The first direct commercial flight between the United States and Venezuela departed a bit early on Thursday on its way to the capital of the South American country, seven years after the US Homeland Security Department ordered an indefinite suspension, citing security concerns. The resumption of a commercial flight between the two countries comes months after the US capture of then-president Nicolas Maduro in a stunning night-time raid on his residence in Caracas in early January. It also comes...
With the two sides locked in a standoff, oil prices have continued to soar.
Circumvention mechanisms already exist and the conflict is encouraging more entities to work with them.
US and Iran should immediately release crews of captured vessels, says International Chamber of Shipping director.
The United States is concerned that several African countries revoked overflight clearances for Taiwan’s leader at China’s behest, the US State Department said on Wednesday, calling the incident an abuse of the international civil aviation system. Taiwan this week said the Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar unilaterally revoked flight permits for leader William Lai Ching-te’s aircraft to cross airspace they manage on a planned trip to eSwatini, one of Taiwan’s allies. It is the first instance...
Fresh talks between the US and Iran are uncertain. But these are the key figures who have driven negotiations so far.
The US argues that the waiver is meant to ease the energy supply crunch sparked by the US-Israel war with Iran.
Could the US withdraw from NATO?
Pakistan’s army chief has arrived in Iran for high-level talks aimed at reviving negotiations between Iran and the US.
A US move to block the strait has intensified a broader struggle over who controls access and under what terms.
The United States is planning a fuel depot in southern Philippines to support humanitarian and maritime security missions for its long-time ally in Asia, as part of a growing network of forward-based refuelling hubs in the Western Pacific. Located far from the flashpoint reefs at the centre of Manila’s maritime dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea, the depot marks what one observer called a “more mature and more serious stage” in the US-Philippine alliance: a shift from base access and...
Signing of defence partnership follows reports that US is seeking overflight access in Indonesia for military planes.
In a world edging dangerously close to a wider war, where weeks of escalation between the United States, Israel and Iran have threatened to spiral into a catastrophic regional conflict, Pakistan has emerged as an unlikely but decisive diplomatic actor. Through sustained backchannel engagement and careful balancing of competing alliances, Islamabad helped bring two deeply distrustful adversaries to a temporary ceasefire, hopefully averting what would be one of the most consequential geopolitical...
The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner explains how the US blockade of Iranian ports will work.
US Vice President JD Vance is leaving Pakistan, saying Tehran chose not to accept their ‘final and best offer’.
US Vice President JD Vance says the US delegation has failed to reach an agreement with Iran.
In his strongest words yet, Pope Leo on Saturday denounced the “delusion of omnipotence” that is fuelling the US-Israel war on Iran and demanded political leaders stop and negotiate peace. Leo presided over an evening prayer service in St Peter’s Basilica on the same day the US and Iran began face-to-face negotiations in Pakistan and as a fragile ceasefire held. History’s first US-born pope did not mention the United States or President Donald Trump in his prayer, which was planned before the...
Can US‑Iran ceasefire hold for talks? Vance team, midterm politics, energy risks, Tehran seeks relief.
US and Iranian delegations are set to meet in Islamabad for peace talks to end six weeks of war.
Peace talks between the US and Iran are due to begin in Pakistan on Saturday.
Just miles from one another, along Djibouti's coast, sit military bases of rival powers including the US and China.
Omar Abdullah remarked that the passage was already “open and freely available” before the war began.
‘US-Israel playing Russian roulette with security of the region’
Israel and the United States carried out a wave of attacks on Iran on Monday, killing more than 25 people, and Iran responded with missile fire on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbours. US President Donald Trump’s deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz loomed as mediators circulated a new ceasefire proposal. Explosions rang out in Tehran and low-flying jets could be heard for hours as the capital was pounded. Thick black smoke rose near the city’s Azadi Square after one air strike hit...
DRC gov't says deportees will begin to arrive this month, under a 'temporary' arrangment paid for by the US.