Angola is under fire after it denied entry to several senior African political figures set to attend a conference hosted by the country’s main opposition party. Unita said it had…
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USA: Columbia suspends and expels pro-Palestinian students who occupied building
Columbia University has taken action against students who participated in a pro-Palestinian protest last spring and took over a campus building. The school suspended and expelled some students who participated…
USA: US-Ukraine agreement shows a deal is never dead with Trump
Don’t call it a breakthrough, as there is still a long way to go before lasting peace. But Tuesday’s agreement between the US and Ukraine over a proposed temporary ceasefire…
USA: Government shutdown averted as Senate passes spending bill
The US has averted a government shutdown after the Senate passed a Republican-led measure to keep the government funded for the next six months. The stopgap funding bill passed in…
LIVE UPDATES: Israeli attacks kill 5 in north Gaza, shelling hits southern Rafah
US ‘will never back down’, says Hegseth on Yemen strikes The US secretary of defense says Houthi attacks on American ships and aircraft as well as troops “will not be…
LIVE UPDATES: Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire Talks
Putin will have to come to the table ‘sooner or later’ – Starmer The UK’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer tells world leaders that Vladimir Putin will “sooner or later”…
Finland: Russian sentenced to life for war crimes in Ukraine
A Russian national has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Finnish court for committing war crimes in eastern Ukraine in 2014. Voislav Torden, 38, a senior member of the…
Russia: Putin sets out conditions for Ukraine ceasefire
Vladimir Putin has said he agrees with the idea of a ceasefire in Ukraine, but that “questions” remain about the nature of a truce – as he set out a…
Iran: High stakes as nuclear issue reaches crunch moment
Almost a decade since world powers sealed a historic deal to limit the Iranian nuclear programme, this is a crunch moment for Iran and the international community. The country is…
Syria: President Ahmed al-Shara signs temporary constitution for five-year transition
Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has signed a constitutional declaration covering a five-year transitional period, three months after his Islamist group led the rebel offensive that overthrew Bashar al-Assad. The…