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Key Takeaways from Trump-Xi meetings: China pauses rare earth export curbs, US lowers fentanyl tariffs

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping reached a crucial trade truce following their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of APEC summit in Busan.

Turkiye signs $10.7 billion deal with UK for 20 Eurofighter jets

Turkiye signed a multibillion-dollar deal with the UK to buy 20 new EF-2000 Eurofighter Typhoon jets during British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to Ankara.

Catherine Connolly elected as Ireland’s president in landslide win

Independent candidate Catherine Connolly has been declared Ireland’s next president, securing a stunning landslide victory that delivered a potent rebuke to the ruling center-right establishment.

US imposes sweeping sanctions on Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil, Trump cancels Putin summit

The United States has unveiled its most substantial economic measures against Russia since President Donald Trump returned to office in January, targeting the country's two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil.

Louvre Heist: How thieves stole priceless French Jewels in 7 minutes

A team of highly coordinated thieves executed an audacious daylight robbery at the Louvre Museum on Sunday, stealing eight pieces of priceless royal jewelry from the famed Apollo Gallery

US, Australia sign $8.5 billion critical minerals deal to counter China’s dominance

US and Australia formalized a landmark critical minerals agreement, establishing an estimated $8.5 billion pipeline of projects designed to bolster Western supply chains

Trump, world leaders gather in Egypt for historic Gaza ceasefire deal

U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside the leaders of Turkey, Egypt, and Qatar, formalized the U.S.-brokered plan to end the war in Gaza by signing a joint declaration at a summit in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on...

Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of Gaza ceasefire plan

In a significant diplomatic breakthrough following two years of devastating conflict, Israel and Hamas have consented to the initial phase of a ceasefire deal intended to conclude the war in Gaza. President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that...

Trio of physicists win Nobel Prize for quantum tunnelling experiments

Three scientists, John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis, have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for groundbreaking experiments that revealed quantum mechanical behavior in systems large enough to be seen and touched.

Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan’s first female prime minister

Japan is set to appoint its first female prime minister after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) elected Sanae Takaichi, a hardline conservative and security hawk, as its new leader.

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US and Iran delegations arrive in Islamabad for high-stakes peace talks

The first direct, high-level negotiations between the United States and Iran since the outbreak of the regional war are...