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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told reporters in Stockholm that Europe remains committed to maintaining NATO as an effective alliance even as disagreements with the United States over the war with Iran have surfaced. Merz emphasized a shared objective with America to end the conflict and to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, while notin…
Preliminary vote tallies from a byelection in the rural New South Wales seat of Farrer show Pauline Hanson’s One Nation winning its first-ever lower house seat, with David Farley projected to defeat the incumbent Liberal candidate. The result comes as commentators link it to a broader rise in far-right populist party support internationally and fol…
The Kremlin on May 9 warned that, despite a U.S.-brokered three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, achieving a comprehensive peace settlement remains a lengthy and complex process. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the United States appears eager for a deal, but described the political and technical details of any Ukrainian settlement as …
A month after a ceasefire was declared, exchanges of fire between U.S. and Iranian forces have resumed in the Gulf, with renewed missile and drone strikes on the United Arab Emirates and skirmishes in the Strait of Hormuz. Washington says it has proposed a formal end to the war and is awaiting Tehran's reply, while a U.S. intelligence assessment as…
Indonesian authorities located two Singaporean nationals near the rim of Mount Dukono’s main crater following the volcano’s eruption, but rescuers have not confirmed whether they are alive. Search efforts, using personnel and thermal drones, continue in difficult terrain while authorities maintain a high alert level and advise people to stay clear …
President Donald Trump's recent actions - including pulling U.S. troops from Germany, threatening further reductions in Europe and downplaying Iranian attacks on a key Gulf partner - have intensified concerns among Washington's traditional allies. Even as U.S. and Iranian forces edge toward a potential de-escalation of a 10-week conflict, his condu…
On Friday the U.S. military struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific that it assessed was involved in narcotics trafficking, killing two people and leaving one survivor. U.S. Southern Command reported the casualties and said the U.S. Coast Guard was notified to conduct search and rescue operations. The action is part of a series of recent strikes on …
A Utah district judge denied a defense request to prohibit live television and still photography in proceedings related to the aggravated murder charge against Tyler Robinson, while agreeing to postpone a pivotal preliminary hearing to allow the defense additional time to examine evidence. The judge said livestreams provide maximum public access an…
Heritage Auctions will offer a trove of Marilyn Monroe items from the estate of poets Norman and Hedda Rosten on June 1, including wardrobe pieces, costume jewelry, paintings, poetry and a group of personal papers and letters never previously released to the public. The collection spans 1955 to 1962 and contains correspondence that touches on Monro…
The U.S. Department of Commerce and South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up the Korea-U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership Initiative. The initiative will use a planned Korea-U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership Center in Washington, D.C. to coordinate cooperation on commercial shipbuilding, workforc…
Colombian authorities have suspended arrest and extradition warrants for 29 leaders of the Clan del Golfo and authorized the relocation of about 400 of the group's combatants to designated temporary zones, a move the government says is intended to facilitate peace talks and entry into relocation areas beginning June 25.
The United States updated a U.N. Security Council resolution pressing Iran to cease attacks and mine-laying in the Strait of Hormuz, removing an explicit Chapter VII reference but keeping strong language on protecting navigation and a clause to reconvene over possible measures, including sanctions. Diplomats said the changes are unlikely to dissuad…
U.S. officials are reportedly close to finalizing a roughly $400 million settlement with TikTok to resolve a Justice Department lawsuit alleging violations of child-privacy protections. Sources say the White House has discussed using the funds for presidential projects in the Washington area, while the DOJ and TikTok have not commented publicly.
On the first anniversary of his election as head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo asked worshippers to pray that God would inspire world leaders to calm tensions and diminish hatred. Speaking in Pompei a day after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican, the pontiff warned against normalizing war and criticized an economy that pr…
A cybercriminal group known as ShinyHunters claims to have exfiltrated roughly 6.65 terabytes of Canvas data tied to nearly 9,000 educational institutions worldwide. Some schools and universities reportedly reached out to the hackers directly to try to prevent publication of the stolen information, while Canvas operator Instructure moved to investi…
Mexico’s president indicated on Friday that a proposal to advance summer school holidays - announced by the education minister as a response to a heat wave and the World Cup - has not been finalized. The education minister posted the change on X stating the National Council of Educational Authorities approved the modification and assured curriculum…
Bashar Masri, a prominent Palestinian-American developer behind major West Bank and Gaza projects, has asked a federal judge in Miami to dismiss a lawsuit by U.S. families who say his Gaza properties aided Hamas in the October 7, 2023 attacks. The plaintiffs, roughly 200 Americans, allege tunnels beneath two seaside hotels and electricity supplied …
Five confirmed infections, several suspected cases and three deaths from a deadly strain of hantavirus tied to a Dutch-flagged cruise have amplified concerns about the rapid growth of Antarctic tourism and its consequences for fragile polar ecosystems. The outbreak occurred on a voyage that began near the tip of Argentina and sailed across the sout…
World Health Organization officials and hantavirus specialists are finalizing step-by-step guidance for the nearly 150 passengers aboard a cruise ship that has experienced the first recorded outbreak of the Andes hantavirus on a vessel. With three fatalities among at least eight suspected or confirmed infections, the ship is scheduled to dock in Te…
Ukraine's air force says stocks of interceptor missiles have been severely depleted following Russia's large-scale winter campaign. While Kyiv has developed domestic tools to counter long-range Russian drones, it depends on allied air-defence systems for missile interceptions and is facing supply delays and pressure as those systems are in demand e…
London-based Centre for Information Resilience data shows Russian forces have increasingly targeted small power substations across Ukraine, exploiting expanded domestic drone production and higher sortie volumes to disrupt local electricity distribution. Attacks last winter were larger in scale and more diversified in target selection, with verifie…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni received U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Rome as bilateral ties face pressure from the war with Iran and recent diplomatic rifts tied to comments about the pontiff. Rubio's visit, intended in part to repair relations with the Vatican, also addressed U.S. frustration with Italy's refusal to back the U.S.-…
A carefully worded Vatican statement after a 45-minute meeting between Pope Leo and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized a mutual pledge to rebuild bilateral ties, language interpreted by diplomats and Vatican observers as an acknowledgment of frayed relations. The statement avoided listing areas of agreement and contrasted with more effu…
A suspected hantavirus infection has been identified in a British national on Tristan da Cunha, the world's most remote inhabited island, as health agencies continue tracing contacts from a cruise ship linked to multiple deaths and confirmed cases. Dozens of passengers who visited the island on April 15 remain the focus of follow-up testing and iso…
Rescue teams on Halmahera island are still seeking three hikers unaccounted for after Mount Dukono erupted, forcing the evacuation of 17 people and prompting local authorities to reinforce exclusion zones and issue warnings about volcanic mudflows should it rain. The volcanology agency recorded ash columns rising up to 10 km and kept the alert leve…
