Kosovo
High-pressure negotiations on normalization between Kosovo and Serbia continue. The parties accept the Preamble and Articles of the Basic Agreement as the final text. The next step remains crucial: reaching agreement on an implementation annex to be considered an integral part of the instrument.
Middle East
The European Union is working with Arab states to push forward a peace plan between Israel and Palestine once the Gaza war is over, and perhaps even sooner, a senior EU diplomat has told The National.
Middle East
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is open to a “partial deal” with Hamas that allows him to continue the war on Gaza after some of the captives are released. A deal that permanently ends the war was not an option until Hamas is “eliminated,” he told Channel 14 on Sunday.
Ukraine
Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un say the strategic partnership they signed in their summit in Pyongyang is a breakthrough, but what it means for their relationship is still uncertain.
Middle East
The US has indicated it is open to backing an Israeli offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon, amid mounting frustration that the group continues to link a truce with Israel to an elusive broader ceasefire in Gaza.
Scotland
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has launched its 2024 election manifesto, in which leader John Swinney said a vote for his party would “intensify” the pressure to secure Scottish independence.
Scotland
Middle East
US special envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut on Tuesday after visiting Israel a day earlier, as part of US efforts to de-escalate the situation along the Lebanon-Israel border where intense fire exchanges between Hezbollah and the Israeli army are threatening to spill into a wider war.
Ukraine
Key regional powers including Brazil, India, South Africa and Saudi Arabia have failed to sign up to a joint communique issued at the end of a Ukraine peace conference in which more than 80 countries and international organisations endorsed its territorial integrity in the face of Russia’s invasion.