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25 stories for“diplomacy”
Gulf foreign ministers used a July 28 consultation to focus on practical understandings, de-escalation and the safe flow of ships through Hormuz.
Jul 29, 2026
Greece handed over the remains of the 11th-century ruler on Saturday, and Sofia received them with a state ceremony, fighter jet escort and a 21-gun salute, in a swap for objects taken during the First World War.
Oct 3, 2026
The first Omani state visit to Britain in 44 years opened at Windsor with a banquet, warm words on diplomacy, and talks with the prime minister due Wednesday as Oman balances Washington and Tehran.
Oct 21, 2026
The two met for about 40 minutes on Tuesday during UN General Assembly week. Trump said 'I think we're going to make a deal'. Zelenskyy proposed a ceasefire limited to energy infrastructure and repeated his call for a three-way meeting with Putin present.
Sep 24, 2026
Brent settled at $104.77 and WTI at $96.46 on Monday after Tehran said its supreme leader had authorised negotiations and the US said no decision on new strikes had been taken.
Nov 2, 2026
Oman's Salalah meeting was meant to draw the corridor maps and settle a toll. Saudi Arabia objected to language fixing a new status quo, Bahrain called it appeasement, and it was postponed. Hours earlier an Iranian cargo ship burned off Qeshm with one dead.
Sep 15, 2026
The UAE’s next growth chapter combines an AED 3 trillion economic goal with regulatory modernization, talent attraction and deeper global partnerships.
Jul 28, 2026
Opening with photographs of children killed in the war's first strikes, Iran's president became the first leader in UN history to address the General Assembly in person while his country remained at active war with the United States.
Sep 25, 2026
A new 2026-2027 plan targets malnutrition, preventable blindness, heart care and essential treatment for nearly 50,000 people in Somalia.
Jul 29, 2026
The Dow and S&P 500 slipped 0.7 and 0.8 per cent and the Nasdaq fell 1.1 on Wednesday as the ten-year yield climbed to about 5.11 per cent. Nvidia dropped 1.5, Broadcom 2.6 and Micron 2.2 as investors took profit after the prior week's chip rally.
Sep 24, 2026
Overnight into Thursday Kyiv endured three waves of missiles while Russia reported a huge Ukrainian drone wave, a day after Putin accepted three-way talks in principle with the US envoy.
Oct 23, 2026
One of the largest drone raids of the war set fire to a Baltic export terminal on Sunday. Washington's reaction exposed how little is left of the week-old energy truce.
Oct 19, 2026
The group named Ras Tanura, Abqaiq and two airports, while Saudi forces reported only interceptions, one minor injury and, on Friday, a drone destroyed over the Makkah region.
Oct 30, 2026
Officials say an air alert was active when the drone struck a platform beside a Zaporizhzhia-bound commuter train. Zelenskyy tied the attack to eased sanctions and asked for tougher ones.
Oct 29, 2026
Zelensky put Russia's week at roughly 1,600 guided bombs, nearly 2,300 drones and 48 missiles, as strikes killed four in Dnipropetrovsk region and he pressed Europe to release Patriot interceptors.
Oct 25, 2026
After three hours in St Petersburg, the Kremlin said Putin backs US-mediated three-way talks, possibly in Abu Dhabi in mid-November, and Moscow released a 74-year-old American teacher.
Oct 22, 2026
Days after Trump rejected Iran's seven day plan as unacceptable, its foreign minister discussed fresh ideas with Qatari go-betweens due to be relayed to the US, while an American official said any deal still hinges on Iran's nuclear programme.
Sep 29, 2026
The White House says the first lady brokered a pause in fighting in the occupied Dnieper town, but Washington says it starts on 29 October while Russia's general staff points to the 27th.
Oct 24, 2026
The Nasdaq gained 1.2 percent and the S&P 500 0.6 percent on Tuesday while the Dow barely moved, with oil easing, confidence jumping and the Fed's decision due on Wednesday.
Oct 28, 2026
Washington keeps both a deal and renewed strikes open while Tehran repeats its demands, and in the Gulf debris from intercepted missiles injured two people in southern Saudi Arabia.
Oct 26, 2026
Brent settled at 101.20, an eleven-day low, as Trump said he would meet Pezeshkian in New York and Saudi crude found its way through Hormuz at 2.9 million barrels a day. The S&P 500 rose 1.5 per cent, Meta 11.4, and the ten-year slipped back under five.
Sep 22, 2026
Ed Miliband told Parliament the trigger was the E1 tender for 1,200 homes east of Jerusalem, a red line Britain drew two decades ago. The ban covers settlement goods and the services that build settlements, not Israel itself. Twelve countries signed on.
Sep 10, 2026
With the East-West pipeline still shut, no Saudi crude has left the Red Sea since 11 September and Europe's late-September cargoes are being cancelled. The coalition called the Mecca drone a red line. An American drone killed the crews of two IRGC boats.
Sep 17, 2026
Houthi claims against two Saudi tankers have exposed the weakness in plans to bypass Hormuz, sending Brent higher as two vital shipping routes face risk.
Jul 23, 2026
A potential war is the wrong frame. Fighting began on 28 February and the strait closed on 4 March. The economic damage is real and measurable, and it is far smaller than the forecasts issued in the first month, for reasons worth understanding.
Aug 22, 2026
