Pope Leo urges Monaco, tax haven of billionaires, to help needy
Pope Leo on Saturday made a day trip to Monaco, a tax-free microstate on the French Riviera known as a haven for billionaires and their luxury yachts, and urged its ...
Articles
Missile fired from Yemen as Israel and US target Iran
Israel said on Saturday it had detected a missile fired from Yemen, the first since the Iran war began, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. expected ...
Mexico City stadium races against clock for reopening ahead of World Cup
Workers are hammering, cranes are swinging and seats are being bolted into place — but the clock is ticking. Mexico City’s famous Azteca stadium, reborn as Estadio Banorte, is in ...
More than 400 Hezbollah fighters killed in new war with Israel so far
More than 400 fighters from Hezbollah have been killed since the Lebanese armed group launched the opening salvoes of a new war with Israel on March 2, two sources familiar with Hezbollah’...
US expects Iran’s response to peace proposal
Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal aimed at ending the war in the Middle East is expected on Friday, according to a source briefed on the matter.
...
Updated on
Rubio says war in Gulf to last ‘weeks not months’
The war in the Gulf is still expected to last weeks, not months, and Washington can meet all its objectives without using ground troops, U.S. Secretary of State Marco ...
No doubt we are African champions, says Senegal coach
Senegal coach Pape Bouna Thiaw said there was no doubt his side were African champions despite being stripped of the title this month and that tournaments should be won on ...
Russia to introduce ban on gasoline exports from April 1
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak on Friday instructed the energy ministry to draft a resolution banning gasoline exports from April 1, the Russian government said.
The state-run TASS news agency ...
Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director’s personal email, publish photos and documents
Iran-linked hackers have broken into FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email inbox, publishing photographs of the director and other documents to the internet, the hackers and the bureau said ...
Rubio says US can achieve Iran objectives without ground troops
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday the United States could achieve its objectives in Iran without the use of any ground troops and expected its operation to conclude ...
Chinese ships halt attempt to exit Hormuz despite Iran safe passage assurances
Two Chinese container ships turned backed after trying to exit the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, ship-tracking data showed, despite assurances from Iran that Chinese vessels could ...
Italy’s top court bars separate hiring for abortion doctors in Sicily
Italy’s Constitutional Court has barred Sicily from advertising jobs reserved for health workers willing to perform abortions, but said on Friday the southern region could find alternative ways to ...
Mexico says 40,000 of country’s 130,000 disappeared people may be alive
Mexican authorities said on Friday they have potentially identified more than 40,000 people listed as disappeared who may be alive, by cross-referencing official databases such as tax records and marriage registries.
...
Used electric vehicle sales jump as war in Iran drives up fuel costs
Petrol price spikes triggered by the war in Iran are boosting used electric vehicle sales across Europe, online car platforms told Reuters, in an early sign that pain at the ...
Inter Miami names stand in new stadium after Messi
Lionel Messi will become part of a rare sporting phenomenon when he plays in Inter Miami’s new stadium, with the Major League Soccer club announcing that they will have ...
Iranian players hold schoolbags in solidarity with slain girls
Iran’s men’s national soccer team wore black armbands and held schoolbags as their anthem played ahead of a match in Turkey on Friday in what a team official ...
US uses hundreds of Tomahawk missiles on Iran, alarming some at Pentagon, WaPo reports
The US military has fired over 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles in four weeks of war with Iran, burning through the precision weapons at a rate that has alarmed some Pentagon officials ...
Energy crisis triggers push for green power across Europe
War in Iran and the related surge in fossil fuel prices have driven some politicians to push for more renewable energy in Europe, yet market volatility, an expected rise in ...
Iran war could mean stagflation for EU, Dombrovskis says
The European Union economy is at risk of stagflation as a result of the surge in energy prices caused by the Iran war, European Economic Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said.
“The ...
UN rights chief urges US to conclude probe into deadly Iran school strike
The UN rights chief urged Washington to conclude its investigation into a fatal strike on a primary school in Iran at a UN Human Rights Council meeting on Friday, with ...
US can only confirm about a third of Iran’s missile arsenal destroyed, sources say
The United States can only determine with certainty that it has destroyed about a third of Iran’s vast missile arsenal as the US and Israeli war on the country ...
Cyprus central bank chief warns ECB against rushing interest rate hikes
The European Central Bank should not rush to raise rates in response to surging energy costs, as its “baseline” outlook remains intact and there is no sign yet that inflation ...
Ex-rapper Shah sworn in as Nepal prime minister after sweeping election win
Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah was sworn in as prime minister of Nepal on Friday, tasked with restoring political stability and creating jobs in the poor Himalayan nation long troubled by fragile ...
Hamas disarmament plan sees Gaza’s tunnels destroyed, arms given up in stages, text shows
Hamas would be required to allow the destruction of its vast Gaza tunnel network as it lays down its arms in stages under a disarmament plan that was presented to ...