The pro-European winner of Hungary’s parliamentary elections Peter Magyar said Monday that his country will no longer protect people wanted elsewhere, which would affect several foreign politicians who had been protected by his predecessor...
US President Donald Trump refused to apologize Monday for criticizing Pope Leo XIV, after the pontiff called for an end to violence in the Iran war. “There’s nothing to apologize for. He’s wrong,” Trump told reporters, a day...
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Monday condemned US President Donald Trump’s criticism of Pope Leo XIV as “unacceptable”, after the US pontiff spoke out against the Middle East war. “The Pope is the head of the...
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Israel’s military said Monday that it had struck around 150 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon over the past 24 hours, as the country prepares for peace talks with Lebanese officials in Washington. “In the past 24 hours, approximately 150...
Israel summoned Italy’s ambassador Monday to protest after Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani condemned Israel’s “unacceptable attacks” on civilians in Lebanon during a visit to Beirut, an Italian diplomatic source said. Tajani...
Maintaining a ceasefire in the Middle East war is an “immediate priority” for resolving the conflict, China’s top diplomat told his Pakistan counterpart in a phone call on Monday. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also...
A Norwegian man has been effectively cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from his brother, doctors announced on Monday. The patient’s brother happened to carry a rare, virus-blocking genetic mutation. The 63-year-old man...
The son of Iran’s ousted shah said Monday he is in regular contact with various elements of the highly-divided Iranian opposition in exile, reiterating his desire “to serve as a unifying national figure, not a partisan one.” Reza...
The winner of Hungary’s weekend legislative elections, conservative newcomer Peter Magyar, on Monday thanked Russia and China for “accepting” the results, which saw long-time nationalist premier Viktor Orban ousted. Magyar thanked...
US lawmakers were facing the extraordinary prospect Monday that as many as four members of the House of Representatives could be expelled within days, in an eruption of scandal that has rattled both parties and thrown the chamber into turmoil. At...
US President Donald Trump warned Monday that any Iranian attack boats that approach the naval blockade he has ordered around the country’s ports will be destroyed, despite international calls for a ceasefire to be respected and negotiations to...
Iran has resumed rail services on key routes after repairing sections of track damaged during the war with Israel and the United States, state media said on Monday. Authorities have in recent days begun reconstruction work on bridges, railway lines...
A volcano in southern Japan has erupted for the second time in four months, sending huge plumes of ash billowing kilometres into the sky, the weather agency and local media reported. Sakurajima, one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, erupted...
Oil prices surged back above $100 a barrel and stocks fell Monday as investors awaited a looming US deadline on a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, ratcheting up fears for Middle East energy supplies. The resurgent geopolitical tensions come after...
