Floods, landslides kill 56 in India and 14 in Nepal
Heavy rain and storms have triggered floods and landslides that killed 56 people in India, while in Nepal, 14 have died and another 11 are missing, with authorities there warning on Sunday that ...
Iran’s army voices readiness for potential renewed US attack
Iran’s armed forces are prepared for any renewed U.S. attacks, state media quoted army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia saying on Sunday, after US President Donald Trump said he rejected ...
UK PM Burnham refuses to back Heathrow’s third runway project
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham declined to give his backing on Sunday to plans to build a third runway at Heathrow, saying it was a matter for people who live ...
Men arrested in major incident at UK air base used by US
British police said on Sunday they had arrested several men on suspicion of explosives offences and Army bomb disposal experts were examining a number of vehicles in a “major incident” ...
South African police probe mining feud, business rivalry after shootings kill 27
South African police were on Sunday hunting the perpetrators of two separate shootings that killed 27 people within hours of each other, highlighting the country’s gun violence problem.
“This cannot ...
Swiss vote on tightening neutrality rules, ending peacetime cooperation with Nato
Swiss voters will decide on Sunday whether to approve a more restrictive form of neutrality that would block their country from imposing economic sanctions or cooperating with NATO.
The country ...
Trump rejects Iranian proposal to open Hormuz and end fighting
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting in the Middle East.
Iran raised the initiative ...
China pushes back against US on Iran and Cuba in UN speech
China pushed back against the United States in its speech at the UN General Assembly on Saturday, saying sovereignty of countries in the Gulf should be respected and urging the “...
Huge crowd greets pope with ‘Leo’ chants at France tour’s biggest event
Crowds stretched the length of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris on Saturday, as Pope Leo urged Catholics to find happiness in faith, not material things, at the ...
Six dead after explosion destroys building in Athens
Six people have died after a residential building collapsed following an explosion in a tourist area of central Athens, a Greek fire brigade official said on Saturday.
The victims have ...
New York and New Jersey declare states of emergency, bracing for flooding
A strong nor’easter is expected to bring flooding, powerful wind gusts, heavy rain and rip currents to areas along the East Coast from Maine to Washington, D.C., over ...
Putin says all Ukraine peace proposals on table, but Russia must weigh its interests
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that all proposals for a settlement in the 4-1/2-year-old war with Ukraine remained on the table, but Moscow still needed to assess what was ...
Trump, Xi end summit with tea, tour of US archives – and little sign of progress
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping drank tea at the White House and visited the National Archives on Friday, ending a three-day summit that showcased personal diplomacy rather ...
TikTok reaches first state settlement over teen safety claims
Alabama said on Friday it had reached a settlement with TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, that requires the social media platform to impose new usage limits and enhanced ...
Iran awaits US move after WSJ report says Trump rejects peace plan
Iran on Saturday awaited an official US response to its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting in the wider Middle East war after the Wall Street ...
Six big takeaways from a turbulent week of UN diplomacy
Limousines whisked world leaders away from the United Nations on Friday after a week of speeches, meetings and hallway diplomacy.
While they reached no breakthroughs on the world’s most ...
Trump administration to meet Ukraine assistance deadline
The Trump administration has made legally binding commitments to spend almost all of the $400 million Congress approved for military aid to Ukraine late last year, ensuring that the money will ...
Evan Gershkovich says his arrest in Russia was carefully planned FSB sting
US reporter Evan Gershkovich, in his first detailed published account of his arrest in Russia in 2023, says he was the victim of an elaborate sting operation by the FSB security ...
EU agrees to release €6.6 billion linked to Ukraine military aid
European Union member countries have agreed a deal to release €6.6 billion in EU funds linked to military aid for Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday.
The ...
Allies unite behind Saudi Arabia as more Iranian flights curtailed
Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani military chiefs are to discuss help for Saudi Arabia as it faces attacks by Yemen’s Houthis, while Iraq further curtailedIranian flights on Friday in line ...
Desolate Arctic outpost likely to host US troops under new Greenland deal
At a windswept gravel airstrip in eastern Greenland, a small Danish military detachment has quietly kept watch for decades.
Now, under a new US defence agreementsigned this week, the outpost ...
Trump tells countries to quit ICC, but few follow his lead
President Donald Trump urged countries to leave the International Criminal Court immediately, calling it “evil” and “a rogue institution,” but only Naoero, a tiny Pacific island nation formerly known as ...
Australia steps up response to AI after OpenAI bot breaches health system database
Even before a rogue OpenAI bot breached the database of Australia’s health system, the government was escalating its rhetoric about the need to tighten regulation.
The incursion on one ...
All passengers rescued after fire on vehicle ferry off Greece’s Mykonos
Greek authorities have safely evacuated all 29 people after a fire broke out on the deck of a vehicle ferry off the popular tourist island of Mykonos on Friday, the Greek ...