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Jun 23, 2026 - World

India and Israel advance defence ties with a new special strategic partnership framework.

Jun 23, 2026 - World

Rights campaigners and MEPs say meeting would normalise regime that erases women from public lifeRights campaigners and MEPs have warned that a meeting between EU officials and a Taliban delegation in Brussels risks normalising a regime that has banned girls from school beyond the sixth grade and sought to erase women from public life, while its ranks include two leaders accused of crimes against humanity.A spokesperson for the Afghan foreign ministry confirmed that a delegation representing the ⁠Taliban had travelled to Brussels after the Belgian foreign ministry issued five single-day visas. Continue reading...

Jun 23, 2026 - World

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in the United Arab Emirates on the first leg of a three-nation tour of Gulf countries aimed at easing their concerns about the result of an agreement intended to end the war with Iran

Jun 23, 2026 - World

Much of France was set to experience temperatures around 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, forecaster MeteoFrance said.

Jun 23, 2026 - World

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir attended talks between Iran and the US in the Swiss town of Buergenstock last weekend