Geopolitics · Pollar

Conflicts·6h ago

Israel and Lebanon agree to US-brokered ceasefire, but strikes continue and Hezbollah stays silent

Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a new ceasefire after US-mediated talks, but Israel's defence minister said strikes would continue for now and Hezbollah has yet to comment on the deal.

Beirut · Jerusalem · Kuwait City · Washington

Joseph Aoun Israel Katz Donald Trump Giorgia Meloni Benjamin Netanyahu

Diplomacy·4h ago

Starmer accuses Musk of sowing division in the UK after the billionaire's social media campaign over the Henry Nowak murder case

The British prime minister said the X owner was interfering in domestic politics by sharing a police bodycam video of the dying teenager and posting over 100 times about the case in a week.

Southampton · London · York

Keir Starmer Elon Musk Henry Nowak Vickrum Digwa Nigel Farage Jess Asato

Conflicts·3h ago

Cuba suspends Visa and Mastercard transactions from 6 June after foreign bank bows to US sanctions

Cuba's central bank said Visa and Mastercard payments will stop working on the island from Saturday, after a foreign processing bank cut ties with the military-linked financial firm Fincimex under pressure from Washington's expanded sanctions.

Havana · Washington

Donald Trump Daniel Torralbas

Conflicts·20h ago

Israel and Lebanon agree to US-brokered ceasefire, but strikes continue and Hezbollah stays silent

Israel and Lebanon reached a ceasefire deal in Washington contingent on Hezbollah halting attacks and withdrawing north of the Litani River, but Israeli forces continued strikes in southern Lebanon hours later and the militant group has yet to respond.

Washington · Beirut · Jerusalem · Southern Lebanon

Israel Katz Itamar Ben-Gvir Giorgia Meloni Benjamin Netanyahu Donald Trump Yechiel Leiter Nada Hamadeh

Diplomacy·11h ago

Germany fails to win UN Security Council seat for the first time, losing to Portugal and Austria

Germany failed to secure a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2027–2028, losing in the first round of voting to Portugal and Austria. It is the first time Berlin has been rejected in a Security Council candidacy.

New York · Berlin

Friedrich Merz Johann Wadephul Annalena Baerbock Christoph Heusgen Jürgen Hardt Siemtje Möller Alice Weidel Beate Meinl-Reisinger Paulo Rangel

Conflicts·5h ago

Hezbollah rejects US-brokered Lebanon-Israel ceasefire, calling it a 'roadmap to destruction'

Hezbollah chief Naim Kassim dismissed the Washington-mediated truce as a 'roadmap to destruction,' hours after renewed Israeli strikes and a mortar attack killed a UN peacekeeper in southern Lebanon.

Beirut · Marjayoun · Washington

Naim Kassim Benjamin Netanyahu Donald Trump Israel Katz Itamar Ben-Gvir Yaakoub Abdallah

Conflicts·22h ago

House votes to curb Trump's Iran war powers as four Republicans break ranks, but veto looms

The US House of Representatives passed a war powers resolution ordering the withdrawal of troops from the Iran conflict, marking the first time Congress has approved a measure to restrict the three-month-old military campaign.

Washington, D.C. · Tehran

Donald Trump Thomas Massie Tom Barrett Warren Davidson Brian Fitzpatrick Gregory Meeks Mike Johnson Brian Mast

Conflicts·3d ago

Trump-Backed Deal: Hezbollah Accepts Ceasefire as Israel Issues Warnings

President Trump announced Monday that Hezbollah agreed to stop all attacks on Israel through intermediary talks, a breakthrough that came as Israel ordered strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs. The Lebanese embassy confirmed the militant group accepted a mutual cessation, but Prime Minister Netanyahu insisted Israel would attack unless the rockets stopped.

Beirut · Jerusalem · Washington D.C.

Donald Trump Benjamin Netanyahu Israel Katz Joseph Aoun Marco Rubio Nabih Berri Hassan Fadlallah

Conflicts·2d ago

Ukrainian drones strike St Petersburg oil terminal and naval base on opening day of Putin's economic forum

Ukrainian drones struck an oil export terminal and a naval base in St Petersburg on Wednesday, hours before President Vladimir Putin's flagship economic forum opened in his home city.

St Petersburg · Kronstadt

Volodymyr Zelenskiy Vladimir Putin Alexander Beglov Dmitry Peskov Alexander Drozdenko

Conflicts·2d ago

Russian missiles and drones kill at least 22 in overnight barrage across Ukraine

Russia launched 73 missiles and 656 drones at multiple Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least 22 people and wounding over 100, with Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv hardest hit.

Kyiv · Dnipro · Kharkiv

Volodymyr Zelensky Vitali Klitschko Vladimir Putin Igor Terekhov

Conflicts·May 28

US and Iran Trade Strikes Across the Strait of Hormuz, Testing Fragile Ceasefire as Kuwait Is Drawn In

The United States and Iran accused each other of violating a months-long truce after a night of tit-for-tat strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, with Iranian missiles targeting Kuwait and oil prices surging.

Bandar Abbas · Kuwait City · Washington, D.C.

Donald Trump Esmaeil Baqaei

Conflicts·4d ago

Israel Seizes Crusader Castle Beaufort in Deepest Lebanon Incursion Since 2000, Complicating Iran Truce Talks

Israeli forces seized the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon on Sunday, marking their deepest incursion into the country in over a quarter-century and threatening to unravel a fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

Beaufort Castle · Nabatieh · Tyre · Jerusalem

Benjamin Netanyahu Israel Katz Nawaf Salam Jean-Noël Barrot Orna Mizrahi Avichay Adraee Haim Har-Zahav