Iran is deliberately prolonging negotiations with the United States in order to politically weaken Donald Trump ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, G4Media reported, citing Reuters, which in turn cited three senior Iranian officials and an additional Iranian source. “The clerical leadership is determined not to give Trump a political victory,” the news agency quoted one of the anonymous off

About 19.2 million Afghans, more than a third of the country's population, are threatened by an acute food supply crisis, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Tuesday. "During the winter period from November to April, the number of people facing acute food insecurity is expected to reach 19.2 million," said Olga Cherevko, OCHA's spokesperson for Afghanistan,

On Tuesday, the parliament of eastern Libya approved the maritime boundary agreement that Turkey signed in 2019 with the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord, then internationally recognized. This retroactively grants the blessing of the eastern part of the country, controlled by General Khalifa Haftar, to a treaty that Greece, Cyprus and Egypt have considered unlawful from the outset.

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The United Kingdom is deploying Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia to protect the country's cities, population and critical infrastructure from attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting announced this in a written statement to parliament according to Sky News. The British jets will perform only defensive duties: "The Royal Air Force's Typh

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking on Tuesday in India, where he is taking part in trade talks, called allegations that the United States is deliberately restricting the intelligence information it shares with Ukraine, thereby contributing to the deaths of Ukrainian civilians, “scandalous” and “outrageous.” “I saw someone linked to the Ukrainian government claim that people in Ukraine are

The man suspected by investigators of setting fire to the 143-year-old, heritage-listed city hall of Limoges, France, has been arrested. The 34-year-old far-left activist was taken into custody by France's RAID special police unit at quarter past six on Tuesday morning, with the help of the Bordeaux unit, in Val-d'Issoire, in the Haute-Vienne department. The case is being investigated by the crimi

Prime Minister-designate Luca Niculescu announced in his parliamentary speech on Tuesday, ahead of the investiture vote, that his government would support the press with state funds, which he justified by the need to act against foreign information manipulation. "Since the security of a modern democracy must also be protected against hybrid warfare and disinformation, we will set up, at government

Talks are at an advanced stage on two Israeli defense companies, Israel Shipyards and Rafael, supplying the Republic of Cyprus's navy with warships equipped with advanced weapons systems. The deal, worth around 150 million euros, could be signed in the coming weeks once the two countries' defense ministries finalize the terms. According to the plans, Israel Shipyards would build the vessels, while

Is it only us here at Ugar who find it strange that the text of the agreement signed yesterday by Hunor Kelemen and Luca Niculescu is nowhere to be found?

On Tuesday, the joint sitting of the two chambers of the Romanian parliament voted 280 to 58 to give a vote of confidence to Luca Niculescu's government. The swearing-in required 233 votes, and 338 lawmakers took part in the secret ballot. Besides the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ), the national minorities'

The European Union is heading toward a perfect political storm, according toPolitico's latest analysis. According to the outlet, the member states that together account for about 60 percent of the EU's economic output and population will be mired in domestic political battles in the coming months, which could paralyze joint decision-making. This is happening just as the EU is negotiating the large

All the ministerial nominees of the government led by Prime Minister-designate Luca Niculescu received a favorable opinion from parliament's specialized committees during the hearings held on Monday and Tuesday, G4Media reported. The joint sitting of the two chambers of parliament will vote on Tuesday afternoon on the investiture of the government, for which at least 233 votes are required. Nicule

On Monday, outside the White House, US President Donald Trump told reporters that Russia “is actually behaving pretty decently with Ukraine” and “not doing too much.” On the very same day, a Russian drone struck a park in the Kharkiv region in broad daylight, killing six people, including two children, according to a report by the Kyiv Independent. The night before, Russia had attacked Kyiv with m

Kim Jong-un has not died, at least according to Pyongyang, which on Tuesday released new photographs of the North Korean leader after rumors of his death spread like wildfire on social media over the weekend. In footage from the state news agency KCNA, Kim is shown visiting a clothing and footwear industry exhibition in Pyongyang on Monday, October 19, accompanied by his wife, Ri Sol-ju, and daugh

Caretaker Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan gave an almost hour-long press conference at the Victoria Palace in Bucharest on Monday evening, one day before the parliamentary confidence vote on the Niculescu government, to take stock of his sixteen months in office. According to the former mayor of Oradea, he took over a country that was “backed into a corner,” with a record deficit — not only in the bud

Six people, including two little girls, lost their lives when a Russian Shahed drone struck the center of Nova Vodolaha, in Kharkiv region, near a park not far from a café, on October 19. A further fourteen people were injured in the attack, including six children.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has for weeks failed to approve the transfer of a major shipment of Patriot air-defense missiles to Ukraine, even though Ukraine's allies have already paid for the weapons. This was reported to the Kyiv Independent by a senior Ukrainian official and two Ukrainian military officers, speaking anonymously because of the sensitivity of the matter. “The contracts fo

Zoltán Tarr came back to Transylvania for a dialogue, but what he delivered in the end was just a monologue — the “dia-” part got lost along the way. That's what happens to those who play political Tinder. Still, let's look at the bright side: the minister who is also responsible for Hungarians beyond the border did not, this time, apologize to the perpetrators, on behalf of the perpetrators, for

Alexandru Nazare, whom designated Prime Minister Luca Niculescu would keep at the head of the finance ministry, told the parliamentary standing committees on Monday that the government has no plans whatsoever to change the flat income tax, while warning that Romania has only reached the halfway point of its fiscal adjustment, and that the missing funds must be found on both the expenditure and the revenue side. The committees backed his nomination with 33 votes in favor, 2 against and 6 abstentions.