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COMMENT | Lyazid Benhami |  Chinese President Xi Jinping made his second state visit to the United States, 11 years after his first. China-U.S. relations are entering a new phase.  A new expression has appeared in the diplomatic vocabulary: “strategic stability”. Can it offer a new approach to managing differences …

  TEHRAN | Xinhua |  Iran’s government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said Wednesday that the country has received the U.S. proposal in response to its proposed seven-day plan to end hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In a post on social media platform X, Mohajerani said that Iranian Foreign Minister …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  Across the United States, opposition to the construction of new AI data centers is growing, with residents raising concerns about their impact on local communities. The data centers, supported by U.S. President Donald Trump, have emerged as a key topic ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. …

  Here is why the latest chokehold could threaten a critical harvest and global food security   COMMENT | IRYNA SKUBII | While the world’s attention is fixated on the US blockade of Iranian ports and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Russia has been subjecting Ukraine to a blockade …

    TOKYO | TASS |  Tehran has reached out to Washington regarding negotiations to resolve the armed conflict, but the United States does not believe that Iran is serious, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated at a meeting of foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations …

  How a meeting between an American president and a teenage African king still shapes history, diplomacy and conservation more than a century later   SPECIAL REPORT | RONALD MUSOKE | The slow climb up Mengo Hill in December 1909 marked one of the most extraordinary moments in the history of …

  COMMENT | NOURIEL ROUBINI | The Persian Gulf is in an unstable disequilibrium. There has been no lasting deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, because the United States and Iran remain far apart in their demands, with the Iranians holding more leverage than President Donald Trump ahead of the US …

  The outbreak in the DRC has led to more than 1,900 cases and more than 700 deaths, according to the latest figures from the DRC’s Ministry of Health   Berlin, Germany | AGENCIES | A second American citizen infected with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been …

TEHRAN | Xinhua | The United States completed a third round of strikes on Iranian military targets on Sunday, while Iran launched attacks on U.S. bases and facilities across the Gulf, marking a sharp escalation despite a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in June. The U.S. Central Command said on …

  The case of the former PLU official has raised debate on Uganda’s sovereignty   Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The arrest of retired Lt Michael Katungi Mpeirwe and the United States’ request for his extradition has placed a former political insider at the centre of a high-profile transnational …