High-profile Iranian officials arrive in Pakistan’s capital
Islamabad for ceasefire talks with the US, including Tehran’s
parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign
Minister Abbas Araghchi. Lead US negotiator Vice President
JD Vance says before departure for Pakistan talks: “If the
Iranians are willing to negotiate in good faith, we are
certainly willing to extend an open hand.”
OIC condemns Israeli approval of 34 new West Bank
settlements. The Palestinian Presidency’s office condemned
the plan as a ‘flagrant violation of international law’.
Why is Hungary’s election so important on the
international stage?
Washington, Moscow, Kyiv and Brussels will be eagerly
awaiting the outcome of the election. Opinion polls in
Hungary suggest longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orban has a
battle on his hands in Sunday’s election.
Myanmar’s coup leader sworn in as president
Min Aung Hlaing seeks to ‘enhance’ international relations
and ties with ASEAN after coup plunged Myanmar into
chaos. Five years after he ousted an elected government and
triggered a civil war. In his inauguration address in the
capital Naypyidaw on Friday, he said that “Myanmar has
returned to the path of democracy and is heading towards a
better future”, while acknowledging the country still has
many “challenges to overcome”.
Senegal PM labels Trump ‘agent of global destabilisation’
Senegalese prime minister Ousmane Sonko criticised Donald
Trump, accusing him of plunging the world into “chaos” by
starting a war on Iran, and questioned whether the world is
now less safe under Trump’s leadership.