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Ukraine launches new offensive in Russia’s Kursk as war casualties mount
Ukrainian forces have been launching counteroffensives in Kursk in an effort to hold on to seized territory.
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Austrian president tasks far-right leader with forming government
FPO leader Herbert Kickl gets mandate to try to lead a government, which would be the first headed by the far right since World War II.
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Iran nuclear programme nearing ‘point of no return’, France’s Macron says
French president says Paris will engage with the incoming administration of US President-elect Donald Trump on the ‘Iranian question’.
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Frexit: Why Ivory Coast is joining African campaign to expel French troops
Ivory Coast is the sixth in a growing list of African nations cutting military ties with former colonial power France.
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French, German foreign ministers meet Syria’s de facto rulers
Germany’s Annalena Baerbock says Europe will support Syria but ‘will not be a financier of Islamist structures’.
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Biden blocks sale of US Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel
Biden cites need to ‘level playing field’ in long anticipated blocking of $14.6bn sale likely to roil ties with Tokyo.
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Maysaa Sabrine becomes first woman to lead Syria’s central bank
Sabrine is the first female governor of the Syrian central bank in its more than 70-year history.
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Trump endorses Mike Johnson to return as US House speaker, despite backlash
President-elect Donald Trump had previously clashed with Speaker Johnson over the passage of a bipartisan spending bill.
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