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US Vice ‍President JD Vance and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol ⁠Pashinyan have agreed to collaborate in the nuclear energy sector. The two leaders said they completed negotiations on Monday on what is known as a "123 Agreement." What do we know about the nuclear deal between the US and Armenia? 123 Agreements allow the United States to license nuclear technology and equipment to other countries. The deal relates to small modular reactors, Vance said after meeting Pashinyan in the capital, Yerevan. The agreement would allow up to $5 billion (€4.2 billion) in initial US exports ⁠to Armenia, plus an additional $4 billion in longer-term fuel and maintenance contracts, according to Vance.Nuclear diplomacy: Can the world catch up with Russia?To view this video please enable JavaScript, and ...

It is 3:40 p.m. on October 6, 2025. A judge at the Court of Appeal in the Albanian capital, Tirana, is reading out a verdict. Seconds later, three shots ring out in the courtroom, hitting the judge at the bench and sending people fleeing in panic. Astrit Kalaja, 62, later succumbs to his injuries. The ruling Kalaja was reading out concerned a property dispute dating back to 1992, a case that had moved through Albania's courts for more than three decades without final resolution. The man who pulled the trigger was 30-year-old Elvis Shkambi. Police said he opened fire after the court ruling went against his family — a ruling he later described as "scandalous" and the result of years of injustice over his family's property. Reform without precedent The killing came nearly 10 years after A...

Venezuelan opposition politician, Juan Pablo Guanipa, was released from prison on Sunday. A close ally of Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Maria Corina Machado, Guanipa had been held in a detention facility in the capital Caracas since his arrest in May 2025. He had been accused by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello of leading a terrorist plot to sabotage the legislative election that same month.Guanipa's arrest was captured on videoImage: Venezuelan Government TV/Handout via REUTERS 'Much to discuss' about Venezuela's future, says Guanipa "Today, we are being released," Guanipa said in a video posted on X, standing with an armored vehicle and officers behind him. "Much to discuss about the present and future of Venezuela, always with the truth at the forefront," Guanipa said.  Prisoner r...

Venezuelan opposition politician, Juan Pablo Guanipa, was released from prison on Sunday. A close ally of Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Maria Corina Machado, Guanipa had been held in a detention facility in the capital Caracas since his arrest in May 2025. He had been accused by Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello of leading a terrorist plot to sabotage the legislative election that same month.Guanipa's arrest was captured on videoImage: Venezuelan Government TV/Handout via REUTERS 'Much to discuss' about Venezuela's future, says Guanipa "Today, we are being released," Guanipa said in a video posted on X, standing with an armored vehicle and officers behind him. "Much to discuss about the present and future of Venezuela, always with the truth at the forefront," Guanipa said.  Prisoner r...

Antonio Jose Seguro of the center-left Socialist Party won the second round of the presidential election in Portugal on Sunday. With 99% of ballots counted, Seguro had won 66.7% of votes to secure a five-year term. Seguro saw off a challenge from the far-right populist Chega party's Andree Ventura, who won 33.3% of the vote. The 63-year-old will succeed conservative President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The Portuguese president is largely a figurehead with no executive power but can veto legislation, dissolve parliament and call early elections. Ventura said he will keep working to bring about a political "transformation" in Portugal. "I tried to show there’s a different way … that we needed a different kind of president," he told reporters.Supporters of Antonio Jose Seguro celebrate hi...

A court in Hong Kong has sentenced democracy advocate and media tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison.  The sentencing on Monday follows Lai's conviction on charges of foreign collusion and seditious publication in December 2025. "After considering the serious and grave criminal conduct of Lai ... the Court was satisfied that the total sentence for Lai in the present case should be 20 years' imprisonment," a summary document from the judges said. Two of those years will overlap with Lai's existing prison term, meaning that he will serve an additional 18 years, the judges wrote. He has been in prison since 2020.Jimmy Lai: A life that rose and fell with Hong KongTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Lai smiled and ...

The United States and India on Friday released the framework for an interim trade agreement following President Donald Trump's announcement of a trade deal with India. The framework "reaffirms the countries' commitment to the broader US-India Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) negotiations," according to a joint statement released by the White House. Under the agreement, India will "eliminate or reduce tariffs" on all US industrial products and a wide range of US food and agricultural goods. New Delhi also plans to buy about $500 billion (€423 billion) worth ‌of US energy goods and aircraft, among other purchases, over the next five years.  Trump cuts India's Russia-related tariffs The interim trade agreement comes after Trump announced a trade deal with India on Monday. The US agreed to...

The Cuban government on Friday announced a series of emergency measures as the island prepares for severe fuel shortages due to increased pressure from the United States. In a televised address, Deputy Prime Minister Oscar Perez-Oliva Fraga blamed Washington for the energy crisis. He said the government would "implement a series of decisions, first and foremost to guarantee the vitality of our country and essential services, without giving up on development." What are Cuba's emergency measures to reduce energy consumption? Among the measures that will take effect on Monday are restrictions on fuel sales. "With insufficient fuel, we cannot maintain the sales levels we had in previous weeks," said Perez-Oliva Fraga. The deputy prime minister also said that "essential administrative act...

Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela's interim president, on Thursday said the first parliamentary vote on an amnesty bill marked an important step towards "peace and national reconciliation." "A very important event has occurred for Venezuela: the unanimous adoption by all the political forces present in the Assembly, in its first reading, of the amnesty law, which is a law for peace and national reconciliation," Rodriguez, who succeeded deposed leader Nicolas Maduro, said. Venezuela's amnesty bill could lead to the release of hundreds of opposition leaders, journalists and human rights activists who have been detained for political reasons.  Breaking years of repression in Venezuela In announcing the bill late last month, Rodríguez said in a pre-taped televised event: "May this law serve to he...