Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian with Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi travelled to Tehran on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) for the second time within a week for meetings with senior Iranian officials, amid Islamabad’s efforts aimed at reviving the stalled Iran-U.S. peace talks to end the war…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) called for an immediate end to hostilities in West Asia, saying the situation had reached a “critical juncture”, as he held talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin here amid escalating regional tensions. Welcoming Mr. Putin at the Great Hall of the People, Mr. Xi said…
Residents of Vilnius were told to take shelter and Lithuania’s President and Prime Minister were taken to safe locations on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) because of an alarm over drone activity near the border with Belarus, underlining jitters on The North Atlantic Treaty Organization‘s (NATO) eastern flank over incursions related to Russia’s war with Ukraine….
Australian High Commissioner to India Philip Green during an interaction with The Hindu in Vijayawada. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri Amid the global energy shortage triggered by the Middle East crisis and tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, enhanced LNG supplies from Australia could become a viable alternative to bridge India’s energy demand-supply gap, Australian…
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) that if given the chance he would tell U.S. President Donald Trump of his hope to continue U.S. arms purchases, which Mr. Lai called essential for peace, while offering assurances that the island’s future would not be decided by external forces. Mr. Lai is marking…
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose much higher tariffs on EU goods including cars if the EU did not implement its trade deal commitments by July 4, having earlier threatened to raise tariffs on EU car imports to 25% from the current 15%. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The European Union (EU) struck…
Choi Seung-ho, head of Samsung Electronics union, bows after a mediation session at the National Labor Relations Commission in Sejong, South Korea, on May 20, 2026. Photo: Yonhap via Reuters Management and union leaders at Samsung Electronics failed to reach a last-minute deal over wages on Wednesday (May 20, 2026), raising prospects for a strike…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, in a joint op-ed across several news platforms on Wednesday (May 20, 2026), outlined an expanded roadmap for cooperation between the two countries across sectors, including trade, technology, energy, space, and security, against the backdrop of an emerging “Indo-Mediterranean” corridor. “The relationship between India and Italy…
Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy. File | Photo Credit: AP The Senate advanced legislation on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) that seeks to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war, as a growing number of Republicans defied the President’s wishes. Since Mr. Trump ordered the attack on Iran at the end of February, Democrats…
U.S. President Trump says the war would be over “very quickly”; Vance acknowledges difficulties in negotiating with a fractured Iranian leadership Source link