President tells Trump that Iran will never ‘bend at the knee’
Masoud Pezeshkian accused Washington of "terrorism" for assassinating former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the war.
Ukraine says fighting ‘difficult’ after reports of Russia’s rapid gains
Ukraine said Tuesday it was engaged in “difficult” battles with Russian forces after Moscow had made rapid advances in a narrow but important section of the front line in the country’s east.
S/Africa to offer US new deal to avoid 30% tariff
South Africa will offer a “generous” new trade deal to the United States on Tuesday to avoid 30-percent tariffs, government ministers said.
Trump says plans to test out Putin as Europe engages Ukraine
“We’re going to see what he has in mind and if it’s a fair deal, I’ll reveal it to the European Union leaders and to NATO leaders and also to President Zelensky,” Trump said.
Trump signs order to extend China tariff truce by 90 days
“I have just signed an Executive Order that will extend the Tariff Suspension on China for another 90 days,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. The truce on steeper levies had been due to expire Tuesday.
UN slams Israel’s killing of Gaza journalists
The UN human rights agency on Monday condemned Israel’s targeted killing of six journalists in Gaza as a “grave breach of international humanitarian law”.
