Peter Graff

A meeting between Iran and Gulf states planned for Monday in Oman will be a chance to discuss issues including ​the Strait of Hormuz, but is not expected to ‌yield a signed agreement over the blockaded waterway, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday.

The German economy likely grew modestly in the second quarter, despite headwinds from the war in the Middle East, as its vast industrial ​sector remained relatively resilient and consumers kept spending, the Bundesbank said in ‌a monthly report.

European Central Bank policymakers called for vigilance in setting interest rates on Wednesday but stopped short of advocating for tighter policy, noting long-feared ​second-round inflation effects had yet to materialise.

Crowds of Iranians marched through the streets of Tehran on Monday in a funeral ​procession for slain leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the biggest day yet in a week of massive memorial ceremonies demonstrating the ‌grip of surviving clerical leaders.

Ukrainian attacks have caused fuel shortages to spread from Russian-annexed Crimea ​to nearby parts of southern Russia, and even to the capital Moscow, ‌which has previously been spared, residents say.

The suspected gunman, an Israeli Arab, was also killed, police said.

Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French artist, filmmaker and author of the autobiographical graphic novel "Persepolis", has died aged 56, French President Emmanuel Macron's office said on Thursday.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Monday that any U.S. military action against Cuba would lead to a "bloodbath" with incalculable consequences for regional peace and ​stability.

The Sentix index measuring investor morale in the euro zone improved slightly ​in May, indicating that investors do ‌not expect a further escalation of the Iran conflict, but Germany bucked the trend with a ​further decline.

The Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant ​in southeastern Ukraine informed ‌the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sunday ​that a drone ​had targeted its external radiation ⁠control laboratory.