Pope Leo XIV on Friday warned against the use of AI to fan “polarisation, conflict, fear and violence” and criticised the “environmental devastation” caused by the extraction of rare earths to fuel the digital boom...
Pope Leo XIV on Friday warned against the use of AI to fan “polarisation, conflict, fear and violence” and criticised the “environmental devastation” caused by the extraction of rare earths to fuel the digital boom...
US President Donald Trump signaled Friday that an Iran peace deal was all but done, trumpeting agreements on the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran’s nuclear program. In a rapid-fire stream of social media posts, Trump hailed a “GREAT AND...
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned on Friday that allowing “setbacks” to democracy would bring authoritarian regimes like Hitler’s, ahead of a gathering of world left-wing leaders in Spain. Lula and Spanish Prime...
A Kanye West concert scheduled to take place in a stadium in Poland in was cancelled by the venue on Friday, following condemnation in the country of antisemitic remarks by the US rapper. “The concert by Ye (Kanye West), scheduled for 19 June...
Lebanese state media said an Israeli strike on a motorcycle in the south killed one person on Friday, despite the start of a 10-day ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war. “A motorcyclist was killed in the town of Kunin, in the Bint Jbeil...
Oil prices plunged more than 10 percent on Friday after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz would be “completely open” for the rest of the ceasefire with the United States, and stock markets surged. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas...
EU countries will hold a “tabletop exercise” to test the bloc’s mutual assistance clause, officials said Friday, as President Donald Trump casts doubt on the US committment to NATO. Attention has increased on Article 42.7 of the...
International law is more important than ever at a time when even core countries in the global system are calling it into question, the United Nations secretary general said on Friday. Marking the 80th anniversary of the International Court of...
US President Donald Trump denied Friday that any money would be involved in a deal with Iran over its nuclear program, after an Axios report that Washington was considering a $20 billion cash-for-uranium exchange. “The U.S.A. will get all...
Israel has not yet finished dealing with Hezbollah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday, vowing to press on with the Lebanese militant group’s “dismantling” just hours after a 10-day ceasefire came into effect...
Tehran declared the Strait of Hormuz open to commercial shipping on Friday, as a ceasefire came into effect in Lebanon, raising hopes that two of the main obstacles to a US-Iran peace deal could have been cleared. In Lebanon, displaced families...
President Donald Trump said Friday the United States had “prohibited” Israel from bombing Lebanon following a ceasefire deal, adding that Washington would work with Lebanon to “deal with” Hezbollah. “Israel will not be...
President Donald Trump said Friday he had rejected an offer from NATO to help secure the Strait of Hormuz after Iran said it had reopened, telling the US-led alliance to “STAY AWAY.” “Now that the Hormuz Strait situation is over, I...
President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran was removing mines from the Strait of Hormuz with US assistance, after Tehran said the crucial sea passage was reopen. “Iran, with the help of the U.S.A., has removed, or is removing, all sea mines...
