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Here are the main points from the memorandum of understanding signed between the United States and Iran to end the war

Pakistan PM confirms US-Iran deal ceremony to be held in Switzerland on Friday

Trump put his signature to the memorandum of understanding during dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palace of Versailles following a G7 summit, a US official told AFP.

Leaders of the G7 have pledged at a summit in France to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences and increase pressure on Moscow’s war economy, including by tightening sanctions on the Russian oil and gas sectors.

A $300 billion private investment fund aimed at spurring economic recovery in Iran has been outlined in the US-Iran framework agreement, with more than half of the commitments already secured, according to a source familiar with the deal.

A Ukrainian drone hit a bus carrying a children’s football team from Belarus in Russia’s border Bryansk region, local authorities said yesterday.

US President Donald Trump yesterday defended his interim agreement with Iran, saying it had averted a global economic catastrophe, while warning he could launch fresh attacks if Tehran failed to honour its commitments.

Trump's presence has dominated the summit in the spa town of Evian on Lake Geneva

Several Rajapaksa family members and close associates have been charged with a range of offences over the years

WFP says it wants to reach 110 million people in the most acute need around the world this year

Talks on a final US-Iran settlement to end the conflict are set to begin Friday

More than three months later, with a preliminary peace deal in place, what has Trump achieved?

Trump said Tuesday he had accepted Macron's offer of dinner at Versailles as the palace of the French Sun King Louis XIV is "not gold leaf" but the "real deal".

The June 15 brief defends the gas turbines used by a giant data center belonging to the trillionaire's company xAI, which are the target of an environmental lawsuit.

China is stepping up yuan internationalisation efforts, in a bid to reduce its dependence on a global payment system dominated by the US dollar.

Investment fund vehicle contains no government money

US law enforcement disrupted a plot to attack the White House during a mixed martial arts event attended by US President Donald Trump and other top officials over the weekend, FBI Director Kash Patel said yesterday.

US President Donald Trump said yesterday that Russia should make a peace deal with Ukraine, adding that he would do what he could to end the war after a “very good” meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Group of Seven leaders at a summit in France.

The US military is planning a permanent war-ready weapons stockpile for its Marine Corps on Australia’s southeast coast beyond the range of most Chinese missiles, tender documents show and officials confirmed to AFP.