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Jared Kushner
Jared Kushner: The son-in-law and Senior Advisor to US President Donald Trump, married to Ivanka Trump.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ivanka Trump (right) and her daughter Arabella Kushner (centre) attend a welcome ceremony for President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at the White House on Thursday. Photo: AFP
2026 Xi-Trump summits

Ivanka Trump takes front-row seat to welcome Xi in dress by Chinese designer

US president’s eldest daughter had a prominent position at the ceremony and wore a striking blue outfit from Beijing-based couturier.

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Ukraine war

Ukraine’s Zelensky to meet Trump in New York

2026 Xi-Trump summits

In Focus | Analysts tip a stronger hand for China ahead of Xi-Trump summit in Washington

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Donald Trump

Albania protests against Trump-linked development turn violent after 100th day

Dubbed the ‘flamingo revolution’, the demonstrations seek to halt the massive project over the environmental damage it could cause.

Police block a protester during a demonstration in Tirana, Albania, on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Ukraine war

Putin and Trump discuss Ukraine in ‘extremely frank’ call

The hour-long talks focused on ‘the issue of a settlement’, the Kremlin says, as the US leader called for a speedy end to the fighting.

Ukraine war

Russia resumes deadly strikes on Kyiv after pause for Trump envoys’ visit

Explosions rock Ukrainian capital after expiration of a three-day halt for Witkoff and Kushner visit.

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Ukraine war

Zelensky warns Ukraine war is likely to continue into winter after US talks

US envoy Steve Witkoff and Zelensky both gave upbeat assessments of the talks but neither announced any breakthroughs on ending the war.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and US Special Envoy for Peace Steve Witkoff in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday. Photo: EPA
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) welcomes US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (centre) and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner upon their arrival for talks in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP / Handout
Russia

US envoys put forward ‘number of ideas’ on Ukraine to Putin: Kremlin

Ahead of their first trip to Kyiv, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Putin as Washington tries to revive negotiations to end the conflict.

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Ukraine war

Ukraine’s president warns airlines to avoid ‘drone-infested’ Russian airspace

Zelensky threatens to respond to Moscow’s escalating aerial barrages by crowding its skies with drones.

Ukraine war

Russia strikes Ukraine capital for sixth straight day, killing at least 12

Civilians die in Russian air bombardments as Moscow repels Ukrainian drones.

A woman looks from the window of her flat after a Russian missile strike in the town of Boryspil, Kyiv region. Photo: Reuters
US, Israel war on Iran

Iran warns Gulf nations against helping US as UAE halts trade ties

Armed forces chief of staff Ali Abdollahi says ‘any assistance or facilitation provided’ will amount to participation in US military activities.

Copies of the Iranian daily newspaper Hamshahri carrying a title that reads in Persian “The Strait of Hormuz remains closed” on display outside a kiosk in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday. Photo: EPA
US, Israel war on Iran

Trump posts map with Hormuz as ‘new US territory’, says no Iran talks planned

This is not the first time the US president, faced with a foreign policy obstacle, has threatened to annex foreign territory.

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Middle East

Kushner talks with Israel, Hamas end without breakthrough on Trump Gaza plan

Netanyahu has rejected a US-backed agreement that would see Hamas surrender its arms in exchange for Israel withdrawing from Gaza.

Israel-Gaza war

US envoy Kushner meets Hamas leader in push for Gaza road map

Israeli PM Netanyahu last week rejected the US-backed 15-point plan in a rare public show of defiance against the Trump administration.

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Jared Kushner in Washington in February. On Sunday, the US negotiator held a rare meeting with Hamas’ chief Khalil al-Hayya. Photo: Getty Images / TNS
Donald Trump

BBC asks US court for help with testimony from Trump family in defamation suit

Trump is seeking US$10 billion in damages from the UK broadcaster, alleging that a documentary edited a speech he gave on January 6, 2021.

With the White House in the background, US President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on January 6, 2021, in Washington. Photo: AP
United States

Russia frees ailing ex-US marine after Putin’s ‘goodwill’ pardon

Robert Gilman was released on humanitarian grounds with no prisoner exchange after intervention by the White House.

Indonesia

Offside move? Why Indonesia’s football chief backed Fifa privatisation plan

Erick Thohir said the Indonesian football association should back Fifa’s proposal because of its contributions to the local game.

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Israel-Gaza war

Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ conditions Israel’s Gaza withdrawal on Hamas disarmament

US-backed panel seeks to calm Israeli pushback over framework for war-torn enclave.

A Palestinian boy stands beside a marker designating the 'Yellow Line' set by the Israeli military in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. Photo: AFP
Fifa

Infantino forced to scrap World Cup sell-off plan, senior Fifa adviser quits

Fifa president scraps plans to sell off World Cup hours after former Goldman Sachs banker Carlos Cordeiro calls it ‘bad deal for football’.

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Fifa

Fifa not ‘selling football’ as Uefa vows World Cup boycott over Infantino plan

World governing body says ⁠it will not create subsidiary without ⁠majority support after widespread condemnation of president’s idea.

Fifa

Asian body joins opposition to Fifa, Infantino’s World Cup private equity plan

Asian Football Confederation aligns with Uefa, Concacaf against plan to sell stakes in World Cup, says new management style needed.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino (centre) at the Asian Football Confederation Congress in Manama, Bahrain in 2023. Photo: AFP
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Fifa miscalculated Uefa leverage, now football’s ‘American century’ under threat

Proposed sale of private equity stake has caused split in the game, and highlighted the risks associated with involving US money men.

Fifa President Gianni Infantino (right) has grown closer to US President Donald Trump since awarding him a peace prize. Photo: Reuters
Fifa

Uefa votes to boycott World Cup if Fifa goes ahead with private investor plan

The core investor would be a US investment firm created by Joshua Kushner, the brother of US President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

US, Israel war on Iran

Trump claims Iran wants to resume talks with US despite ceasefire breaches

US president’s remarks underscore the increasingly contradictory state of relations between Washington and Tehran.

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US, Israel war on Iran

Trump sees progress as US and Iran hold talks in Qatar

Both sides agreed to establish a communication channel to report and record violations of their initial memorandum of understanding.

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Women talk in front of a banner depicting slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei kissing head of the late commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard expeditionary Quds Force, General Qassem Soleimani, in downtown Tehran on Monday. Photo: AP
US, Israel war on Iran

Ship runs aground in Strait of Hormuz, not using Iran-approved route: state TV

The vessel was described as a foreign container ship in a report apparently aimed at underlining Tehran’s claims to control the strait.

Vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Musandam, Oman, in June. Photo: Reuters
US, Israel war on Iran

US, Iran officials hold indirect talks in Qatar to try to end war: diplomat

US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are apparently not taking part in the technical talks. They met Qatar’s PM on Tuesday.

United States

Iran agrees to invite IAEA inspectors back, says US

This is ‘the first step in permanently ending a nuclear weapons programme in Iran’, said US Vice-President J.D. Vance.

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