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A French soldier in a United Nations mission in Lebanon has been killed, with the Hezbollah militia likely responsible, French President Emmanuel Macron says.

Iran has backflipped on its agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, after the United States imposed a counter-blockade on the major oil route. 

As fuel supplies tighten, world leaders - including Australia's - are having to make uncomfortable choices about where they source their oil.

Australia has joined a meeting of about 50 world leaders to organise an international mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing trade disruptions.

Iran has declared the Strait of Hormuz open for commercial transit, as backchannel diplomacy points to a potential deal within weeks.

NEW YORK TIMES: As the US imposes a blockade of Iranian ports, pressure mounts on Beijing to push Tehran to accept terms that will end the war and the global energy crisis.

The Peter Mandelson scandal has claimed another scalp in Britain, with the top foreign ministry official set to leave his post.

NEW YORK TIMES: Trump has lashed out at enemies, allies and even the Pope, and made it harder for Republicans to keep the focus on economic issues in a midterm election year.

French Trade Minister says brutal tectonic shifts in the global order caused by Donald Trump and China have forced it to dump the country’s concerns over beef and pursue critical minerals as a priority.

Both the United States and Iran must compromise to protect the ceasefire and end this futile war.

President Trump is confronting a crisis that is not bending to his narrative of a ‘pretty reasonable’ new regime in Iran and all-but-assured victory for the United States.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: For much of the past two decades, China has maintained a delicate balance in its military relationship with Iran, offering often indirect assistance instead of arms sales.

Let’s analyse the world’s latest church-and-empire fracas, the open conflict between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV.

President Donald Trump has sensationally back-flipped on the US’ Strait of Hormuz blockade, claiming that it will remain ‘permanently open’ as China agrees to stop sending Iran weapons.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warns states could topple like dominoes in a dangerous new world of weapon proliferation.