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What the US and Iran agreed – and disagreed – on first day of talks 

23 June 2026

The United States has waived sanctions on Iranian oil for 60 days following the first day of talks for a peace deal, wit...

Demand for tunnel maps and personal weapons tests Gaza talks 

23 June 2026

Ceasefire talks in Egypt between Palestinian factions and mediators face a serious test after Nickolay Mladenov, the hig...

Republican-linked PAC money funding Democratic US primaries: Why it matters 

23 June 2026

Political campaign groups linked to the Republican Party in the United States have reportedly been funding Democratic ca...

More than 5,300 people still held in Myanmar scam centres: rights group 

23 June 2026

News|Crime More than 5,300 people remain trapped in online scam centres in Myanmar near the Thai border, despite a multi...

Palestinian children ‘unprotected’ as NGOs forced out of Gaza and West Bank 

22 June 2026

News|Israel-Palestine conflict Children are “increasingly unprotected” as humanitarian groups and rights defenders a...

Fire at animation studio in India’s Lucknow kills at least 14 

22 June 2026

A fire at a college building in the Indian city of Lucknow has killed at least 14 people, most of them students. The bla...

US judge blocks Trump administration subpoena against Minnesota officials 

22 June 2026

News|Courts A United States judge has blocked efforts by the administration of US President Donald Trump to subpoena Dem...

Czech public media staff strike citing government threat to independence 

22 June 2026

Czech public media employees have staged a one-day “warning” strike, demanding the government drop plans to place th...

Hungary’s PM launches drive to free country from Orban’s ‘mafia’ 

22 June 2026

Hungary’s Prime Minister Peter Magyar has launched a wide-ranging reform drive aimed at pulling the state out of the c...