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Two-time Grammy winner Peabo Bryson died Tuesday at age 75, days after suffering a stroke, surrounded by family.

Gulf hostilities flared anew, with the US military saying Iranian missile attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait and other regional targets were either thwarted or failed, as diplomacy between Washington and Tehran showed little progress.

Electric vehicles have taken off in Ethiopia. Key to the shift: a world-first ban on importing fossil fuel-powered vehicles.

Prince Albert and Princess Charlene visited Spain on Monday, where they were welcomed by King Felipe VI.

Cambodia initiated a UN-backed dispute resolution process with neighbour Thailand over overlapping maritime claims in the Gulf of Thailand, where undersea energy reserves are valued at around $300 billion.

A US appeals court said US President Donald Trump’s administration could, for now, bar transgender people from enlisting in the military, but blocked the expulsion ‌of current service members while a lawsuit plays out.

US President Donald Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate victims of alleged government “weaponisation” has been put on hold after the White House faced fierce opposition from Republicans in Congress, three sources familiar with the plan said.

Lebanon announced a partial ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel in what would amount to a limited de-escalation of a conflict that has ‌killed thousands of people and inflamed the broader US-Israeli war with Iran.

A barrage of Russian missile and drone strikes killed nine people and wounded dozens across Ukraine, authorities said, just days after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow was preparing a “massive new strike”.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s party is running unopposed in several constituencies. Opposition parties have warned that the elections are even less open than previous votes.

Hollywood celebrates Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday with the opening of “Hollywood Icon,” an exhibit featuring rare memorabilia running through February 2027.

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar has promised to amend the constitution to remove the president and other officials appointed under populist former Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday that a ceasefire in Lebanon remains a key condition for any deal with the United States to end the Middle East war.

Colombia’s first-round presidential vote triggered a runoff between a pro-Trump showman and a leftist philosopher-turned-senator, after a security-dominated campaign that has been the most violent in over a decade.

Iran’s chief negotiator warned that the United States was not to be trusted, saying Tehran would not agree to any deal with Washington unless it fully secured Iranian rights.

The ADF’s resilience stems from kidnapping economies, forced recruitment and governance failures that military operations cannot address alone, writes Nirvaly Mooloo in ISS Today.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said that his country was facing “a vicious and reprehensible Israeli aggression”, after Israel stepped up its offensive against Hezbollah with the capture of the medieval Beaufort Castle.

The US said it struck Iranian military sites at ‌the weekend and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said it had targeted a US base in response, the latest exchange of attacks amid negotiations to end the three-month-old war.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered troops to move further into Lebanon in the battle against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, he said, ‌despite a ceasefire announced more than six weeks ago.

The United States warned on Saturday it was “more than capable” of resuming war with Iran after President Donald Trump said any peace deal must adhere to his red lines, including Tehran never being able to develop nuclear weapons.