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The Roundtable Ep. 12 - What does a successful Iran negotiation actually look like?

The Roundtable Ep. 12 - What does a successful Iran negotiation actually look like?

In this episode of The Roundtable, three analysts examine what a realistic Iran-US nuclear agreement would look like, who stands to gain, and whether Islamabad's mediation can hold.

Germany's far-right AfD becomes largest opposition party in three eastern state parliaments simultaneously

Germany's far-right AfD becomes largest opposition party in three eastern state parliaments simultaneously

The AfD now leads opposition benches in three eastern German states at once — and cracks are appearing in the CDU's firewall against cooperation.

Bangladesh's interim government moves to try Sheikh Hasina in absentia for August crackdown killings

Bangladesh's interim government moves to try Sheikh Hasina in absentia for August crackdown killings

Dhaka moves to try its ousted prime minister in absentia — and India's refusal to extradite her is straining the already fractured bilateral relationship.

The man who won't leave: Hungary's democratic transition hits its first wall

The man who won't leave: Hungary's democratic transition hits its first wall

Péter Magyar won 138 of 199 seats. He cannot get the president to go home. How Orbán's man is using the constitution Orbán wrote to resist the democracy that just voted Orbán out.

Three crises, one system: The hunger emergency the world is not discussing

Three crises, one system: The hunger emergency the world is not discussing

318 million people face acute hunger. Two famines are confirmed simultaneously for the first time this century. A strong El Niño is arriving. The humanitarian system built to intervene has been defunded.

China puts a 6-metre structure inside Scarborough Shoal's lagoon. Manila has seen this before.

China puts a 6-metre structure inside Scarborough Shoal's lagoon. Manila has seen this before.

The Philippine National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea confirmed the presence of a floating structure measuring 6 by 6 metres with what appeared to be an

The ceasefire that exists on paper and nowhere else

The ceasefire that exists on paper and nowhere else

On day 102, the US-Iran ceasefire has not been signed, the 60-day extension has not been agreed, and Pakistan's diplomatic channel has produced no document either side will put its name to.

The cockroach and its handlers: What the CJP moment reveals about Indian opposition politics

The cockroach and its handlers: What the CJP moment reveals about Indian opposition politics

As opposition leaders race to pin their colours to India's viral youth movement, the man who built it learned his craft in AAP's social media war rooms and the CJP's manifesto reads like the INDIA bloc wrote it.

Iran's Araghchi flatly rejects Trump's offer of direct talks with Khamenei

Iran's Araghchi flatly rejects Trump's offer of direct talks with Khamenei

Tehran's foreign minister called Trump's offer of direct talks "a publicity stunt dressed as diplomacy" — hours after Pakistan's envoy arrived in the Iranian capital carrying letters from Islamabad.

Tehran's gamble: Why Pakistan's mediation could reshape the Iran-US standoff

Tehran's gamble: Why Pakistan's mediation could reshape the Iran-US standoff

As Islamabad's interior minister arrives in the Iranian capital carrying letters for Ayatollah Khamenei, a long-marginalised regional power is positioning itself as the unlikely broker in a conflict Washington can no longer afford to ignore.