The European Union signed off Thursday on a new 100-million-euro ($116 million) support package for the Lebanese army, as it seeks to bolster the military amid a fragile ceasefire in the country. “The latest ceasefire between Israel and...
Outrage has erupted in France after it emerged the main suspect in the case of an 11-year-old girl missing since last week had been repeatedly accused of sexually abusing children with no action taken. A body was discovered on Thursday and formal...
Hungarian prosecutors said Thursday they had dropped charges against organisers of last year’s Pride marches, citing a landmark ruling from the EU’s top court. Budapest’s progressive mayor, Gergely Karacsony, was charged in January...
A Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner tipped onto its nose at Frankfurt Airport on Thursday injuring several staff, the German airline said. The incident occurred just before passengers had boarded the plane which was scheduled to fly to Los Angeles...
President Donald Trump’s agenda faced a series of tests in the US Senate on Thursday, as lawmakers began a marathon amendment process on a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill after weeks of Republican anxiety over some of his most...
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Thursday that the trade deal with the European Union may resolve Washington’s concerns about forced labour that serve as justification for new US tariffs. Greer’s office (USTR) earlier this...
Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since being appointed, his health condition is a mystery, and it’s unclear how much power he wields. But over three months after his father and predecessor Ali...
Brazil wants to acquire 20 additional Gripen fighter jets, made by Swedish defence company Saab, on top of the 36 it already has, Sweden’s defence minister said Thursday. Defence Minister Pal Jonson said that the countries had signed a...
The UN nuclear agency reaffirmed in a confidential report seen by AFP on Thursday that a lack of access to verify nuclear material in Iran posed a “proliferation concern”, calling on the Islamic republic to “engage the agency...
US private equity giant Blackstone said Thursday it would limit withdrawals from its flagship private credit fund after a jump in redemption requests, signaling worries over the asset class. Investors in the fund sought to redeem 10 percent of their...
Romanian president Nicusor Dan on Thursday designated pro-European MEP Eugen Tomac as prime minister, a month after the previous government leader was ousted in a no confidence motion. “Since the parties cannot agree among themselves, the only...
A group of European countries has called on the EU to make it harder for Russians to holiday in Europe as the war in Ukraine grinds through a fifth year. EU interior ministers were discussing the issue, raised in a letter by Poland, Norway, the...
The head of the Quds Force, the foreign arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards, said Thursday that Israel must pull back from its current front lines in Lebanon, where it is fighting Tehran’s ally Hezbollah. “Supporting the...
Social networking platforms should provide clear, consistent rules for when they will ban accounts permanently and provide affected users with information and avenues for appeal, Meta’s independent Oversight Board said Thursday. The board...
A Sydney man credited with saving dozens of lives during last year’s deadly mass shooting on Bondi Beach has been charged with assaulting his father, local media and police said Thursday. Ahmed al Ahmed shot to fame in December when he wrested...
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