Trade truce in balance as Trump meets ‘tough negotiator’ Xi: ‘We’ll have a great understanding’
The world's two top economies' trade tussle -- encompassing everything from rare earths to soybeans and port fees -- has rocked...Geostrategy
Iran proposes regional currency to boost trade
Tehran, Iran -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday proposed that Iran and its regional trading partners establish a shared...Geostrategy
Gaza, Palestinian future to dominate UN gathering to be attended by 140 world leaders
Kicking off Monday, Saudi Arabia and France will co-chair meetings on the future of the Israeli and Palestinian two-state solution, which...Kicking off Monday, Saudi Arabia and France will co-chair meetings on the future of the Israeli and Palestinian two-state solution, which aims to see both sides existing alongside
One world leader who will miss the gathering is Mahmud Abbas, the Palestinian president who Washington denied US visas to attend, along with his officials
Qatar meets ICC head as it mulls legal action against Israel
Doha, Qatar -- Qatar has met with the president of the International Criminal Court as it seeks legal action against...Last week's deadly Israeli strike targeted Qatar-based leaders of Hamas and sent shock waves through the Gulf states that have long depended on the US for their security.
Qatar, as an observer state at the ICC, cannot itself refer cases to the court.
Trump heads for landmark state visit with ‘friend’ King Charles
US President Donald Trump left for a historic second state visit to Britain Tuesday -- but political controversies, wars and...Britain is rolling out its royal family in a bid to woo the mercurial Trump, with security tight as protesters gear up to make their voices heard against the 79-year-old
Trump, whose mother was Scottish and who has long been fascinated by the British monarchy, was full of praise for his "friend" King Charles III as he left Washington
Syria announces plan with Jordan, US to restore calm in Druze-majority Sweida
Syrian foreign minister Asaad al-Shaibani announced on Tuesday a plan backed by Jordan and the United States to restore calm...The situation in the province has been tense since the clashes, which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said killed more than 2,000 people
Jordanian foreign minister Ayman Safadi, present at the event with US envoy Tom Barrack, said a "joint Syrian-Jordanian-American mechanism" would ensure the plan's implementation
Trump sues NYT for $15 billion in latest attack on media
Washington, United States -- Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times on Monday, adding...In his suit filed Monday in federal court in Florida, Trump accuses The New York Times of a "decades-long pattern" of smears driven by feelings of "actual malice."
The lawsuit also named four New York Times reporters and the publisher Penguin Random House as defendants.
Japan political party to install AI leader
The Path to Rebirth party, which was launched in January by Shinji Ishimaru, a former mayor of a small city...Ishimaru came second in the 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election but he quit the party after it failed to pick up any seats in this year's upper house elections.
The AI will not dictate political activities of party members but will focus on decisions such as distribution of its resources among members.
UN investigators: Israel committing genocide in Gaza to ‘destroy the Palestinians’
This is the first time a UN-mandated investigative body has concluded the country is committing genocide and it might prompt...After the report was published, UN rights chief Volker Turk said it was up to the courts to determine whether genocide was taking place, but warned: "We see the evidence mounting."
The report came as Israel on Tuesday launched a ground assault on Gaza City, where the UN has declared a full-blown famine.
Arab League, OIC joint session urges review of Israel ties after Qatar attack
Arab and Muslim leaders called for a review of ties with Israel after emergency talks in Doha on Monday following...A joint statement from the summit urged "all States to take all possible legal and effective measures to prevent Israel from continuing its actions against the Palestinian people."
Qatar's fellow Gulf nations the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, along with Egypt, Jordan and Morocco, were among those present that recognise Israel
UN rights expert says complicity with Gaza ‘genocide’ ‘shame of our time’
Albanese added that "this genocide has something different, is openly incited, cynically denied and relentlessly supported, armed and weaponized, while..."Arms trade and diplomatic engagement with Israel continue unabated," she said.
"Far too many states continue to look away, normalize the suffering and even profit from it," she added.
WTO fishing deal: the net results
Agreed by more than 100 WTO members, the agreement sets binding rules requiring governments to consider the legality and sustainability...Broader rules regarding subsidies for activities that contribute to overcapacity and overfishing remain under negotiation.
The deal bans subsidies to any vessel or operator engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, or the fishing of overexploited stocks.
