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Trump Says Iran Requested Meeting to be Held in Doha Tuesday

US and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
US and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Trump Says Iran Requested Meeting to be Held in Doha Tuesday

US and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
US and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

US President Donald Trump said that Iran has requested a meeting that will be held in the Gulf state of Qatar on Tuesday, despite an earlier denial from Tehran that talks were planned.

"IRAN HAS REQUESTED A MEETING. IT WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW IN DOHA!" Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Monday.

Shortly afterwards, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said US negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff would be "flying to Doha for high level meetings this week".

Iran's foreign ministry earlier on Monday denied reports that Iranian and American technical teams will meet this week to discuss the implementation of the deal to end the Middle East war.

Uncertainty over the talks followed renewed tit-for-tat attacks between the United States and Iran in recent days despite an April ceasefire and a memorandum of understanding, brokered by Pakistan and Qatar, aimed at permanently ending the war.

A diplomat with knowledge of the talks confirmed to AFP on Monday that officials from the US and Iran are to meet in Doha to discuss the accord.

"Technical teams working on the implementation of the MoU are scheduled to meet in Doha in the coming days," the diplomat said on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive talks.

The diplomat added "communications channels created to de-escalate any incidents are in place," following strikes between the US and Iran.

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Ebola Outbreak Could Cost Africa up to $3.6 Bln, UN Says

Displaced people watch a health worker in full personal protective equipment (PPE) preparing to disinfect the area during the burial of suspected Ebola victims at the Kigonze displaced persons camp in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 18, 2026, one month after the outbreak was declared. (Reuters)
Displaced people watch a health worker in full personal protective equipment (PPE) preparing to disinfect the area during the burial of suspected Ebola victims at the Kigonze displaced persons camp in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 18, 2026, one month after the outbreak was declared. (Reuters)
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Ebola Outbreak Could Cost Africa up to $3.6 Bln, UN Says

Displaced people watch a health worker in full personal protective equipment (PPE) preparing to disinfect the area during the burial of suspected Ebola victims at the Kigonze displaced persons camp in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 18, 2026, one month after the outbreak was declared. (Reuters)
Displaced people watch a health worker in full personal protective equipment (PPE) preparing to disinfect the area during the burial of suspected Ebola victims at the Kigonze displaced persons camp in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 18, 2026, one month after the outbreak was declared. (Reuters)

The United Nations said on Tuesday that an Ebola outbreak could cost Africa up to $3.6 billion and hundreds ‌of thousands ‌of jobs, ‌potentially ⁠causing a development crisis.

"If ⁠we have the resources and we step up, we can ⁠contain this outbreak ‌and ‌prevent further losses," ‌said Damien ‌Mama, United Nations Development Program Resident Representative in the Democratic ‌Republic of Congo.

"If we do not, ⁠this ⁠health emergency risks becoming a much deeper and prolonged development crisis across the region and potentially the continent."

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Police Hunt Fugitive After Blast in Monaco Wounds Several

This photograph shows Monaco's emergency services deployed near the area of an explosion that occurred in a residential building in Monaco, near the border with France on June 29, 2026. (AFP)
This photograph shows Monaco's emergency services deployed near the area of an explosion that occurred in a residential building in Monaco, near the border with France on June 29, 2026. (AFP)
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Police Hunt Fugitive After Blast in Monaco Wounds Several

This photograph shows Monaco's emergency services deployed near the area of an explosion that occurred in a residential building in Monaco, near the border with France on June 29, 2026. (AFP)
This photograph shows Monaco's emergency services deployed near the area of an explosion that occurred in a residential building in Monaco, near the border with France on June 29, 2026. (AFP)

Police in Monaco and neighboring France were searching on Tuesday for a man suspected of detonating a makeshift bomb in Monaco that wounded several people, a local official said, while French and Ukrainian media reported that a Ukrainian-born oligarch was the intended target.

Two of the victims ‌suffered life-threatening injuries ‌from Monday evening's attack, Christophe Mirmand, ‌minister ⁠of state of Monaco, ⁠told BFM TV.

BFM TV and Le Figaro newspaper said the target of the attack was Vadym Yermolaiev, who was a major real estate developer in Dnipro. He left Ukraine several years ago, renounced his Ukrainian citizenship and became a ⁠citizen of Cyprus. He was placed ‌under Ukrainian sanctions in ‌December 2023.

French emergency services deployed to the scene ‌to provide backup and a joint police ‌operation was underway to track down the fugitive, France's interior ministry said.

"No event of this nature has ever happened in the Principality before," Mirmand told the ‌French news channel.

The blast occurred shortly before 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Monday in ⁠the ⁠center of Monaco, a tax-free microstate on the French Riviera known as a haven for billionaires and their luxury yachts.

French newspaper Le Figaro said video surveillance images showed a man dropping a backpack at the entrance of a residential building shortly before the explosion.

BFM TV described the explosive device as a "parcel bomb", citing the principality's prosecutor general, while Prince Albert of Monaco described the attack as "an odious act."

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Russia Says Downed 419 Ukrainian Drones

A woman walks past Russian security personnel standing guard in central Moscow, Russia June 29, 2026. (Reuters)
A woman walks past Russian security personnel standing guard in central Moscow, Russia June 29, 2026. (Reuters)
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Russia Says Downed 419 Ukrainian Drones

A woman walks past Russian security personnel standing guard in central Moscow, Russia June 29, 2026. (Reuters)
A woman walks past Russian security personnel standing guard in central Moscow, Russia June 29, 2026. (Reuters)

Russia shot down 419 Ukrainian drones across the country overnight, the defense ministry said Tuesday.

Kyiv has stepped up its long-range drone strike campaign against Russia in recent months, particularly against energy infrastructure to target a vital source of the Kremlin's revenue to fund its war effort, now in its fifth year.

Air defense systems "intercepted and destroyed 419 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles" around the country, the defense ministry posted on the state-run Max platform.

It did not say if there were any deaths or injuries.

Moscow's Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said earlier that air defense forces had shot down 50 "enemy drones" overnight headed for the capital.

The swarm came days after Russia shot down 660 Ukrainian drones between Thursday and Friday, one of the highest figures since the start of the conflict.

A Ukrainian attack also caused a fire last week at a refinery in the southeast of Moscow.