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Tehran on Monday said that the country was holding "intensive" indirect talks with Washington to avoid a fresh round of US attacks on Iran ahead of the US midterm elections this week. Foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei shared Iranian plans to reopen blockaded energy corridor, the Strait of Hormuz, if the US were to meet its demands.
Iran on Sunday said that a renewed war with the United States could last longer than the previous round of fighting, as President Donald Trump suggested that Washington still had targets to strike. Tehran threatened retaliation without geographical limits while diplomatic efforts continued to avert a fresh escalation ahead of Tuesday's US midterm elections.
The G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in the US is wrapping up two days of talks without agreement on several key global security issues. On the sidelines, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed an Arctic cooperation deal with Japan and South Korea and confirmed Washington’s participation in Riyadh’s World Expo in 2030. Meanwhile, European ministers confronted Russia’s Sergei Lavrov over the war in Ukraine and refused to join him for the traditional group photo. Jack Pownall reports.
Both sides signed a digital trade deal, as Trump's trade threats push Washington's allies to seek closer ties elsewhere.
With the US midterms approaching, we examine the power of the women's vote in an election that will shape the balance of power in Washington during Donald Trump’s final two years in office. Annette Young talks to Annie Karni, congressional correspondent for The New York Times and Kelly Dittmar, Director of Research at the Centre for American Women and Politics.
The return of Maria Corina Machado, who says Trump opened the "floodgate to freedom" for Venezuela, presents a challenge for Washington as Trump has also backed interim President Delcy Rodriguez.
Neither man is on the ballot but Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic former President Barack Obama took prominent roles on the campaign trail on Wednesday, with less than a week to go before congressional races that could shift the balance of power in Washington. Thirty-five of the 100 Senate seats and all 435 seats in the House of Representatives are being contested next Tuesday. Nonpartisan analysts generally favor Democrats' chances of capturing a majority in the House, with the contest for the Senate seen as very close.
A ship in the Strait of Hormuz is reported to be on fire, a British maritime agency says. Iran has meanwhile said it has shot down another US drone as military tensions with Washington continue.
Arab states must reject Israeli hegemony and build a regional security framework independent of Washington.
The UN General Assembly again demanded an end to the US embargo against Cuba, but the vote left a new one: the resolution was adopted with 130 votes in favour, 17 against and 25 abstentions, reflecting a significant increase in countries that decided to align with Washington.
A private jet that seems to transport Flavio Bolsonaro, fleeing to the United States after his defeat in the presidential election in Brazil, landed on Wednesday 28 October near Miami. The explanations of Matthieu Mabon, correspondent France 24 in Washington.
A truce to make way for humanitarian aid. The ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine entered into force early this Tuesday in Oleshky, a town in southern Ukraine under Russian occupation, with the aim of allowing access to a humanitarian mission planned for the coming days. The pact, achieved and announced by the first American lady, Melania Trump, was achieved thanks to the rapprochement between Washington and Moscow in recent months.
Washington had chosen to have announced on Friday by the first American lady, Melania Trump, this truce obtained in Olechky to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid and the evacuation of inhabitants, Russia refusing a general ceasefire.
Matthieu Mabin, our Washington correspondent, analyses the situation.
Machado returns with Trump's blessing, although Washington is satisfied with Venezuela's current leader, Delcy Rodríguez, at least for the time being.
Pakistan has gained diplomatic visibility under Trump, but analysts question how much the relationship has delivered.
The possible relocation of the White House press room has generated debate in the United States. President Donald Trump stated that he is planning to move the body of journalists, but that he will not build any pool, as had been alerted by several media. From Washington, our correspondent Carolina Valladares tells us the details.
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer warned on Monday that a $3.4 billion European Investment Bank loan to Airbus could jeopardise a tariff truce between Washington and Brussels. Greer said his office had received no details about the financing, announced in June, and urged the EU to resolve the matter quickly.
Machado returns with Trump's blessing, even if Washington is happy with Venezuela's existing leader - at least for the time being.
The Capitol's control on November 3 is only the tip of the iceberg of these mid-term elections in the United States. Beyond the immediate contest over Washington's bankruptcy, the U.S. political backstop accelerates the 2028 strategic board, becoming a test bank where the great emerging figures of both parties have been fighting the course of superpower. Who will be strengthened from the midterms and what do these elections tell us about the political future of the world's first power?
