticised the United States over its arms sales and military support for Taiwan, accusing Washington of fuelling tension in the Taiwan Strait, state
October 07, 2026President Donald Trump says he has a call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible case of plague at a Siberian research institute
October 07, 2026Someone may have hacked the North Korean UN mission’s voicemail
October 07, 2026U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has sought to reassure NATO ally Iceland that President Donald Trump's administration has no designs on the island but shares its concerns about Arctic security as tensions between the U.S. and Russia rise in the High North and elsewhere
October 06, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Ankara and Istanbul from October 21 to 23, his office said on Tuesday, in what will be the first dedicated bilateral visit
October 06, 2026Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy said on Tuesday that the Department of Defense denied him access to a key military base in Qatar during a visit to the
October 06, 2026The United States has discussed starting reciprocal visits to nuclear sites with China, and plans to continue pushing in meetings in the coming months, CNN reported on Tuesday,
October 06, 2026Cuba and the United States have maintained “channels of communication” but are not engaged in any formal negotiations, Havana’s top diplomat in
October 06, 2026Problems affecting relations between neighbours Afghanistan and Pakistan can be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy, Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan
October 05, 2026Russia has hosted consultations on Afghanistan that included a delegation of the country's ruling Taliban government along with officials from China, India, Iran, Pakistan and other nations
October 05, 2026US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Iceland, Greece and Portugal next week to discuss economic and security cooperation and other issues, the State Department
October 01, 2026The U.S. military is moving roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East
October 02, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated that Russia will respond to aggression with all available weapons in its arsenal if it comes under a direct attack
October 02, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that international conflicts were highly likely to continue as the world changed, but that the situation would get better as
October 01, 2026The Trump administration has been taking steps to turn China's dependence on US aviation suppliers into leverage for trade
October 01, 2026Representatives of the Syrian government and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have held face-to-face talks in Turkey to try to calm
October 01, 2026Iran is preparing a broader and more forceful response if the United States resumes large-scale military attacks, sources said, while continuing a diplomatic
October 01, 2026South Africa's foreign affairs ministry called in US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III on Tuesday for a third time over what it
September 30, 2026Qatar said on Tuesday it hopes that shuttle diplomacy between Iran and the US can lead to a breakthrough despite US President
September 29, 2026Iran’s currency has fallen to a new record low, with traders exchanging more than 2.5 million rials to the U.S. dollar
September 29, 2026Malaysia has begun repatriating Myanmar nationals under a voluntary program, despite warnings from the UN refugee agency and rights groups about unsafe conditions in Myanmar
September 29, 2026Taiwan's defense minister says U.S. arms sales to Taiwan remain unchanged, despite a stalled $14 billion package
September 29, 2026Pope Leo on Monday urged Russia and Ukraine to sit down and discuss how to end their four-year war, hours after he had urged European leaders seeking to
September 29, 2026North Korea has used its yearly U_N_ platform to warn other world leaders of “a harsh reality rampant with unprecedented mutual distrust and confrontation.”
September 29, 2026Oil prices rose on Monday, but eased off session highs on expectations that Qatari mediators would hold talks with the US and Iran to try to find a
September 28, 2026Seoul has demanded an apology after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed what it says was supposed to be a secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea
September 28, 2026Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi and met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday, a senior Israeli official told Reuters.
September 28, 2026Presidents, premiers, monarchs and cabinet ministers have plenty to say at their annual gathering at the U.N. General Assembly
September 27, 2026Iran says it is awaiting ‘definitive’ US response despite Trump rejecting latest proposal
September 26, 2026Iran insisted on Sunday that only diplomacy can solve its conflict with the United States and
September 27, 2026U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
September 26, 2026China and the U.S. have agreed to set up a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate work on military crisis communications
September 26, 2026Trump declines to say if Ukraine can manufacture Patriot missiles to fend off Russian attacks
September 26, 2026US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the
September 26, 2026Limousines whisked world leaders away from the United Nations on Friday after a week of speeches, meetings and hallway diplomacy.
September 26, 2026The Supreme Court has turned away an attempt to use a new Missouri congressional map backed by President Donald Trump
September 25, 2026The U.N. refugee chief is urging the world’s divided nations to focus on ending conflicts and crises so the more than 117 million people forced to flee their homes can return
September 26, 2026Iran has given the United States a "concrete" seven-day plan to open the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the choice now rests with the US, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi
September 26, 2026President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping drank tea at the White House and visited the National Archives on Friday,
September 25, 2026US President Donald Trump warned Chinese President Xi Jinping against providing support to Iran during
September 25, 2026Iran will show no flexibility over its nuclear program even if the United States accepts its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
September 25, 2026The United States has proposed that the United Arab Emirates host a trilateral meeting with Ukraine and Russia to discuss efforts to end their four-and-a-half-year war,
September 25, 2026Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart met on Thursday and Moscow said both agreed that only a diplomatic settlement could end tension in the Middle
September 25, 2026Donald Trump has hosted a state dinner for China's leader Xi Jinping, highlighting the glitzier side of diplomacy with a tech-heavy guest list and lavish details
September 25, 2026President Donald Trump warmly welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping, but protesters gathered outside the White House
September 25, 2026US President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday for a lavish summit that was
September 24, 2026Finnish President Alexander Stubb said on Thursday he pleaded with SpaceX owner Elon Musk to expand Starlink satellite internet coverage for Ukraine so
September 25, 2026We aren’t trying to kill Trump, Iran’s president insists to reporters at New York hotel
September 25, 2026North Korea's foreign ministry on Thursday rejected an international statement urging it to halt nuclear tests, with a spokesperson calling it "a grave political provocation
September 24, 2026Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 15 prisoners in a decree on Thursday that follows talks last week with an envoy for US President Donald Trump.
September 24, 2026US and Iranian negotiators in New York are exploring a phased path out of war that would involve Tehran reopening the Strait of
September 24, 2026Chinese President Xi Jinping has news for the people of Atlanta: The pandas are coming.
September 24, 2026Officials say that Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine have killed at least eight civilians
September 24, 2026Oil prices rose around 2% on Thursday as diplomatic talks between the US and Iran showed little sign of progress, while investors focused on uncertainty
September 24, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rocky Swift With the effects of surging oil prices cascading through markets and supply chains, diplomatic efforts to settle simmering trade
September 24, 2026Ukraine has transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, prompting Seoul
September 24, 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine has sent two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea
September 24, 2026Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Wednesday he discussed ways of keeping tension in check at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araqchi.
September 24, 2026Ukrainian President President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging world’s leaders to keep choking Russia’s revenues and impede its war efforts
September 24, 2026The State Department is ordering diplomats in its international organizations bureau to use the term “super intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence” in all communications following President Donald Trump’s attempt to rebrand the technology
September 24, 2026Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington is getting a much chillier reception on Capitol Hill than at the White House
September 24, 2026Iran and the United States remain far apart on how to end their war but diplomacy must continue, a senior
September 23, 2026China's President Xi Jinping will arrive in Washington this week without the delegation of Chinese business leaders that Beijing had sought to bring for meetings with US
September 23, 2026The United Nations has chosen to "look the other way" on Argentina's dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands, President Javier Milei said on Wednesday before world leaders at the UN General
September 23, 2026Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused US President Donald Trump of a "bullying mentality" at the United Nations on
September 23, 2026The US dollar rallied to its highest level in nearly two months on Wednesday as investors' expectations of a near-term Federal Reserve rate hike grew
September 23, 2026The Kremlin said on Wednesday that British Prime Minister Andy Burnham had unwisely chosen to stir up anti-Russian sentiment in a speech to the UN General Assembly in which
September 23, 2026Taiwan is expressing confidence that U.S. arms sales to the island will continue despite China's pressure as China’s Xi Jinping arrives in Washington to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump
September 23, 2026US President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that he could annihilate Iran if there is no deal to end the war,
September 22, 2026President Donald Trump says U.S. and Iranian officials met for about three hours Tuesday, shortly after he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end the nearly seven-month war
September 22, 2026France's President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday dismissed US President Donald Trump's claims of having secured peace in Gaza, saying not a single
September 23, 2026President Donald Trump said U.S. and Iranian officials have met, shortly after he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end nearly seven-month war
September 22, 2026Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in a meeting during which Iran's
September 23, 2026Fact check: Trump’s false claims to the United Nations
September 23, 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.N. General Assembly in New York and expressed hope that the U.S. would help to end Russia's war in Ukraine
September 22, 2026The foreign ministers of Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan said in a joint statement on Tuesday that they affirmed Riyadh's right to defend itself in line with
September 22, 2026US President Donald Trump said that Iran and the United States had been talking on Tuesday, and he thinks the two countries will reach a deal at some point.
September 22, 2026President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he thought the US would make a deal with Iran after mid-term elections are held on November 3.
September 22, 2026Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday the US is open to speaking with Iranians at the UN General Assembly, but no meeting is currently scheduled.
September 22, 2026New Zealand's biggest risk in foreign policy is reacting badly to global crises, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said on Tuesday, warning that rhetorical gestures may
September 22, 2026Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to call for the US to halt arms sales to Taiwan when he meets President Donald Trump in Washington this week.
September 22, 2026China's Xi Jinping is expected to press US President Donald Trump to halt Taiwan arms sales under a 1982 joint
September 22, 2026G7 foreign ministers on Monday called on Iran to end its arming and support of Houthis in Yemen, which they said constituted a dangerous pattern of escalation that
September 22, 2026France's President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that he had discussed with US President Donald Trump initiatives aimed at securing a moratorium between Ukraine and
September 22, 2026The European Union's naval mission to protect shipping in the Red Sea would need to boost its numbers to more than 10 warships, its foreign policy chief
September 22, 2026Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time
September 21, 2026The Netherlands is making preparations for the United States to sanction the International Criminal Court, in the last escalation of the Trump Administration’s attacks on the global tribunal
September 21, 2026US President Donald Trump has taken a less combative approach than usual ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week — a sign of
September 21, 2026What to expect at the UN General Assembly, the biggest event in world diplomacy
September 21, 2026The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia does not pose a threat to France or any European country, rejecting comments by the leadership of France's hardline National Rally as
September 21, 2026France will summon Iran's ambassador and take appropriate measures in response after Iranian authorities sealed a French language centre affiliated
September 21, 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had spoken with US President Donald Trump and the two agreed to meet in New York for talks that "could change a lot" in
September 21, 2026When Donald Trump ran for office a decade ago, he called China a menace to the U.S. economy
September 20, 2026Some Western politicians are seeking conflict between NATO and Russia after a "failed" strategy to defeat Moscow in its war with Ukraine, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on
September 20, 2026The head of United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon said on Saturday it was critical to ensure other UN agencies and Lebanese troops could
September 19, 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Ukraine was deliberately hindering talks aimed at ending the 4 1/2-year-old war and accused Kyiv of interfering in Russia's
September 19, 2026Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warns that Russia is planning hybrid strikes with drones and rockets on European countries supporting Ukraine
September 18, 2026The Trump administration has approved visas for top Iranian officials to attend next week’s U.N. General Assembly high-level session in New York despite the two countries being at war
September 18, 2026Here’s a look at the latest news in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia says debris from an intercepted Houthi drone killed one person
September 17, 2026An AI system that interferes with a nuclear command network or launches a military cyber operation could leave Washington or Beijing
September 17, 2026Leaders from Lebanon, France and Jordan have met in Paris to support Lebanon's struggling military
September 17, 2026US allies in Asia are growing anxious that President Donald Trump may be tempted to soften Washington's support for Taiwan in return for an economic win with Beijing
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