Pope Leo XIV on Friday named a former undocumented migrant as bishop of West Virginia, weeks after a high-profile verbal confrontation with US President Donald Trump. The US-born leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics has been highly...
US airline shares shot higher Friday following a report that Spirit Airlines was preparing to shut down as hopes fade for a potential White House bailout. Hopes for a relief package for the discount carrier rose last week after President Donald...
The United States imposed new sanctions Friday on three Iranian foreign currency exchange firms, in an effort to target Tehran’s “financial lifelines” in the Middle East war. The US Treasury Department warned in a separate...
Ships crossing the Northeast Atlantic will have to cut sulphur and nitrogen oxide emissions in a move adopted Friday by a UN agency to help protect the environment. After a meeting in London, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed to...
President Donald Trump said Friday that he will hike US tariffs on cars and trucks from the European Union next week, charging that the bloc is not complying with an earlier trade deal. The pact, which was struck last summer, had capped the US...
The White House declined to comment Friday on a new proposal from Iran for talks to end the war, saying only that discussions continue. “We do not detail private diplomatic conversations,” deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in a...
Iran delivered a new proposal for peace talks with the US via mediator Pakistan, state media reported Friday, with negotiations between the two sides frozen despite a weeks-long ceasefire. The text of the proposal was handed to Islamabad on Thursday...
Italian authorities on Friday evacuated some 3,500 people in its famed Tuscany region as they try to tame a wildfire there that has been raging for more than 24 hours. Over 800 hectares (nearly 2,000 acres) have been ravaged by the fire in the...
The Pentagon on Friday announced agreements with seven leading artificial intelligence companies to deploy their technology on classified military networks, a move that pointedly excludes Anthropic amid its ongoing dispute with the Defense...
British exports to the United States have slumped since the introduction of US tariffs, official data showed Friday, a day after President Donald Trump lifted import taxes on Scottish whisky. Exports to the United States have “remained...
The United States on Friday called for Myanmar to immediately release deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi after the junta said it would move her to house arrest, five years since putting her into detention in a coup. A senior source from her dissolved...
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier has left the Middle East after taking part in operations against Iran, a US official said Friday, leaving two of the massive American warships in the region. The Ford is currently in the US European Command...
Ukraine is launching army reforms that would allow phased demobilisation and see significantly increased salaries for foot soldiers engaged at the front, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday. Fighting off the gruelling Russian invasion for four...
The price of oil fell on Friday after Iranian media reported that Tehran had proposed fresh talks with the United States in a message sent via mediator Pakistan. A barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell briefly more than five percent, dipping...
Iran’s judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei on Friday said Tehran remained open to talks with the United States but would not accept what he called policy “imposition” under threats. “The Islamic Republic has never shied away from...
