Day: November 7, 2026

Strait of Hormuz could reopen as part of Qatari plan for Iran nuclear inspectionsStrait of Hormuz could reopen as part of Qatari plan for Iran nuclear inspections

Trump still considering new assault on Iran nuclear sites – though threats less credible after Vance remarks Qatar, the lead mediator in the US-Iran conflict, is seeking to persuade Tehran to allow UN nuclear weapons inspectors to visit Iran’s bombed nuclear sites, including those housing the country’s stockpile of highly ...

‘My thought was always: he will be killed next’: Sonia Gandhi on marrying into an Indian political dynasty and her husband’s assassination‘My thought was always: he will be killed next’: Sonia Gandhi on marrying into an Indian political dynasty and her husband’s assassination

She came from humble Italian origins to join India’s ruling family. Then both her mother-in-law, Indira Gandhi, and her husband, Rajiv, were brutally murdered. In a rare interview, the politician talks about her reluctant rise to power, Narendra Modi’s repressive regime – and why youth protests give her hope for ...

What’s the point? Ten years after the Paris treaty, are climate talks getting anywhere?What’s the point? Ten years after the Paris treaty, are climate talks getting anywhere?

Its key temperature goal has been missed but experts say the agreement is still proving a vital moral compass for progress It was a curious way of conducting negotiations. Ahead of the 2025 climate summit, in the Amazonian port of Belém last year, the Brazilian hosts had taken off the ...

US midterm results may help unite Israeli coalition to unseat NetanyahuUS midterm results may help unite Israeli coalition to unseat Netanyahu

Democrats’ sweep could urge Israel’s divided opposition to join forces and remove prime minister closely allied with Trump The Democrats’ sweep of Congress may make it easier for Israel’s splintered opposition to overcome deep internal divisions and form a coalition government, by increasing the urgency of unseating Benjamin Netanyahu, who ...

US carries out another round of ‘minor’ strikes on Iran, Trump saysUS carries out another round of ‘minor’ strikes on Iran, Trump says

The president’s announcement comes days after an earlier attack on Iran was made public, and as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict have accelerated Donald Trump has said the US military on Friday carried out a new round of limited strikes on Iran, targeting an air defence system, describing the ...