Timeline: The highs and lows of the US-UK ‘special relationship’
Tensions between the allies punctuate King Charles’s US visit, designed to strengthen the UK-US partnership.

Tensions between the allies punctuate King Charles’s US visit, designed to strengthen the UK-US partnership.








Death of influential minister seen as a big blow for Mali’s military government during fighting with armed groups.

Trump fury over Europeans’ refusal to join Iran war.
Trump’s push for mass deportation has heightened fears that immigrant veterans of the US military could be expelled.
Armed groups have attacked Mali’s capital, its main airport, and several locations across the country.
Hamas says the Israeli escalation represents the failure of the international community to uphold the truce in Gaza.
Despite US sanctions waiver, Russian oil exports could fall to lowest levels since 2023, sources say.
As tensions ramp up amid fragile truce, US military says it ‘redirected’ 34 vessels as part of blockade on Iran’s ports.
As Pakistan hosts US-Iran talks, twin-city residents face road closures, halted courts and growing economic strain.
In a significant pact, India and Russia agree to the deployment of soldiers and warships on each other’s soil during peace and wartime.