US rapper Travis Scott angered fans in Istanbul after a performance that barely lasted 20 minutes, with the audience booing as he left the stage early Monday, footage on social media showed. On his first-ever tour of Turkey, the 35-year-old hip-hop...
A source close to Hezbollah told AFP that the Iran-backed group would not stop targeting northern Israel, after Israeli threats on Monday to bomb Beirut’s southern suburbs if the militants kept up attacks. Hezbollah “has not committed to...
AI giant Anthropic, the maker of the Claude chatbot, announced Monday that it had filed confidentially for an IPO, as the AI companies in Silicon Valley look to raise the huge sums needed to power the AI frenzy. “This gives us the option to go...
Several non-profit organisations announced Monday they are ramping up efforts to rapidly develop a vaccine for the rare strain of Ebola driving a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nearly 250 people are suspected to have died and...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened to open “new fronts” and keep the Strait of Hormuz closed over Israel’s offensive in Lebanon, state media reported on Monday. “Iran considers crossing the red lines in Lebanon and...
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday rebuffed Moscow’s call for his country to hold a referendum on joining the EU, saying ties with Russia were in a “transformation phase.” The Kremlin has upped pressure on Armenia over its...
The New York Times publisher on Monday slammed artificial intelligence companies for “brazen theft of intellectual property”, warning they threaten the future of journalism during a speech at the World News Media Congress in the French...
Lebanon said an Israeli strike hit near a hospital in the southern city of Tyre on Monday as the health ministry shared footage showing heavy damage to the facility. The state-run National News Agency said a strike targeting an intersection near the...
Negotiations to end the Mideast war appeared in deep trouble on Monday, as Iranian news agency Tasnim reported Tehran had suspended dialogue with mediators in protest against Israel’s expanding Lebanon offensive. Iran’s move came hours...
The Canadian hotel group Blue Diamond Resorts has shut down its operations in Cuba, according to a statement Monday, marking another blow to the country facing US President Donald Trump’s takeover threat. “Due to the continuing...
A giant statue of football superstar Lionel Messi was taken down in India on Monday after it was spotted swaying dangerously in the wind, authorities said. Hydraulic cranes and ropes were used to dismantle the 21-metre (70-foot) sculpture in...
A powerful explosion from a fireworks factory in Malta injured two people Monday, sending a massive plume of smoke and debris into the air, police reported. The blast and subsequent explosions at the Ta’ Lourdes fireworks factory on the north...
EU health ministers will hold “extraordinary” online talks on Friday to discuss the Ebola outbreak in central Africa, an official said. Starting at 1 p.m., the ministers will “discuss further preparedness and coordination measures...
Russia fired a record number of long-range drones at Ukraine in May, an AFP analysis of Ukrainian air force data showed Monday, as Kyiv appealled to allies for air defence support. Russia launched 8,150 long-range drones in May, according to a...
American AI developer Anthropic is now offering the European Union access to its powerful artificial intelligence model Mythos, an EU spokesman said on Monday. Anthropic has held back from releasing the model to the public over fears it could be a...
