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A U.N.-appointed investigation has concluded there are reasonable grounds to believe an Israeli airstrike on Tehran’s Evin prison last year amounted to a war crime. The report, presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council, documents civilian casualties, damage to facilities, and growing concerns about detainees amid continued U.S.-Israeli strikes and…
Pope Leo held a private meeting with British author Gareth Gore, who presented allegations from his 2024 book that the Catholic institution Opus Dei covered up sexual and financial crimes and exerts emotional control over members. Opus Dei has denied the claims and labelled the book as 'littered with twisted facts.' The Vatican said the pope wanted…
The White House said the planned meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping remains intended to go ahead, but officials cautioned it could be delayed as the president prioritizes matters related to the Iran war. The trip is currently set for March 31 to April 2; aides said new dates would be announced promptly shou…
Envoys from the U.S.-established "Board of Peace" met with Hamas representatives in Cairo in an attempt to shore up a Gaza ceasefire that has been under pressure since the outbreak of a wider war with Iran. The talks coincide with Israel's announcement that it will reopen the Rafah pedestrian crossing with Egypt following a security assessment, and…
A daytime drone assault on Kyiv on Monday involved a range of unmanned aerial vehicles, Ukrainian officials said, with multiple explosions and pieces of debris striking the capital's main square. The Ukrainian air force reported intercepting the vast majority of incoming drones, while authorities work to identify the types used and assess damage. S…
U.S. prosecutors argued that former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores should not be permitted to use Venezuelan government funds to cover legal expenses in their U.S. drug trafficking cases, saying Washington has not recognized Maduro as Venezuela's legitimate leader for years. The dispute centers on a Treasury Departmen…
China says it is communicating with the United States about President Donald Trump’s planned trip to Beijing after Trump warned he might postpone the visit pending clarity on China’s position over security in the Strait of Hormuz. Beijing also indicated that sanctions placed on U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in 2020 were aimed at his past stat…
Activists in Senegal and the United States say the Massachusetts-based group MassResistance worked with a Senegalese network, And Samm Jikko Yi, to develop messaging, mobilization and advocacy tactics ahead of a new law that increases prison sentences for same-sex sexual acts and criminalizes promotion of homosexuality. The collaboration, which als…
A fifth member of Iran's women's national football team has formally withdrawn her asylum application in Australia and is expected to rejoin team members in Kuala Lumpur, Australian media reported. That leaves two of the six players and one support staff member who originally applied for asylum last week still in Australia, citing fears of potentia…
Israeli and Lebanese officials say talks intended to secure a lasting ceasefire and the disarmament of Hezbollah are expected to begin in the near future, but key details including timing and terms have not been finalized. Beirut is assembling a delegation, while Israel names Ron Dermer to lead its side and indicates France is involved. Lebanon see…
An Afghan man who worked alongside U.S. forces and later sought asylum in the United States has died less than 24 hours after being taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Texas, an advocacy group led by U.S. veterans said. The group called for an immediate investigation while federal agencies have yet to provide a substantive res…
Iran’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia says the ongoing U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran require a thorough reassessment of relations among Arab Gulf states, arguing the region must limit outside influence and strengthen intra-regional ties. The ambassador denied Iran’s involvement in recent attacks on Saudi oil facilities and said Tehran is focused on str…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a short video from a café on the outskirts of Jerusalem after Iranian state media and online posts in Iran circulated rumours that he had been killed or wounded. In the clip, Netanyahu answers his aide with a pun using a Hebrew slang expression for being 'crazy about' something while reaching for a cup of co…
Reports that networks have recruited Africans, including hundreds of Kenyans, into Russian forces have generated pressure on African governments to act. Ministers from Kenya and Ghana have raised concerns and are pursuing diplomatic engagement with Moscow, while many African states are adopting cautious approaches to avoid a direct confrontation. I…
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine has sent three expert teams to the Middle East to advise nations facing attacks from Iranian kamikaze drones, and that Kyiv expects financial support and technology transfers in exchange for that assistance. He warned the conflict in the Middle East could strain supplies of air-defence missiles needed by U…
Heavy rain struck displaced Lebanese families sheltering in Sidon and Beirut on Sunday, forcing some to rig plastic sheets over trucks and trees after collective shelters reached capacity. More than 800,000 people have fled their homes since fighting resumed on March 2; only a fraction are in organized shelters as humanitarian needs grow and casual…
Iranian authorities, citing state and semi-official media, say they have detained dozens of people in several provinces on accusations of relaying sensitive location data on military and economic targets to Israel. The arrests come as Israeli and U.S. fighter jets continue strikes inside Iran and as Tehran accuses foreign powers of stirring unrest …
More than two thousand fatalities have been reported across the Middle East since the U.S. and Israel launched attacks against Iran on February 28. Governments and health authorities in affected countries have released death tolls that reflect a wide geographic spread of violence, from Iran and Lebanon to Gulf states and foreign military contingent…
U.S. investor Peter Thiel has begun a closed, invitation-only sequence of talks in Rome examining the figure of the Antichrist, prompting responses from Catholic commentators and Italian church media. The undisclosed-venue event brings together participants from academic, technological and religious backgrounds. Thiel, a co-founder of Palantir Tech…
Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces killed four Palestinians, including two children, in a raid in the occupied West Bank. The incident, reported from the village of Tammun, left two other children wounded. Separately, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported a settler attack that killed another Palestinian overnight. Rights groups and …
Taiwan's defence authorities said large-scale Chinese air force activity returned around the island after an unexplained absence of more than two weeks. Taipei recorded 26 Chinese military aircraft over a 24-hour period concentrated in the Taiwan Strait, marking a renewed pattern of sorties following a period of near silence that began in late Febr…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told CNN that Russia is providing Iran with Shahed drones that have been used against U.S. bases and potentially Israel. He described the claim that Iran employed Russian-made Shaheds in attacks on U.S. facilities as "100% facts." The lineage and manufacture of Shahed-type drones remain unclear in several inc…
A recently published biography contains an allegation that Queen Camilla told a friend Prince Harry had been 'brainwashed' by Meghan. A spokesperson for Harry and Meghan issued a forceful rebuttal, calling the author's narrative a 'deranged conspiracy'. The book's extracts suggest the royal rift widened after the couple's 2018 wedding and describe …
Middle Eastern attempts to broker a ceasefire between Washington and Tehran have been turned aside by the Trump administration, while Iran says it will not accept a halt to hostilities until U.S. and Israeli airstrikes stop. The standoff follows intense U.S.-Israeli strikes, Iranian retaliatory measures including closure of the Strait of Hormuz, an…
Juergen Habermas, whose writings on communication, the public sphere and democratic legitimacy guided public debate in Germany for seven decades, has died at the age of 96 in Starnberg, publisher Suhrkamp said. From early critiques of fascist thought to recent cautions about a resurgence of militarism and nationalism, Habermas’s intellectual interv…
