Russian President Vladimir Putin began talks with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian in Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat on Friday, Russian news agencies reported.
The meeting comes amid soaring tensions in the Middle East, with Israeli air strikes on Lebanon's capital Beirut that it says are aimed at Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Full StoryAn office of Israeli military technology firm Elbit Systems in Gothenburg was the target of shooting Thursday, according to media, with Swedish police saying there were no injuries.
"We received a report in the morning about a shooting against an Israeli object in Kalleback" in Gothenburg, police spokesman Fredrik Svedemyr said in a statement, adding that a young suspect had been arrested.
Full StoryFrance's minority government survived a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, two weeks after taking office, getting over the first hurdle placed by left-wing lawmakers to bring down new conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier.
The vote was a key test for Barnier, whose Cabinet is forced to rely on the far right's good will to be able to stay in power, as the nation grapples with economic challenges exacerbated by global inflation.
Full StoryRussian attacks on Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv throughout Tuesday killed two people and wounded more than 30, regional authorities said.
"Two dead and more than 30 wounded as a result of shelling over the day," the head of the Kharkiv region, Oleg Synegubov, said on social media, adding that authorities were clearing the area.
Full StoryBritain is facing a "staggering rise" in assassination attempts on U.K. soil by Russia and Iran, as the hostile states recruit criminals to "do their dirty work" for them, the head of the U.K.'s domestic intelligence agency said Tuesday.
MI5 director Ken McCallum said his agents and police have tackled 20 Tehran-backed plots since 2022 and warned that Iran could expand its targets in the U.K. if Israel attacks in response to Iran's missile barrage. The spy chief said the widening conflicts in the Middle East raise the risk "of an increase in – or broadening of – Iranian state aggression in the U.K."
Full StoryPolice in Denmark and Sweden said on Wednesday they were probing attacks at or near Israeli embassies in their capitals.
Copenhagen police arrested three people in relation to two blasts early Wednesday near the Israeli embassy in the Danish capital.
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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said overnight that he is open to talks with Iran on a new version of the landmark nuclear agreement he scrapped as president.
Full StoryVice President Kamala Harris has secured the endorsement of one of the nation's largest Muslim American voter mobilization groups, marking a significant boost to her campaign since many Muslim and Arab American organizations have opted to support third-party candidates or not endorse.
Emgage Action, the political arm of an 18-year-old Muslim American advocacy group, endorsed Harris' presidential campaign on Wednesday, saying in a statement provided first to The Associated Press that the group "recognizes the responsibility to defeat" Donald Trump in November.
Full StoryWorld leaders will open their annual meeting at the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday under the shadow of increasing global divisions, major wars in Gaza, Ukraine and, Sudan and the threat of an even larger conflict in the wider Middle East.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres previewed his opening "State of the World" speech to presidents, prime ministers, monarchs and ministers at Sunday's "Summit of the Future," saying "our world is heading off the rails — and we need tough decisions to get back on track."
Full StoryThousands of anti-government demonstrators marching in support of Bolivia's former President Evo Morales have clashed with counterprotesters blocking their way, a stark sign of an escalating power struggle in the volatile Andean nation.
In his most brazen show of force yet against current President Luis Arce, Morales sent word to his followers to mobilize what he called a "March to Save Bolivia," a 190-kilometer (118 mile)-trek from the small village of Caracollo to the capital, La Paz, denouncing the government of his protege-turned-bitter rival.
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