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Description: Hamas has officially stated that the organization is reviewing the latest ceasefire proposal submitted by the US for ending the war in Gaza. Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump has stated that Israel has accepted the latest proposal in general terms as he is set to meet Prime Minister Netanyahu next week and announce the outcome of the latest proposal. Mediators Qatar and Egypt have stated that the document contained modified language from the previous ceasefire proposal outlined by US Special envoy Steve Witkoff but offered stronger assurances to both sides that the potential ceasefire would be a prelude to ending the war in Gaza. According to some of
Description: After Thai Prime Minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended from her office on Tuesday by the Constitutional Court, the Thai political opposition has decided to postpone their no confidence vote pending the results of the Court’s investigation. The main opposition party, Bhumjaital Party previously left the coalition, however, the newest developments have caused an oppositional consolidation as all five parties from the opposition have vowed not to plunge the country into a political deadlock. Shinawatra’s ruling Pheu Thai party has reshuffled its cabinet and sworn in fourteen new ministers, with Shinawatra being appointed as the Minister of Culture, still r
Description: The US House of Representatives has advanced Trump’s tax cutting and spending bill into legislation with a narrow vote of 219 – 213 in favor of introducing the bill. The so – called Big Beautiful Act passed the House despite last ditch efforts from the Democratic party, which managed to sway the votes of five members from the Republican camp. President Trump celebrated the vote as he took to social media to announce his greatest political victory so far as he is expected to sign the bill into legislation on the US Independence Day. The bill would effectively restructure the US domestic economy, prioritizing funding for the immigration services, military forces a
Description: Moldova’s Deputy Prime Minister, Cristina Gherasimov, has stated that her country wants to start EU accession negotiations as soon as possible following the expansion of Russian hybrid threats and disinformation operations, targeting the government in Chisinau. Moldova initiated EU accession talks in Jun last year alongside Ukraine, however, several EU member states have remained skeptical and objected their accession to the Union under the current circumstances. Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, has been the loudest critic of Moldova’s and Ukraine’s EU accession attempts, warning that it may implicate the entire continent in the war with Russia. Other EU
Description: In their sixth phone call conversation the Russian and American presidents failed to make headway on any global issues that both countries are involved in. Putin’s aide, Yuri Ushakov, stated that the presidents talked in length over an hour regarding the war in Ukraine and discussed the most recent developments regarding Iran. Trump, addressing the media directly, stated that he was deeply disappointed by Putin’s unchanged position on the war and his rejection of engaging in diplomatic efforts for resolving the conflict. Ushakov also added that Putin was ready to engage in negotiations but only with Ukraine and without mediators, as the main discrepancies surrou
Description: Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, launched her country’s EU presidency with enhanced focus on Ukraine’s war against Russia and resolving the EU’s tariff war with the US. She was accompanied by Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy and EU Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen as they jointly announced continued support for Ukraine following yesterday’s announcement by the US of halting military aid to Ukraine. Frederiksen also stated that Denmark would prioritize Europe’s energy independency and resolving migration issues during the country’s six-months tenure as president of the Union. She invited Zelenskyy to station Ukrainian companies in Denma
Description: The Taliban – led government in Afghanistan has been officially recognized by Russia under the label, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Russia is the first country to officially recognize the Taliban as the official government in Afghanistan following the lifting of the terrorist designation on the organization in Apr. The countries would exchange ambassadors and enhance bilateral support in the upcoming period in several sectors such as anti – terrorism cooperation, energy and infrastructure development. Afghanistan has been cut off from the international banking system as the US has frozen billions of dollars and isolated the country’s economy. Following the
Description: The executive branch of the European Union is faced with a no – confidence vote after Romanian conservative MEP (Minister of European Parliament) Gheorghe Piperea, filed a motion for the vote against the Commission’s President, Ursula von der Leyen. The motion arrived as a result of the disclosed scandal around personal communication evidence between von der Leyen and Pfizer’s CEO, Albert Bourla, during the Covid pandemic regarding the procuring of vaccines. Bourla and von der Leyen exchanged personal messages which haven’t been disclosed to the public and were reportedly crucial to securing the multi – billion-euro contract between Pfizer and the EU during the
Description: President Donald Trump has stated the US secured a trade deal with Vietnam for zero tariffs on US exports to Vietnam and a 20% levy on Vietnamese exports to the US, compared to the imposed 46%. The deal is the first that Trump has secured with any Asian country, while Japan and South Korea are still struggling to negotiate their separate trade deals. The deal would also tackle the issue of transshipping which used Vietnam as a transporting hub for shipping products originating from other countries but mostly China. Chinese officials haven’t issued a public statement as they previously claimed that they would react to any negative trade agreement impacting China’
Description: President Masoud Pezeshkian reaffirmed the decision brought by the Iranian Parliament regarding the suspension of cooperation with the IAEA. Pezeshkian stated that according to the new legislature, Iran would prohibit access to IAEA inspectors to any of its nuclear enrichment sites in the future, following the IAEA’s overtures which found Iran in non-compliance of its nuclear obligations. The resolution from the IAEA, voted by its 35 Board of Governors, prompted the joint Israeli – US attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites and plunged the region into an abrupt crisis which could have had devastating repercussions, Pezeshkian added. Official spokespeople for the IAEA st