UK investigates Musk’s X over Grok deepfake concerns
Britain’s media regulator launched an investigation into Elon Musk’s X on Monday over concerns its Grok AI chatbot was creating sexually intimate deepfake images in violation of its ...
Myanmar made Rohingya lives a nightmare, Gambia tells genocide case
Gambia on Monday told judges at the United Nations’ top court that Myanmar targeted minority Muslim Rohingya for destruction and made their lives a nightmare in a landmark case accusing ...
Supertankers sailing to pick up Venezuelan oil for China make u-turn
Two China-flagged supertankers that were sailing to Venezuela to pick up debt-paying crude cargoes amid the US oil embargo on the OPEC country have made u-turn and are now heading ...
Morocco declares end of seven-year drought after winter rains
Morocco’s seven-year drought has come to an end after abundant rainfall this winter, Water Minister Nizar Baraka said on Monday.
Rainfall levels so far this winter are up 95% from ...
Pakistan and Indonesia closing in on jets and drones defence deal
Indonesia’s defence minister met Pakistan’s air force chief in Islamabad to discuss a potential deal that includes the sale of combat jets and killer drones to Jakarta, three ...
US military takeover of Greenland ‘would be the end of NATO’
The European Union can help provide security for Greenland, should Denmark request it, the European Commissioner for Defence and Space said on Monday, warning that a U.S. military takeover ...
School resumes in tents under shadow of Gaza’s ‘yellow line’
She spends her lessons in the wintry cold on the floor of a crowded tent, her teacher interrupted by regular gunfire and explosions from Israeli-controlled territory less than 1,000 metres away. ...
Trump ramps up attack on Fed’s Powell with criminal indictment threat
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has ramped up its pressure campaign on the Federal Reserve, threatening to indict Chair Jerome Powell over comments to Congress about a building ...
Former UK Chancellor Zahawi defects to Reform from Conservatives
Former British Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defected to Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK party from the Conservative Party on Monday, saying the country was broken and needed Farage as prime ...
Le Pen’s political fate hangs in the balance as French appeal begins
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen begins a crucial appeal in Paris this week that will determine whether she can run in the 2027 presidential election, after being barred from public ...
‘One Battle,’ ‘Hamnet’ claim top trophies at Hollywood’s Golden Globes ceremony
Dark comedy “One Battle After Another” and “Hamnet,” a story about William Shakespeare’s grief over the death of his son, claimed the top prizes on Sunday at the Golden ...
Kombos, Rubio speak on Venezuela, global events
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday held a telephone conversation which centred on the matter of Venezuela, as well as other recent ...
Trump says weighing tough response to Iran crackdown, says Tehran called to negotiate
ITehran said on Monday it is keeping communications open with the U.S. as President Donald Trump weighed responses to a deadly crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran, which pose ...
Nordics reject Trump’s claim of Chinese and Russian ships around Greenland, FT reports
Nordic diplomats rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims of Russian and Chinese vessels operating near Greenland, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
There have been no signs of ...
Iran vows to strike back if US attacks
Tehran threatened retaliation on Sunday against U.S. military bases and its arch-foe Israel which was on high alert in case President Donald Trump carried out his threat of attacking ...
International law applies to everyone, including US, says German finance minister
The principles of international law apply to everyone, including the United States, German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil said on Sunday, in reference to President Donald Trump’s ...
Human remains found amid Australia bushfires, police say
Human remains were found in Australia’s southeast where bushfires raging for days have razed buildings, cut power to thousands of homes and burned swathes of bushland, police said on ...
Myanmar votes again in military’s lopsided election
Voters in war-torn Myanmar cast ballots in the second stage of an election dominated so far by a party backed by the ruling military, as the junta sought to gloss ...
Number of prisoners released in Venezuela rises to 18, rights groups say
The number of prisoners released in Venezuela has risen to 18, human rights groups said on Saturday.
Nine released prisoners had been confirmed as of Friday afternoon.
Venezuela has started releasing ...
Iran authorities signal intensified crackdown as unrest grows
Iran’s authorities indicated on Saturday they could intensify their crackdown on the biggest anti-government demonstrations in years, with the Revolutionary Guards blaming unrest on terrorists and vowing to safeguard ...
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia’s Talaud Islands, GFZ says
An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Talaud Islands on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
The quake was at a depth of 77 ...
Thousands rally in support of Yemen’s main separatist group
Thousands of people took to the streets of the cities of Aden and Mukalla in southern Yemen on Saturday in support of the country’s main separatist group, the Southern ...
Kyiv scrambles to repair ruined power grid after Russian attack
Kyiv’s water and heating systems were back on after being briefly shut down amid intense cold on Saturday, as engineers scrambled to stabilise a power grid brought to the ...
Syrian army says has cleared last Kurdish-held area in Aleppo, Kurdish forces deny takeover
The Syrian army has combed through Aleppo city’s Sheikh Maksoud district, it said on Saturday, signalling it had seized the area from Kurdish fighters by force after a temporary ...