Talks in Doha, No One Shaking Hands - The US and Iran Are Negotiating Without Actually Negotiating
Call it what you want. Washington says there are technical talks. Tehran says those talks do not involve Iranian officia...
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Thousands Flee South African Cities Before June 30 Anti-Immigrant Deadline as Ramaphosa Condemns Vigilantism
The deadline that nobody in a government had issued but that tens of thousands of people were responding to as though it...
Uganda's Army Chief Shuts Down the Nation Media Group Because He Does Not Believe in a Free Press
The post went up on X at the same time soldiers were surrounding the building."NTV and Moniter are being shut down from ...
US and Iran Agree to Stand Down - Talks Move to Doha as Vessels Begin Moving Through Hormuz Again
A US official put it plainly: "Both sides will stand down for now and vessels can move freely."It was not a peace declar...
King Charles Opens the Scottish Parliament and Names the Heroes Who Made the Week Matter
The King and Queen arrived in Edinburgh on Saturday morning. The Ceremony of the Keys the traditional exchange between t...
Burkina Faso Expels French Diplomats and Severs All Ties With Paris Over Security "Betrayal"
France has been losing West Africa for years. The process has been piece by piece: military governments in Mali and Nige...
US Warplanes Hit Iran After Drone Strike on Singapore Cargo Ship Shatters the Ceasefire - Again
Trump told reporters on Friday morning that he did not like what Iran had done. "I don't like the fact that they took a ...
North Korea Stages Mass Anti-American Rallies to Mark Korean War Anniversary
Mass Rallies Across North KoreaTens of thousands of North Koreans gathered in Pyongyang and other cities this week for s...
Putin Pushes Belarus Toward Ukraine War as NATO and EU Raise Alarm
Moscow Pressures Minsk to Enter the WarRussia has been pressing Belarus to expand its military role in the war against U...
Iran Says No Nuclear Site Inspections Despite Trump's Claim - A Dispute That Threatens the Switzerland Deal
The gap between what Donald Trump says and what Iran agrees to is not a new feature of this negotiation. It has been pre...