US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Iran has “fully and completely agreed” to allow nuclear inspectors to return to the country, and that US Navy forces would no longer blockade the Strait of Hormuz. Washington has been...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio landed in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, the first stop on a tour of the Gulf states hit hard by Iran’s retaliatory campaign, an AFP journalist said. Rubio is to meet Emirati leaders on Wednesday, before heading to...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called again for his country to increase its military autonomy and reduce its reliance on support from the United States, according to a statement released on Tuesday by his office. “I deeply appreciate the...
A Chinese machine has seized the title of world’s most powerful supercomputer, ending nearly a decade of US dominance and underscoring Beijing’s drive to build advanced computing power with homegrown technology. The system, called...
The UN’s International Maritime Organization said Tuesday it will begin evacuating more than 11,000 sailors stranded in the Gulf due to the Middle East war. “This large-scale operation will be carried out in close cooperation with Iran...
France on Tuesday experienced its hottest day since measurements began in 1947, the national weather agency said. The national temperature indicator — an average of daytime and nighttime temperatures across 30 stations — reached 29.8C...
The UAE will launch its first passenger train later this month, state media reported on Tuesday, after Abu Dhabi’s crown prince inaugurated the city’s station. The passenger service will eventually connect four of the country’s...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday, Iran’s state media reported, as President Masoud Pezeshkian also travelled to Pakistan, which acts as a mediator in talks between Tehran and Washington. Upon their...
Kenya has ordered a halt to preparations for a US-run Ebola quarantine facility, the health minister told a court Tuesday after being held in contempt for ignoring a previous stop-work order. “I have directed the immediate and complete...
France experienced its hottest night from Monday to Tuesday as Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said 40 people — many of them young — had drowned since June 18 amid a severe heatwave. The deadly heatwave has battered France since last...
The EU believes a digital euro is the answer to cutting its addiction to US payment systems like Visa and Mastercard as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay as the bloc seeks to favour European firms over others. Brussels hopes it could provide an...
The most advanced artificial intelligence models are improving quickly enough to outsmart prevailing cybersecurity know-how within months, the Five Eyes spy agency alliance has warned. The risk posed by AI-enhanced hacking is in the spotlight, after...
Sri Lanka is deploying the military to contain the spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever, as health authorities warned on Tuesday that hospitals are being overwhelmed with more than 1,000 admissions daily. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s...
Denmark has reopened its embassy in Tehran more than three months after closing it due to the conflict in the Middle East, the foreign ministry has announced, AFP reports. “In light of the improvement in the security situation in Iran, the embassy...
Tehran alone will decide how to use its frozen assets once they are unfrozen under a US-Iranian deal towards ending the Middle East war, an Iranian ambassador said Tuesday, contradicting US claims. As part of the deal under negotiation, Washington...
