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Iran’s top diplomat meets Vladimir Putin as US peace talks stall

ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - APRIL 27: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'KREMLIN PRESS SERVICE / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) receives Iranâs Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in St. Petersburg, Russia on April 27, 2026. (Photo by Kremlin Press Service / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, is in Moscow on a high-stakes diplomatic tour, following visits to Pakistan and Oman. With fragile progress made in Muscat, what can the Kremlin do for Tehran? Plus: rising violence in Colombia a month before elections, King Charles’s US state visit and technology news.

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