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US, Iran nuclear talks move to Oman

UNSC condemns Balochistan attacks

Drone and missile attacks hit Ukraine’s energy grid ahead of negotiations to end four-year war

Editor Matt Murray announces cuts affecting multiple desks after the paper scaled back Winter Olympics 2026 coverage

Xi calls for 'mutual respect', issues Taiwan warning

Trump had sent White House border czar to Minnesota to try to calm outrage after agents fatally shot two US citizens

Files released by US Justice Dept last week include emails suggesting Mandelson leaked government documents to Epstein

Xi calls for the countries to work out a 'grand plan' to further bilateral relations

Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref signed resolution on Tuesday aimed at clarifying the traffic code

Iranian official says there should not be preconditions for talks

Experts say new body will let Hlaing retain 'supreme authority' above executive, legislative, judicial branches

Four children among those that Israel killed in another violation of the 'ceasefire'

Researchers say reductions in funding risk reversing two decades of child health gains in developing countries

Rights group pauses study on Palestinian refugees, triggering resignations and internal backlash

Exercise simulates strikes on city centres amid tensions and push to widen US-Iran talks

Several demonstrators, many public sector workers, hold photos of Maduro, wife Cilia Flores, also seized in US raid

US says both sides discussed critical minerals, Quad, energy security, and nuclear

Trump has also threatened tariffs on goods from countries supplying oil to Cuba

Adviser says armed men stormed his residence in Zintan; death may reshape Libya’s stalled political landscape

Urges US, Iran to resolve nuclear standoff diplomatically

Govt troops enter more Kurdish towns

US president last week backed off threats of using force to seize Greenland

Epstein denied he was ‘devil’, insisting he was only lowest level of sexual predator

Nationwide, rights groups say more than 50,000 people have been detained since demonstrations erupted

Report says mineral ambitions target regions scarred by insurgencies, worsened after US withdrawal from Afghanistan

Saudi Arabia signed agreement to develop, implement solar energy projects in Turkiye with total capacity of 5GW

Joins with EU, Japan on price floors for critical minerals; will develop coordinated mineral trade policy with Mexico

Mandelson, 72, faces claims he shared market-sensitive and confidential government information with Epstein

Marius Borg Hoiby, 29, son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, faces 38 charges and years in prison

Epstein, who pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting a minor, also appears to downplay his conviction

He is also leading Disney’s expansion into the Middle East with plans for a new theme park in Abu Dhabi

India cheers US tariff cut, but Russian oil imports remain a challenge for refiners

Transaction values SpaceX at $1 trillion, and xAI at $250 billion

Russia stresses importance of its strategic partnership with India despite US-India trade deal

Authorities alleged some of those arrested had links to networks operating outside Iran

PM Sanchez announces age-verification mandate, criminalisation of algorithmic manipulation

Pezeshkian says talks would proceed only within Iran’s national interests, focusing on the nuclear issue

Remarks come amid regional diplomatic preparations for US-Iran talks in Istanbul

Follows earlier talks in which Harvard was close to a settlement involving a $500m payment

New Delhi opens highly-guarded agriculture market, slashes car tariffs as Washington cuts duties to 18%

Construction on the Hudson River tunnel could stop as Gateway sues over withheld federal funds

In case of an expanded attack, a coordinated response would be triggered 72 hours after initial breach

Russia also warned it would take military countermeasures if the US expanded missile defences, including in Greenland

Lawsuit seeks to block January 21 policy affecting applicants from 75 countries, including Pakistan, Bangladesh

Countries sign strategic upgrade, with 12 deals on tech, environment, meat trade, IP during Orsi’s visit

Congress slams PM after Trump announced a US-India trade deal, warning it could hurt farmers, industry

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Tang Yijun, 64, was China's justice minister from 2020 to 2023

President Trump says he is hopeful of nuclear deal