Trump predicts Iran war to end ‘immediately’ after US midterm elections
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the Iran war would end immediately after the midterm elections take place in the United States. – “I think the war will end…
Pakistan warns Iran to rein in Houthis as Riyadh strikes back
Pakistan has delivered a Saudi warning to Iran to rein in its Yemeni Houthi allies after they stepped up attacks on the kingdom, in a coordinated effort to prevent the…
Trump post showing Iceland and Greenland as part of the US ‘completely inappropriate’, says Denmark’s foreign minister
Denmark’s foreign minister has criticised a “completely inappropriate” social post by Donald Trump appearing to show Greenland and Iceland as part of the US. – During a flurry of social…
Russia says it hopes US-mediated talks with Ukraine will resume soon
Russia hopes that US-mediated peace talks on ending the war in Ukraine will resume soon, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. – No such talks between Russia and Ukraine…
Trump administration didn’t oppose UK-led initiative to sanction Israeli settlements
The Trump administration did not oppose a UK-led initiative to impose new sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, Axios reported on Wednesday citing US officials and Western…
Trump told Putin he wants swift end to Ukraine war and US-Russia ties restored, Kremlin says
Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone on Tuesday that he wanted a swift end to the war in Ukraine, which would allow U.S.-Russia ties to be fully…
Conflict over Taiwan would be disastrous, de facto US ambassador says
Any conflict across the Taiwan Strait would have a bigger impact on the global economy than World War Two, and the upcoming U.S.-China summit is an opportunity to avoid miscalculations,…
US treasury chief Bessent backs using US financial power as foreign policy tool
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent advocated on Tuesday for Washington’s use of financial power as a foreign policy tool with the goal of advancing the interests of American allies, including…
South Korea says Hormuz talks with France concern contribution options, not troop deployment
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed cooperation on security and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz during a summit in Paris on…
Zelenskyy says hopes to meet Trump this month to discuss missile defense
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday he hoped to meet Donald Trump later in September to discuss a package of air defense support for Kyiv, where Russia has intensified its…