By Anadolu Agency Iran said Monday that no negotiations” with the US are scheduled at any level in the coming days, stressing that its priority remains the implementation of their memorandum of understanding on ending the war. Esmaeil Baqaei, Iran’s Foreign Ministry and negotiating team spokesman, told reporters that Tehran is currently focused on ensuring

Workers install solar panels on the roof of a house in Kawit, Philippines, June 26, 2026. Photographer Noel Celis By Reuters People in the Philippines are flocking to install solar power ​on rooftops and escape the burden of soaring electricity prices, making it the world’s biggest spender on solar panels since ‌the war in Iran

Bahrain civil defence and rescue personnel work in a residential building, which according to the Bahraini Interior Ministry, was hit by an Iranian drone, in Muharraq, Bahrain, June 28, 2026. Bahrain Police Media/Handout via Reuters By Al Jazeera Iran has launched attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait after the United States struck five Iranian targets, escalating

By Anadolu Agency Europe’s latest heat wave, which has brought red alerts to several countries throughout the week, is the “most severe” ever recorded in the region and was made significantly more likely and intense by fossil fuel-driven climate change, according to a report published Friday by World Weather Attribution (WWA). The study found that

By Reuters The biggest casualty of the U.S.-Iran deal may not be Israel’s Iran strategy, but the political brand Benjamin Netanyahu spent decades building as the Israeli leader who could uniquely bend Washington to his will on Iran, analysts, former U.S. officials and diplomats ​say. Netanyahu shaped his political identity on an audacious assertion: that

By Anadolu Agency Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani described a proposed $300 billion investment fund for Iran as an “aspirational number.” In an interview with the Financial Times published on Wednesday, he indicated that Gulf states could play a role in financing it if Tehran reaches a final

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his resignation to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, June 22, 2026. Photographer Kin Cheung By The Associated Press British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday he is stepping down as leader of the governing Labour Party and will leave office within weeks, scarcely two years

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed elected himself, has won a landslide victory in the country’s general election, with his party retaining a majority in parliament. The election was marred by controversy, allegations of political pressure and a record low turnout by opposition parties. Abiy’s Prosperity Party won 438 of the 501 seats contested. The result

By The African Exponent According to the 2026–2027 Best Global Universities rankings by U.S. News & World Report, Africa’s top 10 universities are concentrated within a narrow set of higher education systems, with South Africa and Egypt accounting for the majority of positions, and Nigeria represented once. The dataset underlying this ranking captures institutional scale

By Anadolu Agency Uraloğlu told an AA correspondent that the transit fees to be collected from ships passing through the Turkish Straits without calling at any port, which are determined in ‘gold francs’, will be revised. Uraloğlu stated that, as in previous years, transit fees for the Turkish Straits will be readjusted this year in