Key points from the US-Iran memorandum
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Trump, Iran's president sign deal to end Mideast war
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Iran deal averted economic disaster
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18 June 2026, 00:00 AM US-Israel war on Iran
Ukraine drone hit bus carrying Belarus children
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18 June 2026, 00:00 AM Russian invasion of Ukraine
Iran deal includes $300bn pvt fund
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18 June 2026, 00:00 AM World
G7 pledges to boost Ukraine air defences
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18 June 2026, 00:00 AM World
‘I’m the boss’, Trump tells G7 counterparts
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17 June 2026, 18:30 PM World

US says forces boarded tanker carrying Iranian oil 

Vows continued maritime enforcement against vessels supporting Iran 
23 April 2026, 19:38 PM

Trump orders US Navy to destroy boats laying mines in Hormuz

US President ramps up pressure on Iran to reopen strait
23 April 2026, 19:30 PM

Iran economy looks set to withstand US naval blockade

Iran proven resilient to past oil revenue declines, regime unlikely to concede quickly 
23 April 2026, 18:30 PM

Iran defies US blockade to claim tolls from Hormuz shipping 

Deputy Hajibabei confirms first proceeds from shipping tolls collected 
23 April 2026, 18:21 PM

Iran continues crude exports despite US blockade, Vortexa says

Six crude carriers transited with AIS data switched off
23 April 2026, 18:04 PM
23 April 2026, 16:42 PM

Clashes reported in Murshidabad, Birbhum as West Bengal goes to polls

“We are trying to control the situation,” said Additional Superintendent of Police Majid Khan
23 April 2026, 15:40 PM

South Korea's Samsung workers rally in thousands as strike looms

"More than 40,000 members" took part, a union official told AFP, declining to be named
23 April 2026, 13:31 PM

At least 10 killed in Pakistan mining project attack: officials

About 40 militants on motorcycles and other vehicles stormed the mining project site of Pakistani company National Resources Private Limited (NRL) in the Darigwan area of Chagai district on Wednesday
23 April 2026, 13:16 PM

Bangladesh provides emergency medical assistance to Iran

Aid shipment sent via Red Crescent after decision of PM Tarique Rahman
23 April 2026, 12:52 PM
23 April 2026, 11:54 AM

Israeli airstrike kills journalist in south Lebanon

Her employer, the Lebanese daily newspaper Al-Akhbar, also announced her death.
23 April 2026, 09:33 AM

Japan's Kochi offers to pay single people to go on dating apps

Like other rural areas, Kochi faces a declining birth rate and the migration of young people to cities such as Tokyo.
23 April 2026, 09:17 AM

Voting underway in India's West Bengal and Tamil Nadu

Polling opened at 7:00am across 152 constituencies, with voters queuing early at booths in both urban centres and rural districts.
23 April 2026, 08:54 AM

US Navy Secretary Phelan fired, sources say

The Pentagon announced his departure in a brief statement, saying he was leaving the administration "effective immediately." But it did not provide a reason or say whether it was his decision to go.
23 April 2026, 06:48 AM

Stocks sink and oil rises with Iran, US no closer to peace talks

Investors have spent most of the week upbeat that a breakthrough to end the seven-week conflict will be made soon, while healthy earnings and a resumption of the AI trade has also provided support.
23 April 2026, 06:44 AM

Iran tightens control of Hormuz after US calls off renewed attacks

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said they forced two ships to the Iranian shore from the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow gateway for one-fifth of the world's oil.
23 April 2026, 06:42 AM

Nato ‘will always defend’ Turkey

Nato chief Mark Rutte yesterday said the alliance would do “what’s necessary to defend” its members including Turkey after intercepting four missiles fired from Iran and heading into Turkish airspace over the past weeks.
23 April 2026, 00:00 AM

EU unblocks $106b loan for Ukraine after Hungary row

The EU yesterday gave the green light to unblock a 90-billion-euro ($106 billion) loan for Kyiv, after the deadlock was broken in a months-long row between Ukraine and Hungary over a damaged pipeline.
23 April 2026, 00:00 AM

UK PM says he won’t resign

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday insisted he would not resign, claiming allegations of misleading MPs over his appointment of a party loyalist as UK envoy to Washington had been “put to bed”.
23 April 2026, 00:00 AM