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Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman has been elected President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for the 81st session after defeating Andreas Kakouris of Cyprus in a closely contested vote. Rahman, secured the highest votes, in an election, which took place at the UN headquarters on Tuesday in New York. In a secret-ballot election, Rahman secured 99 votes to Kakouris’ …

The United Nations says some weapons looted during the Libyan conflict in 2011 have ended up in the hands of extremist groups in Nigeria. Izumi Nakamitsu, the UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, stated this at the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday as delegates gathered to tackle the global spread of illicit firearms. The UN’s top …

  -Russia launched one of its deadliest attacks in months on Ukraine, killing at least 22 people in Kyiv and Dnipro, according to Ukrainian authorities. -More than 600 drones and 73 missiles struck civilian infrastructure, including medical facilities and residential buildings across multiple cities, Ukraine’s military said. -The assault follows Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries that knocked out 40% …

  -Trump’s emergency diplomacy on Monday temporarily halted Israeli-Hezbollah escalation that threatened to derail his Iran talks. -Lebanon remains a volatile flashpoint because Iran views Hezbollah as critical to its regional power and Israel demands full disarmament. -The president’s intervention may have shown he can restrain Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, but deep-rooted Middle East conflicts could still upend any deal. …

Oil prices jumped and equities struggled on Monday as Middle East peace talks stumbled and tensions mounted between Iran and the United States. Crude futures shot around seven percent higher after an Iranian news agency announced Tehran had suspended the negotiations with Washington via mediators. The United States and Iran had traded strikes over the weekend and Tehran had insisted …

  Enraged by the continuous Israeli incursions and deeper occupation of Lebanese territory, Tehran has ordered an immediate freeze on all diplomatic backchannels. Global geopolitical stability is hanging by a thread after the Islamic Republic of Iran abruptly pulled the plug on its highly sensitive, mediated peace negotiations with the United States. The sudden breakdown in diplomatic channels comes as …

  Kuwait said its air defenses had opened fire early Monday morning to intercept incoming drone and missile fire as Iran acknowledged launching a retaliatory strike. The dueling attacks reflect the fragility of a weekslong ceasefire in the Iran war, which has seen repeated attacks even as American and Iranian officials try to negotiate a deal to extend it. DUBAI, …

Iran has damaged 20 US military sites since the start of the war, satellite images and videos analysed by BBC Verify show, suggesting the attacks are more extensive than publicly acknowledged. Iran has targeted key facilities across eight countries in the Middle East since the end of February, causing millions of dollars of damage to state-of the-art air defence systems, …

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has announced that four frontline health workers affected by Ebola in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have fully recovered and received their discharge certificates. Africa CDC said this in a post on its official X account on Sunday. According to the agency, the development marks a significant milestone for …

A total of 219 people have been injured in clashes between football fans and police across France after Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) won the Champions League final against Arsenal. Eight were in a serious condition, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said. Thousands of officers were deployed to curb unrest that disrupted bus, train and rail services in the capital, Paris. Fifty-seven of …