The UN Security Council will vote Friday on a draft resolution brought by Bahrain to authorize the use of "defensive" force to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks. Iran has placed a stranglehold on the key shipping lane --...
Iran warned the UN Security Council against any "provocative action", ahead of a scheduled vote on a draft resolution on the Strait of Hormuz that ended up being postponed.
Myanmar's parliament has elected junta chief Min Aung Hlaing as president of the Southeast Asian country. He has effectively led Myanmar since the 2021 coup that ousted the democratic government led by Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Pakistan confirmed it was holding peace talks with Afghanistan's Taliban government in China, where Beijing is trying to broker a lasting ceasefire after weeks of fighting.
President Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, a loyalist and tenacious Trump defender.
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The UN Security Council is set to vote on a Bahraini resolution to allow countries to use "defensive means" to open the Strait of Hormuz. DW has the latest.
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Trita Parsi, Vice President of the Quincy Institute, says the American security order is entering its final phase.
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The House has failed to hold a vote on the Senate bill, while Trump says he will sign order to pay 'all' DHS employees.
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Buenos Aires accuses Tehran of making 'offensive' accusations against Argentina after it labeled IRGC as 'terror' group.
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The multinational coalition will pursue "the collective mobilisation of our full range of diplomatic and economic tools" to enable a "safe and sustained opening" of the Strait of Hormuz, said the British foreign secretary.
Following his defeat in the Toulouse municipal election, left-wing candidate François Piquemal has called for the vote to be voided, alongside a criminal complaint alleging foreign digital interference. The Cube takes a look at the claims.
If long-time Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban emerges victorious from this month's general election it will have consequences far beyond the central European country, analysts say. Since his return to power in 2010, Orban has repeatedly tussled...
The deadline for submitting bids for the privatisation of the national airline TAP Air Portugal is this Thursday. The Portuguese government expects to receive three bids.
Heated debate as Zimbabwe holds four days of public hearings about a bill seeking to amend the country’s constitution.
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President Donald Trump sought Wednesday to explain his rationale for the war against Iran at a pivotal moment at home and abroad, but he offered few new details. Notably missing from Trump’s primetime address was his oft-repeated assertion that...
Washington has lifted sanctions on Rodríguez, boosting her legitimacy as a US-recognised leader and opening doors for closer oil and business ties.
The virtual summit will consider what diplomatic steps can be taken, though the US is not expected to attend.
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The practicalities of Hungary’s election may not matter as much as the psychological impact, say observers.
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US President Donald Trump said Iran was the ‘bully of the Middle East’ but is ‘no longer a threat’.
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There were some glaring omissions in the president's primetime address, writes the BBC's Gary O'Donoghue.
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