As the 2026 FIFA World Cup prepares to kick off, the United States and Iran exchange strikes over the Strait of Hormuz, while diplomats from Pakistan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia race to salvage a fragile peace deal.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin sat down with the heads of the world’s leading international news agencies at the Konstantinovsky Palace on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum — a wide-ranging, freewheeling session that covered Ukraine, Iran, NATO, Nord Stream and his own political future. He was unhurried, precise, and in no mood for diplomatic softening…
The US–Iran truce is holding for one reason alone: both sides have proved they can inflict catastrophic damage on the other. Today’s strike on Kuwait International Airport shows how close the region remains to a wider war.
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