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US mounts sixth straight night of attacks as Iran warns of wider war

Iranian media reports airport, bridge and communications tower targeted.

Beijing denounces US chip curbs as threat to global supply chains

Beijing has condemned the latest efforts by US lawmakers to curb Chinese access to leading semiconductor chips and chipmaking equipment, warning that they would lead to โ€œarbitrary disruption and damageโ€ to global supply chains. The stark assessment followed reports on Tuesday that three major export control bills targeting China โ€“ the AI Overwatch Act, the Match Act and the Chip Security Act โ€“ are set to be folded into the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) in the US Senate, the annual...

What to know about the Canadian and US wildfires and their impact

Wildfires in Ontario have blanketed US and Canadian cities with dangerous smoke.

โ€˜Safe passageโ€™: The fatal ambiguity at the heart of the Hormuz MoU

The vague language of the US-Iran MoU made the present escalation in the Strait of Hormuz all but inevitable.

Former US Ambassador says Iran miscalculated Trumpโ€™s resolve

Nightly strikes between the US and Iran have been the heaviest since the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement.

US attacks Iran as IRGC claims strikes on US military sites in Gulf

Oil prices rise as the US renews a blockade on Iranian ports and carries out a wave of air strikes.

US, Iran exchange attacks around Strait of Hormuz

Iran war: US strategic success or diplomatic failure?

Marc Lamont Hill challenges former United States diplomat Heino Klinck on the US-Israeli war in Iran.

US, Lebanese delegations meet to discuss Israeli โ€˜pilot zonesโ€™ withdrawal

Sources tell Al Jazeera that talks are focused on establishing mechanism for first of two so-called "pilot zones".

US wants Iran to pledge to stop shooting at ships in Strait of Hormuz

Vice-President JD Vance is among US officials expected to take part in negotiations resuming on Saturday in Oman.

Iran war live: US demands Iran publicly state Strait of Hormuz open for all

US said to be pushing for public statement that Iran will not fire at commercial ships passing through Strait of Hormuz

Mediator Pakistan says renewed US-Iran conflict is โ€˜in no oneโ€™s interestโ€™

Islamabad urges both sides to honour their MoU as renewed attacks raise fears of a wider regional conflict.

US, Iran launch more attacks as mediators urge warring sides to uphold MoU

Iran says it attacked sites linked to the US military in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar after US bombarded targets in Iran.

The Strait of Hormuz is now at the centre of Iranian and US calculus

The fate of the strait is directly linked to what happens next to the world economy.

Are the USโ€™ AI models better than Chinaโ€™s? That may be beside the point

As another heatwave rolled across Europe, the warehouses emptied before the politics could catch up. Air conditioners and fans sold out across Spain, Italy and Germany, most of them Chinese. Fan sales in Spain alone on the retail platform of Alibaba Group Holding (which owns the South China Morning Post) nearly doubled last month while Midea Groupโ€™s air-conditioner sales in western Europe surged by over 70 per cent in the first six months of the year. A decade from now, such heatwaves may become...

Pope visits Africa-Europe crossing as anti-migrant policies rise in US, EU

Pope Leo on Saturday visited Italyโ€™s Lampedusa island, a major port of call for migrants risking the perilous crossing from Africa, in a stark message to US and EU leaders. The Catholic Churchโ€™s first US pope, who has clashed with the administration of President Donald Trump over its treatment of migrants, is marking July 4, the United Statesโ€™ 250th anniversary of independence, on a migration frontline. Leoโ€™s visit also comes just two weeks after the European Unionโ€™s approval of new migrant...

US wants intervention, but Syria signals diplomacy after FMโ€™s Lebanon trip

Syrian Foreign Minister al-Shaibani met Hezbollah ally Berri during visit, as Trump calls for Syria to disarm group.

US-Iran negotiations: Whatโ€™s the latest?

Iranian officials are expected in Doha for talks with Qatari mediators, a day after US negotiators arrived there.

Iran to hold talks with Qatar on MoU deal with US, frozen assets

Iran says it will hold indirect talks with mediator Qatar, to discuss implementing its MoU deal with the US.

US envoys in Doha to meet mediators but not Iranians, Qatar says

Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman says no high-level meetings or direct talks between the US and Iran are scheduled.

US envoys in Doha for indirect talks with Iranian technical delegation

Iran says it has sent an expert delegation to Doha to follow up on the release of frozen Iranian funds.

Trump: US envoys enroute to Doha for โ€˜perhaps importantโ€™ Iran meeting

President Donald Trump said US negotiators are heading to Qatar for what he called a โ€˜perhaps importantโ€™ meeting.

Fears for people deported from US to Venezuela hours before earthquakes hit

Search for deportees from US continues in the rubble of the hotel they were taken to in Venezuela's La Guaira city.