World politics

World politics

The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim clans killed hundreds and threatened to unravel Syria's already fragile postwar transition.

Iran is set to meet with officials from Britain, France, and Germany on July 25 in Istanbul to discuss the country's nuclear program as Western nations turn up the pressure on Tehran to reach a settlement or face new sanctions.

Jamaat-e-Islami placed a seven-point demand on the interim government headed by Muhammad Yunus to ensure a free, fair and peaceful election, justice for all mass killings, essential reforms, and a charter for last year's mass uprising.

The meeting seeks to coordinate concrete actions, including legal and diplomatic measures, against Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, described by member states as genocide.

Israeli air strikes in Bekaa Valley killed at least 12 people, including five Hezbollah fighters, amidst ongoing tensions and warnings against Hezbollah's re-establishment.

The largest-ever war fighting drills in Australia, Exercise Talisman Sabre, is underway, attracting the attention of Chinese spy ships. This year, more than 35,000 military personnel from 19 nations will participate over three weeks.

After over four decades of waging an armed anti-capitalist struggle for Kurdish self-determination against Turkey's government, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has declared an end to the conflict and initiated a disarmament process.

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks in the United Arab Emirates after nearly four decades of conflict, confirming a draft peace deal from March.

"Everything in Iran in the past four or five years has really been about succession," he says. Khamenei has periodically handed names of potential successors to the so-called Assembly of Experts, a group of roughly 80 clerics."

"We see each other less and less as competitors. If large volumes of military goods would have to be shipped, we'd look to Antwerp or other ports to take over some capacity and the other way around."

Ali Awad, a 27-year-old from Masafer Yatta, described the constant fear in the village as masked Israeli settlers circle their homes, seeking violence.

"As long as the security of Iranian nuclear facilities is not ensured, Iran will suspend its cooperation with the IAEA," parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stated on state television. President Masoud Pezeshkian has signed off on this move.

The country's transitional parliament approved the move on Thursday, clearing the way for Goita to lead Mali until at least 2030, without requiring an election.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X: "Absolutely horrible and sleepless night in Kyiv. One of the worst so far. Hundreds of Russian drones and ballistic missiles rained down on the Ukrainian capital. Right after Putin spoke with President Trump. And he does it on purpose."

With the growing number of armed conflicts and incidence of terrorism worldwide, many countries have introduced provisions for withdrawing the citizenship of a person on the basis of national security grounds. Over a third of countries, including many European ones, can now strip a person of their citizenship when their actions are seen as disloyal or threatening to state security, the report says, and the trend has been expanding.