Hungarian prosecutors said Thursday they had dropped charges against organisers of last year’s Pride marches, citing a landmark ruling from the EU’s top court. Budapest’s progressive mayor, Gergely Karacsony, was charged in January...
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A Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner tipped onto its nose at Frankfurt Airport on Thursday, injuring several staff, the German airline said. The incident occurred at 12:45 pm (1045 GMT) just before passengers boarded the plane which was scheduled to...
President Donald Trump’s agenda faced a series of tests in the US Senate on Thursday, as lawmakers began a marathon amendment process on a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill after weeks of Republican anxiety over some of his most...
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Thursday that the trade deal with the European Union may resolve Washington’s concerns about forced labour that serve as justification for new US tariffs. Greer’s office (USTR) earlier this...
Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen in public since being appointed, his health condition is a mystery, and it’s unclear how much power he wields. But over three months after his father and predecessor Ali...
Brazil wants to acquire 20 additional Gripen fighter jets, made by Swedish defence company Saab, on top of the 36 it already has, Sweden’s defence minister said Thursday. Defence Minister Pal Jonson said that the countries had signed a...
The UN nuclear agency reaffirmed in a confidential report seen by AFP on Thursday that a lack of access to Iran’s nuclear material posed a “proliferation concern” and called on Teheran to act “constructively”. The...
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US private equity giant Blackstone said Thursday that it would limit withdrawals from its flagship private credit fund after a jump in redemption requests, signaling concerns over the asset class. Investors in the fund sought to redeem 10 percent of...
Romanian president Nicusor Dan on Thursday designated pro-European MEP Eugen Tomac as prime minister, a month after the previous government leader was ousted in a no confidence motion. “Since the parties cannot agree among themselves, the only...
A group of European countries has called on the EU to make it harder for Russians to holiday in Europe as the war in Ukraine grinds through a fifth year. EU interior ministers were discussing the issue, raised in a letter by Poland, Norway, the...
The head of the Quds Force, the foreign arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards, said Thursday that Israel must pull back from its current front lines in Lebanon, where it is fighting Tehran’s ally Hezbollah. “Supporting the...
Social networking platforms should provide clear, consistent rules for when they will ban accounts permanently and provide affected users with information and avenues for appeal, Meta’s independent Oversight Board said Thursday. The board...
A Sydney man credited with saving dozens of lives during last year’s deadly mass shooting on Bondi Beach has been charged with assaulting his father, local media and police said Thursday. Ahmed al Ahmed shot to fame in December when he wrested...
Apple has removed Russia’s state-backed Max messenger from its App Store, the app’s Russian developers said Thursday. Moscow has for months been pushing Russians to install Max — a super-app that lacks encryption and that critics...
Kim Jong Un vowed an “exponential” increase in nuclear military capabilities as state media reported the North Korean leader visited a new atomic facility. The nuclear-armed country is believed to operate uranium enrichment facilities at...