Top Indian and Iranian security officials met in New Delhi on Monday, the foreign ministry said, as security chiefs gathered for a BRICS meeting that also included China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi. India’s National Security Advisor Ajit...
Crude prices fell Monday after the US said it is temporarily lifting sanctions on Iran to allow it to export oil and optimism on talks towards a final peace deal. The British pound and the London stock market firmed, and the UK’s benchmark 10...
Clive Davis, the pioneering American music executive who made megastars of Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Carrie Underwood and many others during half a century of shaping modern music, died Monday at age 94, US media reported. The industry A...
An interstellar comet that blazed past the Sun last year could be nearly three times older than our Solar System and is unlike anything ever before seen in our cosmic backyard, astronomers said Monday. The comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third visitor...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney praised outgoing UK leader Keir Starmer for backing Ukraine and strengthening NATO after the British premier announced his resignation on Monday. Starmer “led international efforts to support Ukraine through...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and US Vice President JD Vance discussed a de-confliction mechanism for Lebanon on Monday, Aoun’s office said, as Vance said the move aimed to prevent spiralling Israel-Hezbollah violence. After a first round of...
The frontrunner to be the UK’s next prime minister, Andy Burnham, was sworn in as a member of parliament Monday, a key step in his bid to replace Keir Starmer. Starmer announced his resignation as prime minister on Monday after fewer than two...
Wall Street stocks mostly rose early Monday, greeting upbeat comments from US Vice President JD Vance about peace talks after US-Iran tensions rose over the weekend. Vance said “a very good foundation” had been established for a final...
Kenya’s high court found the country’s health minister in contempt on Monday over the continued construction of an Ebola facility for US patients, despite an earlier court order halting the project. Kenyans have strongly opposed the plan...
The United States said Monday it is temporarily lifting sanctions on Iran to allow the Islamic Republic to produce, sell and deliver crude oil and related products through August 21. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cited Tehran’s commitment...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will begin a trip to three Gulf countries on Tuesday amid negotiations with Iran to end the war in the Middle East, his spokesperson said. In his first trip to the region since the United States and Israel started...
Direct damage to buildings in south Lebanon in the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah is estimated at around $1.38 billion, a UN agency and Lebanese research centre said on Monday. “In total, 11,095 buildings were completely destroyed...
EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic will hold talks with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Brussels on June 29, a spokesman told AFP on Monday, as the bloc seeks to address trade frictions through dialogue. “I can confirm that Commissioner...
Russia’s aviation authorities briefly closed Moscow’s four airports on Monday, after a flurry of drones were intercepted. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram that 59 drones heading towards the city had been destroyed. Kyiv has...
Iran’s senior envoys left talks in Switzerland on Monday after a marathon negotiating session with the United States, state media reported, as mediators claimed progress towards a definitive US-Iran deal. The host nation said conditions were...
