Category: 1. Palestine

Ursula von der Leyen says bloc hopes to see negotiated solution to trade tensions.

The European Union has delayed retaliatory tariffs on exports from the United States as officials scramble to reach a trade deal with Washington ahead of US President Donald Trump’s August 1 deadline.

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, said on Sunday that the bloc would extend its suspension of countermeasures as it continued negotiations with the Trump administration.

“At the…

President Biya is the world’s oldest serving head of state and could stay in office until he is nearly 100 if he wins the October election.

Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, who is 92 years old, has announced plans to run for an eighth term in this year’s presidential election on October 12.

Biya, who is the world’s oldest serving head of state, made the announcement in posts on X on Sunday in both French and English.

“I am a candidate in the presidential election,” he wrote….

US president makes announcement amid growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

United States President Donald Trump has said he will send Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine as his administration signals growing disillusionment with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s refusal to negotiate an end to Moscow’s invasion.

“We will send them Patriots, which they desperately need,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday.

“Putin really surprised…

Here are the key events on day 1,236 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Monday, July 14:

Fighting:

• Russian drone attacks killed a 53-year-old Ukrainian man in Ukraine’s Sumy region and left parts of the city of Sumy without power, the Kyiv Independent reported, citing local authorities.
• Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service said it killed several Russian secret service agents during an operation to arrest them in the Kyiv region on Sunday. The SBU said it believed the…