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United States China Tariffs Trade
The United States and China slashed sweeping tariffs on each other's goods for 90 days on Wednesday, marking a temporary de-escalation in a brutal trade war that roiled global markets and international supply chains. Washington and Beijing agreed to drastically lower sky-high tariffs in a deal that emerged from pivotal talks at the weekend in ...
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On his second day in Saudi Arabia, Trump called for a Hezbollah-free Lebanon and a Syria committed to the Abraham Accords. A vision for a peaceful Middle East before his departure for Qatar.
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US President Donald Trump offered Wednesday to head to Turkey for talks on ending the Ukraine conflict, so long as his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin also showed up. The Kremlin was silent for a third day running on who would represent Moscow at the highly anticipated talks, which would be the first direct peace negotiations between Russian ...
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Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held a press briefing on Wednesday following the departure of US President Donald Trump from Riyadh to Doha, highlighting a series of key regional and bilateral developments. Farhan described Trump’s visit as a “turning point” in Saudi-US relations, underscoring the depth of the long-standing ...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accused French President Emmanuel Macron of siding with a "murderous Islamist terrorist organisation" after Macron criticised Israel's blocking of aid to Gaza. "Macron has once again chosen to stand with a murderous Islamist terrorist organisation and echo its despicable propaganda, accusing ...
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Mauritania’s camelback troops patrol the desert frontier in a unique strategy to counter jihadist threats.
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The Kremlin on Wednesday again declined to say who it would send to talks with Ukraine in Turkey this week, after Volodymyr Zelensky urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend personally. There are few concrete details about the planned talks, which would constitute the first direct meeting between Russian and Ukrainian officials since the ...
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Iran's top diplomat said Wednesday a new round of talks on his country's nuclear programme with Britain, France and Germany was likely to be held in Turkey later this week. "The next round, at the level of deputy foreign ministers, I think, is scheduled to be held in Istanbul on Friday," Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters in ...
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Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday offered to mediate between leaders of countries at war, saying that he himself "will make every effort so that this peace may prevail". The new US pontiff, who became head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics last week, also called on Christians living in the Middle East not to abandon their homes, in a speech to members ...
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On an official two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, U.S. President Donald Trump called for a fundamental reshaping of the geopolitical balance in the Middle East. In a speech delivered to an audience of Arab leaders, Trump advocated for an expansion of the Abraham Accords and increased cooperation in addressing regional threats, particularly those ...
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Six dead in Tripoli, including military leader Gheniwa. A turning point in the balance of power in western Libya.
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France will expel Algerian diplomats in response to plans by Algiers to send more French officials home, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Wednesday, as relations between the countries deteriorate. Relations between Algeria and France, the former colonial power in Africa's largest nation by land area, have been beset by a series of ...