India has proposed retaliatory tariffs against the United States under WTO regulations, responding to American duties on steel and aluminium imposed as safeguard measures. This action, impacting US imports worth $7.6 billion, comes amidst ongoing trade deal talks between the two nations.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US top diplomat Marco Rubio held “frank” talks on the Ukraine war during a meeting Thursday, both sides said, as Washington hit out at Moscow’s lack of “flexibility”.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu signalled that Israel’s war against Hamas is far from over, asserting that even a temporary ceasefire will not deter his government from pursuing its ultimate goal: the complete dismantling of Hamas’s military.