Sudans ruling military council and main opposition coalition have agreed on a constitutional declaration which will pave the way for a new period of transitional government.
A fresh round of U.S.-Taliban peace talks began in Qatar’s capital Doha on Saturday, officials said, describing it to be the “most crucial” phase of negotiations to end the 18-year war in Afghanistan.
The United States formally withdrew from a landmark 1987 nuclear missile pact with Russia on Friday after determining that Moscow was violating the treaty, an accusation the Kremlin has denied.
The US has officially requested Germany, France and the UK join its troops in an anti-Iran program that would escort Western tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, despite Berlin and Paris’ trade interests with Tehran. With only London on board, Washington may augment their original “request” and resort to classic bullying.
Top U.S. and Chinese trade officials met in Shanghai on Wednesday for talks in a bid to end a year-long trade war, despite low expectations for progress and combative remarks from U.S. President Donald Trump.
US National Security Adviser John Bolton said earlier on Wednesday that Washington will withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty and added that the only remaining US-Russia New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), is unlikely to be renewed.
North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, according to South Koreas military, the second such launch in a week. The two missiles were launched from the Wonsan area early on Wednesday.
British foreign minister Dominic Raab will travel to Thailand on Wednesday to attend a meeting of 10 South East Asian countries, searching for new trading opportunities and stronger diplomatic ties ahead of Britain’s exit from the European Union.
The Russian Embassy in the Netherlands criticized on Tuesday the Dutch-led probe into the MH17 passenger jet crash after international investigators refused to examine new evidence collected by a German detective.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cautioned the European Union on Saturday that the “anti-democratic” Irish backstop must be ditched if they were to strike a Brexit divorce deal.
The population of Rukban camp in a U.S.-protected desert zone in southeast Syria has dwindled to a quarter of the more than 40,000 who lived there five months ago due to Russian moves to block supplies, Syrian aid workers, diplomats and residents say.
The INSTEX payment mechanism for trade with Iran and the situation around the heavy water reactor in Arak will be the main topics at the upcoming meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran nuclear deal, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said on Sunday that the intra-Afghan negotiations would happen only after the United States concluded its own deal with the Taliban movement.
