Egypt’s top media regulator blocked access on Wednesday to the US-owned gaming platform Roblox over child safety concerns, joining several other governments that have moved to restrict the popular app. Roblox has been banned by countries...
Multiple Los Angeles officials have called on 2028 Olympics chief Casey Wasserman to step down over racy emails between him and Jeffrey Epstein’s jailed former girlfriend that appeared in a fresh cache of files related to the late convicted...
Iranian authorities have arrested a foreign national and seized a shipment of hand-to-hand weapons in the country’s northwest, state media reported on Wednesday. “A 14-ton shipment of various types of professional weapons and items that...
Russia said on Wednesday it was “no longer bound” by New START, a nuclear treaty with the United States that is set to expire on February 5. “We assume that the parties to the New START treaty are no longer bound by any obligations...
A man who plotted to assassinate President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course in September 2024, two months before the US election, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison. Ryan Routh, 59, had been found guilty in September of five charges...
Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino on Wednesday rejected China’s threat to make the Central American country pay a “heavy price” after a Hong Kong company was evicted from two ports on the Panama Canal. Writing on X, Mulino...
The Norwegian Nobel Institute said Wednesday it was awaiting an explanation from Norway’s former prime minister Thorbjorn Jagland, a former chair of the committee that awards the peace prize, over reported links to US billionaire Jeffrey...
The United States and Israel may be close allies but they are pursuing divergent goals in confronting shared adversary Iran, experts said, as Tehran and Washington square off in the Middle East. After threatening to strike Iran over its deadly...
Seif al-Islam, the son of Libya’s slain longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi and once seen by some as his likely heir, has been killed. Targeted by a warrant from the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity, and still a...
French authorities have arrested four people, including two Chinese nationals, suspected of spying on sensitive military data via satellite for Beijing, prosecutors said Wednesday. The four individuals were arrested Saturday in the southwestern...
The United States on Wednesday unveiled a critical minerals partnership with the European Union and Japan, after a gathering in Washington amid growing concerns about China’s dominant role in the sector. The partners aim to develop...
Russia has been spending far more on its military than it has reported, Germany’s foreign intelligence agency said Wednesday as it warned of Moscow’s threat to NATO’s eastern border. The BND said that its analysis of Russian budget...
Argentine authorities on Wednesday requested the extradition of deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro from the United States to face charges of crimes against humanity, according to a court ruling obtained by AFP. An Argentine judge evoked the...
Prominent former editor Marty Baron on Wednesday led criticism of major staff cuts at The Washington Post, the flagship American newspaper owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos. “This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world’s...
A first day of talks between Ukraine, Russia and the United States seeking to broker an end to the war in Ukraine concluded Wednesday in Abu Dhabi with Kyiv describing the negotiations as “substantive and productive”. While there was no...
