The presidents of Russia and Iran sign a broad partnership treaty in the Kremlin
MOSCOW (AP) — The presidents of Russia and Iran sign a broad partnership treaty in the Kremlin.
MOSCOW (AP) — The presidents of Russia and Iran sign a broad partnership treaty in the Kremlin.
The Russian president is also trying to drag the UK into nuclear arms control talks
Vladimir Putin offering refuge to ex-Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad in Moscow is undermining Russia’s talks to keep its forces in the wartorn country, according to British defence chiefs. “The two merchant vessels are highly likely returning evacuated equipment and personnel to alternative basing locations away from the Mediterranean Sea, accompanied by four Russian Federation Navy vessels.”
Benjamin Netanyahu suggested that a new Palestinian state could be established in Saudi Arabia, triggering outrage among Arab leaders.
The leader of the tiny South Pacific nation of the Cook Islands has flown to China to seal a controversial security deal, in defiance of warnings from New Zealand.
Kim condemned the deployment of US nuclear assets and joint military exercises in the region
Russian envoy to the United Nations, in remarks published on Sunday, said Russia was waiting for "appropriate signals" from Washington on contacts with Moscow, but he had few expectations for better ties with Washington's delegation at the U.N. Vasily Nebenzya's comments, in an interview with Russia's state-run news agency RIA, were issued before U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed the U.S. was making progress in talks with Russia over the war in Ukraine.
India is committed to boosting manufacturing and exports of defence equipment in the coming years, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday at the opening of the country's biggest air show, where its military ambitions will be in focus. India, the world's largest arms importer, has stressed the need to modernise its military and boost domestic defence production to counter rival China's growing military strength and influence in South Asia. India's domestic defence manufacturing value will reach more than 1.25 trillion rupees ($14.24 billion) in the fiscal year ending in March, while its defence exports will cross a record 210 billion rupees for the first time over the same period, Singh said.
A spokesperson for Hamas says it will delay the next hostage release after accusing Israel of violating a ceasefire agreement. Israel and Hamas are in the midst of a six-week ceasefire during which Hamas has committed to releasing 33 hostages captured in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. The next exchange, scheduled for Saturday, called for three more Israeli hostages to be freed in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
Donald Trump’s administration has paused its peace plan for Ukraine to give Europe a seat at the negotiating table, The Telegraph can disclose.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preparing additional tariff cuts ahead of a meeting this week with U.S. President Donald Trump that could boost American exports to India and avoid a potential trade war, government officials said. Trump's top economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Monday that India has high tariffs that lock out imports and Modi would have a lot to discuss with Trump when the two leaders meet.
Russia warned on Monday that the outlook for extending the last remaining pillar of nuclear arms control between Moscow and Washington, the world's two biggest nuclear powers, did not look promising and that the situation appeared to be deadlocked. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, which caps the number of strategic nuclear warheads that the United States and Russia can deploy, and the deployment of land- and submarine-based missiles and bombers to deliver them, is due to run out in less than a year - on February 5, 2026. U.S. President Donald Trump, during his first presidential term, withdrew the U.S. from another important treaty - the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty - and the New START agreement is now the only pact remaining.
India is in talks with the United States for the purchase and co-production of combat vehicles as well as finalising a fighter jet engine deal, people familiar with the matter said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets President Donald Trump this week. The world's biggest arms importer, India traditionally relies mainly on Russia. Last month, Trump asked Modi, who heads to Washington on Wednesday for a two-day visit, to buy more U.S.-made security equipment and move "toward a fair trading relationship".
Israel completed its withdrawal from the Netzarim Corridor on Sunday, a key road that splits Gaza in half, as part of its commitments under a ceasefire agreement with Hamas.
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -An Israel delegation arrived in Qatar on Sunday for more Gazatruce talks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesperson said, as its military withdrew from an important crossing point in the enclave, as agreed under the truce with Hamas. Indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas on the next stage of the ceasefire are set to start this week following Netanyahu's visit to the United States last week. However, a source in Netanyahu's office said the Israeli delegation at this point will only discuss technical issues, rather than the bigger matters which are supposed to be hammered out, including the administration of post-war Gaza.
Donald Trump says that all hostages held in Gaza should be returned by noon on Saturday - and if they are not he will recommend cancelling the ceasefire and let "all hell break loose." Abu Obeida said Hamas remained committed if Israel kept to the terms, but that the 15 February handover was postponed "until the occupation commits to and compensates for the past weeks".
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Five exchanges between the two sides have freed 21 hostages and 730 prisoners so far.View on euronews
Israeli military on alert as mediators fear a breakdown in three-week-old truce as Hamas says ‘door remains open’
The Defence Secretary said it was time for the UK and European allies to ‘step up, to do more of the heavy lifting’.
Israel says its forces have now withdrawn from a key Gaza corridor which means thousands of Gazans can now return home.View on euronews