A fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran—following months of military strikes—hangs on whether diplomacy can produce a durable agreement before Trump resumes bombing, with consequences for global oil markets, Gulf security, and the wider Middle East.
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ContextThe United States launched strikes against Iran in February 2026, triggering months of military escalation that closed the Strait of Hormuz and threatened global oil supplies. Iran denied direct talks while the US military reportedly warned Trump that its missile stockpiles were being depleted. Diplomatic mediation has been pursued by Oman and Saudi Arabia.
WASHINGTON/DUBAI, July 27 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States was having “good talks” with Iran and there was a chance of a deal over their conflict, but he warned that U.S. strikes would…
الأهداف تنفد والوسطاء يتحركون.. لماذا أوقف ترمب قصف إيران؟
US President Donald Trump threatened to resume bombing Iran if communications failed, while Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei denied the existence of direct negotiations, amid a move by mediators regarding the Strait of Hormuz.
Irã rejeita negociar após fracasso de ataques de Trump, que diz conversar
Although Donald Trump suspended targeted attacks on Iran over the weekend, after being warned by the United States military leadership that the campaign was not having any effect, the theocracy's government...
Iran has not asked to resume talks with the US, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said. He added that the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and that messages are being relayed through mediators.
Iran and the United States held their fire on Monday, handing Gulf shipping and the oil industry a respite from missile strikes as Donald Trump’s UN envoy said the president was “giving talks some space”. Tehran said it…
AFTER two weeks of escalating violence, the US has halted its strikes on Iran , with Tehran also silencing it guns. But rather than any newfound belief in the benefits of peace, the Trump administration may have made…
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Washington is engaged in 'very deep talks' with Iran but warned that the window for diplomacy is rapidly closing, saying the United Sta...
EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : des échanges diplomatiques entre l’Iran, Oman et l’Arabie saoudite après plusieurs jours consécutifs d’accalmie
The Iranian, Omani and Saudi foreign ministers discussed the state of the Strait of Hormuz, and called for cooperation with the United States, Iranian media report. Donald Trump said he had decided to…
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ContextSouthern and western Europe have experienced an unprecedented series of heatwaves in 2026, with this being the fourth of the year. Wildfires near Bordeaux have burned over 420 square kilometres in under four days, while blazes near Madrid and in Scotland's Cairngorms represent some of the worst in recorded history.
Coming days are ‘absolutely critical’ for firefighters before temperatures rise again this week, officials say Firefighters in France and Spain are racing to bring huge wildfires under control before another heatwave…
A fresh spell of extreme heat, driven by climate change, is expected to intensify some of Europe's worst wildfires in decades, stretching firefighting resources.
Firefighters sought on Monday to take advantage of more favourable weather to subdue massive wildfires threatening the French city and tourist region of Bordeaux and a number of sites in neighbouring Spain. They were…
A blaze near Bordeaux has torn through more than 162 sq miles (420 sq km) in less than four days, while the Madrid region is seeing its worst fires ever.
Record heat and drought have fueled massive wildfires in France and Spain, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate in Europe’s largest displacement since World War II. Rising te...
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ContextThe US and Israel have been allied throughout the Iran war but have developed tensions over Israeli military operations in Lebanon, Gaza, and Syria, US pressure for troop withdrawals, and disagreements over a potential Saudi nuclear deal. This is Netanyahu's first Washington visit since the conflict began.
The meeting between the US President and the Israeli Prime Minister will be the first since the start of the war on Iran. Meanwhile, Washington has confirmed a new round of Israeli-Lebanese talks.
Trump punta sul dialogo: “L’accordo è possibile”. Vertice con Netanyahu
The American president: “I will ask Putin about intelligence on Iran”. The pressure on the Israeli prime minister to withdraw from the occupied territories
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ContextThe Houthis in Yemen have been attacking Saudi and regional shipping infrastructure since the Iran war began, exploiting the strategic vacuum created by US military focus on Iran. Saudi Arabia intercepted drones targeting its oil facilities; Jordan has also intercepted drones on multiple occasions.
Saudi Arabia said Monday it intercepted and destroyed drones launched from Iraq that targeted oil facilities in the kingdom's Eastern Province and Riyadh, while Iraq ordered a...
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ContextUkraine has been fighting a full-scale Russian invasion since February 2022. The US has been simultaneously engaged in a war with Iran since early 2026, creating competing demands on US military resources and diplomatic bandwidth. Zelenskyy is seeking additional air defence systems amid Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian and Russian territory.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in the United States to press for stronger military cooperation, as Kyiv and Moscow intensify long-range strikes amid stalled peace efforts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the UK on Monday for talks with new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, with Britain set to offer Kyiv fresh help to breach Russian air defences. “The key priorities are air…
عشية زيارة زيلينسكي لأمريكا.. روسيا تعلن التصدي لأكثر من 390 مسيّرة
The city of Moscow was attacked by more than 390 marchers last night, causing damage to homes, according to authorities, ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's expected visit to the White House.
EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : les dernières informations
The Moscow region was attacked by more than 390 Ukrainian drones, according to its governor, Andreï Vorobiov, who identified a building and houses damaged, without reporting any casualties for the time being.
Ukrainian forces have been targeting Russia's energy infrastructure in what Kyiv says is an attempt to limit the resources available to fund Moscow's military. Here is a...
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ContextJapan sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and is among the world's most seismically active nations. Kyushu island has been struck by significant earthquakes before, including the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. Japan's Meteorological Agency operates one of the world's most advanced early warning systems.
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ContextSouth Korean semiconductor companies Samsung and SK Hynix are among the world's largest producers of memory chips and are major suppliers to Nvidia and other AI hardware companies. The global AI investment boom has driven their valuations to record highs in 2025-2026.
Seoul stocks crashed Tuesday, with the benchmark Kospi tumbling nearly 11 percent as a selloff in chip heavyweights intensified. The Kospi closed the regular session at 6,023.66, down 10.84 percent from the previous day.
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ContextJohnson & Johnson faced decades of litigation alleging its talc-based baby powder and other products contained asbestos and caused ovarian cancer. The company previously attempted to use a controversial bankruptcy strategy to limit liability before courts rejected that approach.
NEW YORK, July 27 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N said on Monday it would pay $5.5 billion to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its baby powder and other talc products cause ovarian cancer, in a…
J&J said the settlement will resolve about 69,000 cases consolidated in federal court and related cases in state court, totalling 99.75% of the remaining talc claims.
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ContextIndia's examination system, particularly the NEET medical entrance exam, has been plagued by paper leaks and alleged corruption. The 'Cockroach' movement—named using satirical social media framing—mobilised millions of young Indians demanding accountability for the exam scandal.
Driven by social media satire, the Gen-Z-led "Cockroach" protest movement spurned by grievances over an exam scandal caused a shake-up in India's government. DW spoke with a few protesters in New Delhi.
Entenda como a Índia tenta reformar o sistema de exames após protestos que derrubaram ministro
The government of the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, presented this Monday (27) to Parliament a bill proposing changes to the legislation that regulates public exams. Read more (07/27/2026 -…
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ContextDR Congo has experienced multiple Ebola outbreaks, making it the most affected country globally. The current outbreak in Bunia in the Ituri region is being compounded by ongoing armed conflict that restricts surveillance team movement and community access.
BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 28 - On a good day, there are only four cars available to ferry surveillance teams round the city of Bunia, the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak surging through the Democratic…
The report, which covers data up to Saturday, showed that 571 patients have recovered, while 773 others remain in isolation and under medical supervision The post DR Congo records 3,200 Ebola cases, 1,405 deaths as…
When Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), met Jiang Feng, head of China’s mission to the African Union, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in mid-July, the message was…
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ContextGlobal HIV treatment and prevention programmes have been heavily dependent on donor funding, particularly from PEPFAR and the Global Fund. US aid cuts announced in 2025-2026 have directly reduced funding flows to sub-Saharan African health programmes.
The world risks a resurgence of the HIV epidemic after global funding fell by nearly a fifth last year, the UN body fighting AIDS said on Monday. Washington previously accounted for 75 per cent of international HIV…
The first part of this three-part PREMIUM TIMES investigation examines how the collapse of donor-funded community HIV programmes, combined with years of weak government ownership, left thousands of Nigerians at risk of…
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ContextThe 2026 Commonwealth Games are being held in Glasgow, Scotland. The Games serve as the primary multi-sport competition for 56 nations within the British Commonwealth and are a key staging event before the 2028 Los Angeles and 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
It's day five of the Commonwealth Games and that means the fastest man and woman will be crowned in the 100m, the Diamonds take on Malawi and Kyle Chalmers goes for gold. Follow live.
With places in the men's and women's 100m finals, the 400m semi-finals and medals in the field events and weightlifting all at stake, Tuesday promises to be one of Team Nigeria's most important days The post…
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ContextNigeria's Super Falcons are ten-time Women's Africa Cup of Nations champions, the most successful team in the tournament's history. WAFCON 2026 is being held in Morocco and also serves as a qualifier for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup.
The reigning African champions arrive in Morocco carrying the weight of expectation as the continent's most decorated women's national team, determined to successfully defend the title they won dramatically against…
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ContextThe EU AI Act is the world's first comprehensive legal framework regulating artificial intelligence, passed in 2024 and entering force in stages. The content labelling requirement is one of the most immediately impactful provisions, covering deepfakes, AI-generated images, audio, and video content.
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ContextThe US government has been considering investigations, sanctions, and trade restrictions on Chinese AI companies over alleged diversion of controlled technologies. China's AI sector has produced globally competitive models in 2025-2026. The debate over open-weight versus closed AI models is a proxy for national security versus innovation access arguments.
The letter—signed by companies including Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, SpaceX, Google, IBM, Palantir, and Meta—stressed the importance of American AI leadership
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ContextAsia is experiencing its worst combined flood and drought season in recent years, with climate scientists attributing the intensification to El Niño conditions and broader climate change. Pakistan is among the world's most climate-vulnerable nations despite contributing minimally to global emissions.
From Afghanistan to Taiwan, unprecedented deluge highlights devastating impact of climate breakdown “It rained for 10 days and 10 nights, non-stop – I’d never seen anything like it,” says Anar Gul, a construction worker…
• Breaches in Deg and Bherr nullahs erode bridge foundations • Trains bound for Karachi diverted via Sahiwal and Khanewal • Engineering teams waiting for water to recede before making repairs • Tarbela nears maximum…
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ContextBoeing has faced years of safety scrutiny following two fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2018-2019, subsequent groundings, and ongoing quality control investigations. The company has been under a consent agreement with the FAA restricting production rate increases.
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ContextThe UN Security Council routinely deals with human rights accountability matters including the appointment of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The US, under the Trump administration, has taken increasingly adversarial positions toward multilateral human rights institutions.
US diplomats walked out as their French counterparts were speaking at the United Nations on Monday after America’s close European ally criticised the Trump administration’s human rights record. The surprise move during…
A l’ONU, la délégation américaine quitte une réunion du Conseil de sécurité après des critiques françaises
The French Mission to the United Nations in Geneva compared the United States to North Korea and Russia on Friday on social networks over a vote organized on human rights.
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ContextPoland's Law and Justice Party (PiS) governed Poland from 2015-2023 before losing to a coalition led by Donald Tusk. PiS remains the largest single opposition party but has faced internal tensions between those who support Morawiecki's leadership approach and those aligned with party chairman Kaczyński.
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ContextNigeria under President Bola Tinubu has faced economic hardship, security challenges from Boko Haram and banditry in the north, and political tensions following the 2023 election. The alleged coup attempt last year was not widely reported internationally at the time.
This part of PREMIUM TIMES’ exclusive series on last year’s failed coup against the President Tinubu administration reveals three of the alleged conspirators’ key decisions they planned to implement on Day 1 of their…
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ContextColombia under former President Petro had maintained diplomatic ties with Cuba and Nicaragua and engaged Venezuela in peace talks. Espriella's election on a right-wing platform aligned with Trump represents a significant foreign policy reversal and will affect regional bodies like CELAC.
Presidente eleito da Colômbia anuncia que romperá relações com Cuba e Nicarágua
The elected president of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, stated this Sunday (26) that he intends to break diplomatic relations with Cuba and Nicaragua, announcing the closure of 15 consulates and 14 embassies in…
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ContextLVMH, the world's largest luxury goods conglomerate, experienced a prolonged slowdown in 2024-2025 driven by weakened Chinese consumer demand and European economic stagnation. Its fashion and leather goods division, which includes Louis Vuitton and Dior, is its largest revenue generator.
LVMH, the luxury group behind Dior and Louis Vuitton, returned to growth in its biggest business for the first time in two years, helped by Dior's recovery under Jonathan Anderson and resilient US demand.
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ContextThe Trump administration imposed tariffs on Brazil in two rounds in July 2026 as part of its broader trade policy of using tariffs as leverage in bilateral negotiations. Brazil is a major exporter of agricultural products, steel, and aluminium to the US.
Brazil said the measures are “unjustified and inconsistent” with U.S. obligations under the WTO’s “General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994” and “Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of…
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ContextBerlin's Christopher Street Day parade is one of Europe's largest LGBTQ+ events, attracting hundreds of thousands of participants. Car-ramming attacks using vehicles as weapons have become an established terrorist tactic in Europe since 2016.
Morta em ataque em Berlim era mãe polonesa de 65 anos; Merz pede mudanças na lei
The woman killed in an attack near the LGBTQIA+ Parade on Saturday (25), in Berlin, was a 65-year-old Polish woman. She traveled to the event in the German capital with her daughter, one of the 29 people injured in the attack.
Following the terrorist attack on Berlin's Pride parade, the Christopher Street Day parade, politicians and security experts are demanding consequences.
Armed officers will be deployed for the UK’s largest Pride festival, police said following the attack on Berlin’s Pride event. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting condemned the “absolutely horrific” van and stabbing attack…
