India says ready to make deal with US but national interest to be ‘supreme’
Trade Minister Piyush Goyal’s remarks come before the deadline set by the White House for July 9 for trade deals.
BRICS Set to Condemn ‘Coercive’ Tariffs, Draft Statement Shows – Bloomberg.com
- BRICS Set to Condemn ‘Coercive’ Tariffs, Draft Statement Shows Bloomberg.com
- Rio mounts major security operation for Brics summit South China Morning Post
- How BRICS Can Survive ‘America First’ Foreign Policy
- What is BRICS and why does it matter? DW
- BRICS nations to denounce Trump tariffs The Hindu
Germany reportedly mulls $29 billion tank, vehicle order to deter Russia – The Kyiv Independent
- Germany reportedly mulls $29 billion tank, vehicle order to deter Russia The Kyiv Independent
- Germany Prepares €25 Billion Tank Order to Boost NATO Forces Bloomberg
- Will Germany's military spending bring economic growth? DW
- Germany's defense industry is booming. Here's where its weapons are going CNBC
- In an about-face, Germany plans to build Europe's biggest military NPR
UK court rejects bid to stop Palestine Action terrorism ban
The UK's High Court upheld the government’s move to ban activist group Palestine Action as a ‘terrorist organisation’.
‘I’ve never heard that’: Trump denies knowingly using anti-Semitic term
The US president used a term some consider a slur while speaking at a rally in Iowa for his America250 celebration.
Will police brutality end in Kenya as protests reignite?
Renewed protests against police brutality in Kenya are challenging law enforcement's impunity again.
UK’s Palestine Action loses bid to pause ban as ‘terrorist’ group
London courts uphold order that critics say puts the group's anti-Gaza war protesters on a par with al-Qaeda, ISIL.
Mapping Israeli strikes on Iran’s air defences
A look at how Israeli strikes on Iran's air defences paved the way for US bombers in their own operation.
Rwanda president unsure if DRC peace deal will hold, warns against ‘tricks’
Paul Kagame gives cautious welcome to US-brokered agreement, but says success depends on goodwill from warring parties.
‘The administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial’: Sotomayor singles out Alito and hurls invective at SCOTUS colleagues in third-country deportation case dissent – Law and Crime News
Kenyan leader to build huge church at presidential office
"The devil might be angry and can do what he wants," President William Ruto said in response to criticism.
China tells EU it can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine, official says – CNN
- China tells EU it can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine, official says CNN
- EU presses China on rare earths and Ukraine war Reuters
- China's foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot afford Russia to lose in Ukraine, media reports The Kyiv Independent
- Beijing fears Russia's defeat due to nuclear arsenal risks – Chinese expert Ukrinform
- Exclusive | China tells EU it does not want to see Russia lose its war in Ukraine: sources South China Morning Post
Suriname expected to elect first female president amid discovery of oil reserves
Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, 71, will run unopposed as one of the poorest countries in the region eyes billions of dollars
Suriname is expected to elect its first female president this Sunday, the congresswoman and physician Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, 71, who will run unopposed after the ruling party decided not to field a candidate.
Geerlings-Simons will succeed current president Chandrikapersad Santokhi, 66, who has been in office since 2020 and was eligible for re-election – but whose party failed to secure the two-thirds parliamentary majority required in the country’s indirect voting system.
Continue reading...Europe is scrambling to form a united front and regain relevance in the Iran crisis
Tehran now places little faith in the European countries who played a key role in brokering the Iranian nuclear deal
Exposed as divided and marginalised during the Iran crisis, European nations are scrambling to retrieve a place at the Middle East negotiating table, fearing an impulsive Donald Trump has diminishing interest in stabilising Iran or the wider region now he believes he has achieved his key objective of wiping out Tehran’s nuclear programme.
On Tuesday the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, was the latest senior European figure to phone the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, offering to be a facilitator and urging Tehran not to leave the crisis in a dangerous limbo by keeping UN weapons inspectors out of Iran.
Continue reading...Kyiv hit by barrage of drone strikes as Putin rejects Trump’s truce bid
Almost every district in the capital sustained damage after Russia fired a record 550 drones, Ukraine says.
‘It’s Groundhog Day’: Ukraine’s sky defenders stuck in relentless battle
Under fire of 100 drones a night, there's little talk of a ceasefire in the front-line city of Sumy.
Russia’s friends: Taliban and Pyongyang in, Azerbaijan and Armenia out – Euronews.com
- Russia's friends: Taliban and Pyongyang in, Azerbaijan and Armenia out Euronews.com
- Russia becomes first state to recognise Afghanistan's Taliban government BBC
- Taliban praise Russia’s ‘brave decision’ to recognise their rule in Afghanistan The Guardian
- Experts: Russia Recognizing Taliban Rule in Afghanistan Largely a Symbolic Move The Moscow Times
- Russia becomes first nation to recognize Taliban government of Afghanistan since 2021 takeover CNN
Egypt says Ethiopia’s completed power-generating dam lacks a legally binding agreement – AP News
- Egypt says Ethiopia’s completed power-generating dam lacks a legally binding agreement AP News
- Gerd: Ethiopia has finished building mega-dam, Abiy Ahmed says BBC
- Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed says mega dam GERD on the Nile ‘now complete’ Al Jazeera
- GERD Inauguration Scheduled For September 2025 The Reporter Ethiopia
- Ethiopia completes controversial Nile dam, escalating dispute with Egypt France 24
Review body refuses to refer Jeremy Bamber case back to court of appeal
CCRC says the four grounds his lawyers argue undermine safety of conviction for 1985 murders fail to meet threshold
The Criminal Cases Review Commission has refused to refer the case of Jeremy Bamber, who was convicted of murdering five members of his family in 1985, back to the court of appeal.
The CCRC, whose chair Helen Pitcher resigned in January and whose chief executive resigned this week after successive justice secretaries declared the miscarriage of justice review body unfit for purpose, has spent four years examining just four of the 10 grounds Bamber’s lawyers identified as undermining the safety of his conviction. It will continue to examine the other six.
Continue reading...Exclusive: EU to offer five options over Israeli human rights breaches – Euronews.com
- Exclusive: EU to offer five options over Israeli human rights breaches Euronews.com
- From sanctions to embargo: The options Europe is considering against Israel Ynetnews
- Gaza war and Trump tariffs on EU agenda This WEEK EUobserver
- Prime Minister Golob expects EU action against Israel for human rights violations European Newsroom
- EU to propose options paper on Israel over Gaza next week Euractiv