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Description: US President Donald Trump and UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer have agreed a bilateral breakthrough by concluding the general terms agreement which according to trade officials from both sides would open the markets and bring closer economic cooperation. The trade agreement undertook the reduction of tariffs for several UK exports to the US such as car exports, aerospace products, steel products and various goods from the food industry. The UK would also reduce its average tariff percentage to the US to 1.8%, which would affect products such as wine, olive oil and sports equipment. The US would maintain the blanket 10% tariffs on all UK exports to the US which U
Description: An intense debate between the 338 Ministers of Parliament (MPs) resulted in Ukraine ratifying the rare earth minerals agreement concluded with the US last week. Specific details haven’t been disclosed by either side citing concerns over political upheaval or compromising a future long – term strategic partnership. Ukraine’s political opposition insisted on including several amendments to the agreement which included the mineral reserves currently under Russian occupation, however, they eventually pushed the envelope on the ratification. The conclusion of the minerals deal comes at a crucial time in face of Moscow’s Victory Day Parade and after months of diplomat
Description: Military officials from Pakistan, including Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar have stated that India repeatedly violated Pakistani airspace in the past 24 hours, sending over 25 Israeli – made drones which were eventually neutralized. Military confrontations have escalated since India launched operation Sindoor which targeted alleged terrorist camps within Pakistani territory connected to the deadly Pahalgam attack on 22 Apr. Intense shelling as well as armed confrontations over the heavily militarized Line of Control (LOC) in the Kashmir province also intensified, while blackout drills and large-scale relocation of civilians took place. Indian Prime Ministe
Description: US President Donald Trump is set to embark on a diplomatic tour in the Middle East, visiting Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Unofficial sources close to the White House have stated that Trump plans to move forward with his intentions to conclude a deal with Saudi Arabia. The deal which mostly likely stems from the controversial Abraham Accords from 2020, undertakes establishing close ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia with certain concessions made from both sides. Broad strokes from the Abraham Accords indicated that Saudi Arabia would officially recognize Israel and decrease the cordial rhetoric towards newly found strategic partners in Russ
Description: Germany’s internal intelligence agency, BfV, has paused the classification of the right – wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) awaiting Cologne's Court decision on an injunction filed by the party. BfV earlier this week classified the AfD as an extremist entity in its entirety citing concerns over the party’s outlooks on migration, domestic policy issues and other foreign policy matters. Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, AfD’s joint leadership, stated that the pause represented a small victory for the party which would continue to pursue the classification through legal channels. The announcement came as newly appointed Chancellor Friedrich Merz had a schedul
Description: Leading presidential candidate George Simion has announced his intention to call for an early referendum if elected president, which would effectively restate ousted candidate Calin Georgescu in the race for president of Romania. Simion has repeatedly suggested that the decision by Romania’s Constitutional Court to disqualify Georgescu represented a coup de état and the people of Romania should decide whether he should be reinstated. Simion, largely known to have aligned his political prospects with Georgescu’s pro – Russian and Eurosceptic policies, also floated the idea he could appoint Georgescu as Romania’s next Prime Minister if he becomes president. The ru
Description: The Conclave comprised of 133 cardinals chose the little-known Robert Prevost to succeed Francis as the next pontiff of the Catholic Church. Prevost, a US citizen from Chicago with a dual Peruvian citizenship was mostly known to have aligned with his predecessor’s prospects regarding the direction and the impact the Catholic Church should have on global issues. He was a missionary in Peru in 1985 before returning to the US in 1999 when he took a leadership role within his religious order. Prevost served two six-year terms as the head of the Augustinians before becoming a cardinal in 2023. Little to no insight is offered regarding the American successor on the th
Description: The US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the US Trade representative Jamieson Greer are set to meet their counterparts from China this weekend in Geneva. The information was initially disclosed by US sources who have stated they made the primary approach to discuss the tariff escalation with China, while the Chinese Trade Ministry confirmed they have agreed to meet their US counterparts after carefully considering the repercussions of the tariffs. Detailed information regarding the initial direct contact wasn’t disclosed as both sides were worried about compromising their negotiating position, however, indications of substantial de-escalation were hinted. The
Description: European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen has outlined the bloc’s strategy to completely cut Europe’s dependence on Russian oil, gas or nuclear – powered electricity by 2027. Strife division and discontent was created with eastern members of the Union such as Slovakia and Hungary, which have completely denounced the Commission’s plans as it would mean an economic suicide for the EU and considerably lower the bloc’s energy competitiveness. Europe started lowering its energy dependence on Russian natural resources ever since the latter’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. EU’s gas and oil imports have lowered from 45% before 2022 to just 19% in 2024, with countries suc
Description: Sources within the UAE have confirmed that for the past couple of months diplomatic efforts have been made to mediate indirect talks between Syria and Israel in the midst of aggravated tensions. Syrian President Ahmed al – Sharaa confirmed the suspicions while visiting French President Emmanuel Macron in France and stated that indirect efforts have been made to limit Israel’s warfare campaign in the west parts of the country. The information comes at the pinnacle of tensions between the two countries since the ousting of former President Bashar al – Assad as Israel has repeatedly led aerial bombardment campaigns in Syria under the pretext of protecting the Druze