American corporation ExxonMobil has reportedly reached out to Iraq’s Oil Ministry in a bid to purchase Russian energy firm Lukoil’s majority stake in one of the Arab country’s main oilfields.

A five-hour meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US special envoy Steve Witkoff ends without any compromise on a plan to resolve the nearly four-year war in Ukraine.

The Iranian Parliament speaker says the United States is not genuinely seeking negotiations with Iran.

The Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro has said Caracas does not want peace if it means “slavery” to the US.

US military buildup against Venezuela reflects a long-standing attempt to reshape Latin America, aiming for “regime change” and control over the region’s vast oil resources, says a decolonial expert.

The White House supports War Secretary Hegseth’s ordering US forces to “kill everybody” on board a boat in the Caribbean, and authorizing a second lethal strike on the same vessel.

Trump has barred South Africa from the 2026 G20 summit, citing debunked “white genocide” claims, escalating tensions tied to Pretoria’s ICJ genocide case against Israel and broader diplomatic rifts.