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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has cautioned that any conflict with the United States could quickly escalate into a “devastating” regional war involving multiple Middle Eastern countries. Speaking in an exclusive interview with India Today TV, Araghchi emphasised Tehran’s preparedness for both war and diplomacy, while reaffirming Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear technology. Araghchi warned:…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to expand the country’s nuclear arsenal and operational range, urging the United States to recognise North Korea as a permanent nuclear state. Speaking at the Ninth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang, Kim said: If Washington “respects our present [nuclear] position as stipulated in…
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Caribbean leaders in Saint Kitts and Nevis during the 50th meeting of CARICOM, pledging closer US–Caribbean cooperation on gang violence and energy security. Rubio said relations with the region would be a “personal priority”, marking his second visit in under a year. “We have a long history of…
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Iceland will hold a referendum in the coming months on whether to restart European Union accession talks, Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir has confirmed. “In the coming months we are going to have a referendum on opening up the negotiations, the accession negotiations for Iceland to possibly join the EU,” Frostadottir told a joint press conference…
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz secured a commitment from President Xi Jinping on Wednesday (25 February) to increase Chinese imports of high-quality German products, during his first visit to Beijing as Chancellor. The visit aims to reset economic ties amid a growing German trade deficit with China. Merz, joined by executives from 30 German firms including…
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Ireland has unveiled its first maritime security strategy, outlining plans to strengthen radar and subsea surveillance amid rising hybrid threats in the North Atlantic. Published by the Department of Defence, the strategy highlights vulnerabilities across Ireland’s territorial waters, which host major transatlantic data cables and critical energy interconnectors. The document cites concerns over Russia’s alleged…
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The Trump administration has formally warned Ukraine against striking targets inside Russia that could affect US economic interests, Kyiv’s ambassador to Washington said. Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, confirmed she received a diplomatic démarche from the US Department of State following a November drone strike on the Russian port of Novorossiysk. Kyiv’s…
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South Korea recorded 254,500 births in 2025, the largest annual increase in 15 years, according to provisional data from the Statistics Korea population trends division. The country’s fertility rate rose to 0.80, up from 0.75 in 2024 — the first return to the 0.8 range since 2021. Despite the rise, deaths exceeded births by 108,900,…
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Bolivia has officially withdrawn recognition of the self-declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), marking a diplomatic setback for the Polisario Front and signalling growing support for Morocco’s autonomy plan in Western Sahara. The decision followed a phone call between Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and Bolivia’s Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo, after which Bolivia confirmed it…
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The number of people facing acute food insecurity in Somalia has nearly doubled to 6.5 million, according to new analysis from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). The figure marks a sharp rise from 3.4 million in early 2025, driven by drought, conflict, displacement and high food prices. The failed October–December Deyr rains reduced…
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