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Cambodia says Thailand launched air strikes after ASEAN meeting on border clashes

Asia / Pacific

EU leaders stand by Denmark after Trump appoints special US envoy to Greenland

Europe

US envoy Witkoff calls Ukraine talks in Miami 'productive'

Americas

France demands ‘robust security guarantees’ for Ukraine before territory talks

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Europe

Ukraine ceasefire conceivable for first time since war started, Merz says

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Europe

'They have no border': Ukraine's integration into EU by 2027 deemed unlikely by diplomats

Europe

Germany summons Russian ambassador over cyberattacks on air traffic control, general election

Europe

Zelensky says US is still pushing territorial concessions from Ukraine as part of peace plan

Europe

'China potentially setting the stage to use military force' against Japan, analyst says

Asia / Pacific

Russia hails US security strategy, welcomes pullback from Europe, weakened NATO, subjugated Ukraine

Europe

'If al-Sharaa applies & fulfils his promises, it will be the fairytale that Syrians have hoped for'

Middle East

To attract investment, build institutions, Syria must demonstrate 'the State is there for everybody'

Middle East

'Every Syrian should have the right to visit Syria, to feel its freedom & to recognise its problems'

Middle East

European allies back Zelensky at London talks after criticism from Trump

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Europe

Russia pounds Ukraine's Kremenchuk as US-hosted peace talks wrap up

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Europe

Merz reiterates Germany’s support for Israel as fragile ceasefire eases tensions

Middle East

Xi holds his ground as Macron's visit to China only yields modest returns

Asia / Pacific

Modi-Putin meeting 'symbolic': Agreements 'predictable and along familiar lines'

Asia / Pacific

Putin’s first visit to India since Ukraine invasion: 'Very public show of defiance to US and Europe'

Asia / Pacific

France's Emmanuel Macron fails to win concessions from Xi Jinping on fourth visit to China

Asia / Pacific

Xi Jinping hosts Macron on rare trip with a global leader outside Beijing

Asia / Pacific

Pandas and ping-pong: Macron meets Xi in rare visit outside Beijing

Europe

US envoys to meet Ukrainian negotiators for peace talks in Florida

Europe

France and Germany warn US could 'betray' Ukraine in push for peace, Spiegel reports

Europe

Rwanda's Kagame and Tshisekedi of the DRC sign peace deal at the White House

Africa

'Macron a very important piece of China's quest to rewrite post-WWII order'

Asia / Pacific

'Governments abide by values we all stand for, including democracy and gender equality”

Africa

Venezuela’s Maduro says phone call with Trump was ‘respectful’, even ‘cordial’

Americas

Macron meets Xi in Beijing as he urges China to push for Ukraine ceasefire

Asia / Pacific

Putin meets Modi as Russia-India ties tested by US pressure

Asia / Pacific

Macron arrives in China for talks with Xi on Ukraine war, trade

Asia / Pacific

Former EU top diplomat Mogherini held in fraud probe

Europe

Talks with Putin and US envoy Witkoff conclude without compromise

Europe

Putin accuses Europeans of sabotaging peace efforts ahead of US talks on Ukraine

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Europe

Russia claims capture of key city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine

As it happened
Europe

Too many cooks? Trump’s growing army of Ukraine negotiators

Analysis
Americas

US-Ukraine talks 'very productive' but more work needed, says Rubio

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Europe

Macron to host Zelensky for talks in Paris on Monday

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Europe

Zelensky chief of staff Andriy Yermak resigns after anti-graft raids

Europe

In West Africa, France will 'focus on economic and scientific cooperation and cultural relations'

US-Ukraine draft could lay groundwork for future peace deal, Putin says

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Europe

IMF strikes $8.2 billion deal with Ukraine as war-hit economy struggles to stay afloat

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Europe

US envoy Witkoff advised Russia on getting Trump to Ukraine deal, Bloomberg reports

Americas

Zelensky told allies 'ready to move forward' with US plan: speech copy

Europe

'Updating Europe's relationship with Africa: New, modernised and refreshed offer of partnership'

Africa

The Bright Side: Two pandas bid France 'adieu' for early retirement in China

France

G20 confronts fractured world order, growing US disengagement as South Africa summit ends

Africa

US, Ukraine report making progress toward ending war in Ukraine but provide few details

Europe

European leaders say US plan for Ukraine 'requires additional work' ahead of Geneva talks

Europe

COP30 summit in Brazil adopts climate deal – after omitting calls to phase out fossil fuels

Environment

Trump forces Zelensky into a corner with plan to end war on Russian terms

Europe

G20 'at risk' if it cannot respond to global crises, Macron says as summit opens

Africa
Access Asia

China's fury over Japan's Taiwan remarks: Cancelled flights, concerts and seafood ban

Asia / Pacific

France to reduce diplomatic staff in Mali amid jihadist fuel blockade

Africa
The Debate

US-Russia framework to end Ukraine war: Plan for peace or capitulation?

Europe

Japanese seafood caught up in escalating diplomatic dispute with China

Asia / Pacific

China says 'no market' for Japan seafood imports amid Taiwan spat

Asia / Pacific

Trump set to welcome Saudi's MBS with business deals in first US visit since Khashoggi killing

Americas

Trumps defends MBS over Khashoggi murder, strikes F-35 jet and nuclear deals

Americas

Macron and Zelensky sign letter of intent for Ukraine to buy up to 100 Rafale fighter jets

Europe

Trump hints at possible talks with Maduro as US ramps up pressure on Venezuela

Americas

China tells citizens not to visit Japan as Taiwan row grows

Asia / Pacific

The diplomatic gamble that freed French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal

Explainer
France

Pardoned French-Algerian dissident writer Sansal en route to Germany

Africa

Trump hosts Syria’s Sharaa at White House, Damascus joins anti-IS group coalition

Americas

US mediator Kushner and Netanyahu meet in Jerusalem to discuss Gaza ceasefire phase two

Middle East

‘We must return to diplomacy’: IAEA's Grossi on Iran, Ukraine and his UN ambitions

Interview
Americas

World leaders rally in support of climate action before COP30 summit

Environment

Amid Russia's relentless attacks on Ukraine's urban areas, will EU have to send boots on the ground?

Europe

Rare espionage joke from China's Xi makes headlines in South Korea

Asia / Pacific
Talking Europe

'We can't fill the void that America is leaving behind': EU foreign policy chief Kallas

Europe
Access Asia

K-pop diplomacy goes full throttle as South Korea hosts APEC summit

Asia / Pacific