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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin for a high-stakes summit on Friday, with defence cooperation and energy trade dominating the agenda as New Delhi faces mounting US pressure to curb its imports of Russian oil. The two leaders are also expected to review the shifting geopolitical landscape shaped by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the …

Washington and Kyiv said on Sunday that any eventual peace deal to halt the war with Russia must fully uphold Ukraine’s sovereignty, following “constructive” talks between US, Ukrainian, and European officials in Geneva. Negotiations, based on a US-proposed plan criticized for favoring Russia, produced an updated and refined peace framework, according to a joint US-Ukraine statement. The conflict, which began …

The UN Security Council on Monday approved a US-drafted resolution backing President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza and authorizing the deployment of an international stabilization force in the Palestinian territory. Israel and Hamas last month endorsed the first phase of Trump’s 20-point Gaza proposal — a cease-fire in their two-year conflict and a hostage-release agreement — …

China said Monday it would suspend for one year “special port fees” on US vessels “simultaneously” with Washington’s pause on levies targeting Chinese ships, as a fragile trade truce between the superpowers continues to take shape. The United States and China have been involved in a volatile trade and tariff war for months, but agreed to walk back some punitive …

Israel announced on Sunday that it had received the remains of three additional captives from Hamas as part of the ongoing hostage-prisoner exchange under the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire agreement. The fragile truce, in place since October 10, has largely held despite occasional flare-ups, with the deal focusing on the return of all Israeli hostages, both alive and deceased. “Israel has …

US President Donald Trump on Friday refused to restart trade negotiations with Canada, a week after halting talks over a dispute concerning an anti-tariff advertisement. Speaking to journalists aboard Air Force One, Trump said he had a good personal rapport with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, adding, “I really like him a lot. But what they did was wrong.” When …

North Korea test-fired sea-to-surface cruise missiles off its western coast, state media said Wednesday, only hours before U.S. President Donald Trump was set to arrive in South Korea. According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the vertically-launched missiles were fired from the Yellow Sea on Tuesday and remained airborne for over two hours. The launch was supervised by senior …

Israel reaffirmed on Sunday that it will retain full control of security inside Gaza, despite agreeing to a US-mediated ceasefire that envisions the deployment of an international peacekeeping force. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told cabinet ministers that Israel alone would decide when and where to strike its enemies and which nations would be permitted to send troops to oversee the …

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Monday as Washington and New Delhi seek to advance trade talks and ease tensions over recent US tariffs. While few specifics were disclosed, the meeting marked the highest-level engagement between the two countries since the United States imposed sanctions last week on several Russian oil firms  …

US President Donald Trump signed a deal on rare earth minerals with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday, pledging that Australia would receive coveted nuclear-powered attack submarines. The leaders met at the White House to focus on defense and critical minerals cooperation, aiming to counter what both countries see as an increasingly assertive China. Albanese said the deal would …