US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pope Leo XIV can say what he likes about world issues, but needs to understand the realities of a “nasty world.” The American president and the US-born pontiff have squared off in recent days...
UK opposition leaders Thursday called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign after the government confirmed that an associate of Jeffrey Epstein failed a background security check before becoming envoy to Washington. Starmer has faced repeated...
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Iran has agreed to hand over its store of enriched uranium and that the two sides were “close” to a peace deal to end the war that has engulfed the Middle East. The United States had earlier...
US health chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr began on Thursday a marathon series of hearings before federal lawmakers, questioning set to scrutinize the vaccine skeptic’s agenda that has outraged the medical community. The testimony before US...
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Thursday his country was “ready” for a possible US attack on the communist island following months of mounting pressure from President Donald Trump. “We don’t want that (confrontation)...
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday criticised the “tyrants” ransacking the world, on a high-security visit to a “bloodstained” region of Cameroon following a war of words with US President Donald Trump. Since his landmark four-nation...
Tehran is “cautiously optimistic” about its negotiations on ending hostilities with the United States, the Iranian ambassador to the UN said on Thursday, expressing hope for a “meaningful outcome.” “Despite our deep...
Two sanctioned cargo vessels have crossed the Strait of Hormuz, apparently bound for Iranian ports despite Washington’s blockade in the Middle East war, tracking data indicated Thursday. A trickle of ships has passed the crucial trade route...
Hezbollah lawmaker Ibrahim al-Moussawi told AFP on Thursday that the Lebanese group would respect a ceasefire with Israel announced earlier by US President Donald Trump if Israeli attacks on the militants stopped. “We in Hezbollah will...
France has seen more than forty cases of kidnappings or hostage takings linked to cryptocurrencies since January, a worrying surge since last year as criminals seek to extort digital currency investors for ransom, authorities said Thursday. Since...
The heads of the EU and NATO on Thursday discussed efforts to bolster Europe’s arms production, as US President Donald Trump throws doubt on Washington’s commitment to the transatlantic alliance. “We need to invest more, to produce...
Syria said Thursday it had taken control of all military bases hosting US troops who were deployed in the country for years leading an international coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group. In recent months, Syria’s new Islamist...
The US House of Representatives on Thursday rejected an effort to curb President Donald Trump’s authority to wage war in Iran, another setback in Democrats’ campaign to force Congress back into decisions over military action in the...
Greece’s Migration Minister Thanos Plevris on Thursday slammed as “science fiction” a BBC report that Athens was deploying masked migrants to push back other migrants trying to enter from Turkey. Greece has repeatedly been accused...
UK government officials have drawn up contingency plans for possible food shortages caused by a scarcity of carbon dioxide if the Strait of Hormuz remains severely disrupted, a report said Thursday. A secret government analysis envisaged shortages...
