US Vice President JD Vance’s contact with Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei has drawn differing explanations from Washington as tensions persist between the United States and Iran. The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials and people familiar with the matter, described a letter exploring whether negotiations could resume. President Donald Trump acknowledged approving contact with Tehran but characterised the commu

India voted in favour of a United Nations General Assembly resolution seeking an end to the United States’ economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba. The motion passed on Wednesday, October 28, with 130 countries supporting it, 17 opposing it and 25 abstaining. The outcome renewed international pressure on Washington, although support for the resolution declined compared with the previous year. The United State