US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday renewed US opposition to an Israeli offensive on Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, ahead of his trip to Israel. “We have not yet seen a plan that gives us confidence that civilians can be...
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday diplomacy has halted regional escalation since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, including after unprecedented open clashes between Iran and Israel earlier this month. “We did come very close...
Russia said Monday it had advanced further in eastern Ukraine, capturing another village — Semenivka — near the Moscow-held town of Avdiivka after a series of recent territorial gains. The announcement came a day after Moscow claimed...
UN climate chief Simon Stiell on Monday told G7 countries it was “utter nonsense” to claim they could not take bolder actions to tackle global warming. The G7 is holding its first big political meeting on climate since the UN’s...
Humza Yousaf is poised to resign as Scotland’s first minister before he faces two confidence votes this week, British media reported on Monday. The BBC, The Times and other outlets said the Scottish National Party (SNP) leader was on the verge...
French police on Monday questioned screen legend Gerard Depardieu after two women accused him of sexual assault, his lawyer confirmed, adding that the actor was later released. The 75-year-old star, who has made more than 200 films and television...
At least 45 people died when a makeshift dam burst its banks near a town in Kenya’s Rift Valley in the early hours of Monday, police said, as torrential rains and floods battered the country. The disaster raises the total death toll over the...
Tesla received a key security clearance from China during owner Elon Musk’s whistlestop visit to the world’s biggest electric car market, which wrapped up on Monday. The tech billionaire arrived on Sunday for his second trip to China in...
Struggling UK music rights owner Hipgnosis Songs Fund agreed Monday to an improved $1.6-billion takeover from US private equity firm Blackstone, which trumped a rival bid from Concord. The announcement is the latest twist in a bidding war which last...
Solomon Islands’ incumbent prime minister Manasseh Sogavare said Monday he would not stand for a new term, ending a seismic pro-China reign of more than four years. His withdrawal followed inconclusive April 17 elections that led his party to...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Monday for tighter defence integration among Gulf Arabs in response to Iran, part of efforts to encourage moderation by Israel by dangling the prospect of better ties with the region. Blinken was starting...
Spain’s Pedro Sanchez said Monday he would stay on as prime minister after threatening to stand down over what he denounced as a campaign of political harassment by the right. “I have decided to stay,” the 52-year-old Socialist...
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will break his silence Monday on whether or not he will resign in response to a graft probe of his wife that he says amounts to a campaign of harassment. The 52-year-old, in office since 2018 and only...
An exceptional number of tornadoes have ravaged parts of Oklahoma and nearby Great Plains states, leaving at least five dead, authorities and local media said Sunday. After 78 tornadoes were reported Friday, mostly in Nebraska and Iowa, a separate...
Dubai announced on Sunday that work had begun on a new terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport, which the Gulf emirate’s ruler said will become “the world’s largest” at a cost of almost $35 billion. “We approved...