G7

Syria pushes to gain closer ties with Western powers as it reaches meetings with G7, NATO, and WHO

The concept is to bring Syria into many key international organizations and to increase the country’s stability and investment opportunities.

Syrians gather to mark the anniversary of the 2011 uprising against the ousted President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria March 15, 2026.
A SYRIAN flag is displayed outside the White House following the meeting of US President Donald Trump and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 10, 2025.

Syria building US relations while serving pivotal regional role - analysis

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Secretary-General Mathias Cormann and International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol talk on the day of a G7 finance ministers' and central bank governors' meeting in Paris, France, May 18, 2026.

Syria joins G7 finance sessions in Paris in sign of legitimization

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, Britain, April 1, 2026.

UK will not be drawn into war, will free energy bills from Russian, Iranian control, PM says


Israel, G7 and 15% global minimum tax - opinion

The problem is that business done on the internet cloud currently escapes tax legally if the supply company is resident in a tax haven and has little or no physical presence where the customers are.

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EU bans Belarus airlines as opposition urges G7 sanctions

The ban also includes marketing carriers, which sell seats on planes operated by another airline as part of a code-share agreement.

People take part in a protest against the presidential election results demanding the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and the release of political prisoners, in Minsk, Belarus August 16, 2020.

In climate push, G7 agrees to stop international funding for coal

Stopping fossil fuel funding is seen as a major step the world can make to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times.

Britain hosts first G7 foreign ministers meeting since start of pandemic

Graphic video shows Ethiopian troops executing prisoners in Tigray - CNN

G7 countries urging an independent probe into alleged rights abuses in the region

Members of Amhara region militias ride on their truck as they head to face the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), in Sanja, Amhara region near a border with Tigray, Ethiopia November 9, 2020.

Trump has made no plans to host G7 summit -diplomatic sources

Trump first canceled plans for a June 10 in-person summit in March due to the pandemic, but later sought to revive it, only to drop the plans again in May.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi (not pictured) for bilateral talks during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 26, 2019

What Trump bringing in Russia to join G-7 means for Israel - analysis

There is also often sensitive intelligence sharing at these meetings.These decisions and the intelligence sharing obviously impact the Middle East and often Israel.

French President Emmanuel Macron, U.S. President Donald Trump, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Italy's acting Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte pose for a family photo with invited guests during the G7 summit in Biarritz, Fra

Trump says he is postponing G7 summit

The G7 is currently "outdated," Trump said, as he suggested alternate countries which might join instead.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi (not pictured) for bilateral talks during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 26, 2019

Germany's Merkel rejects Trump invite to G7 summit in Washington - report

"She will of course continue to monitor the development of the pandemic."

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 24, 2019

Trump replaces G7 coronavirus meeting at Camp David with video conference

The decision comes as nations around the world seal their borders and ban travel to stop the virus' spread.

U.S. President Trump holds news conference on the coronavirus outbreak at the White House in Washington

Iran’s hostage taking now targets French academics - analysis

Iran targets academics because it views them as the soft underbelly of Western countries.

France's top diplomat Emmanuel Bonne meets with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran, Iran July 10, 2019