Ireland picks new president amid criticism over lack of choice
Agencies: Ireland voted on Friday to elect a new president, with left-wing independent Catherine Connolly expected to beat her female challenger in an election marred...
International
Trump to visit Asia with focus on major investment pledges
Agencies: US President Donald Trump will travel to Japan and South Korea next week seeking progress on nearly $900 billion in pledged investments for American...
Louvre thieves left trail of DNA samples on helmet, gloves
Agencies: The thieves who snatched millions of dollars’ worth of jewelry in a daring daylight heist at the Louvre museum on Sunday left behind numerous...
EU accuses Meta, TikTok of breaking digital content rules
AFP: The EU accused Meta and TikTok on Friday of breaking the bloc’s digital content rules, putting the companies at risk of hefty fines. The...
German FM’s China visit postponed
Agencies: Germany said on Friday that a forthcoming visit by its foreign minister to China had been postponed as meetings could not be arranged, at...
Gaza funerals held for unidentified Palestinians, bodies returned by Israel
BBC : Israel has returned the bodies of dozens more unidentified Palestinians to Gaza for burial in a mass grave in Deir el-Balah, with some...
New Japan PM to advance defence spending target: Reports
Agencies : Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aims to achieve the target of spending two percent of GDP on defence two years early, media...
Belgian PM says will ‘stop’ Ukraine frozen assets loan if demands not met
Agencies : Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever warned Thursday that he would block plans for a new 140-billion-euro loan for Ukraine using frozen Russian...
Europe firms agree satellite merger to counter Starlink
Agencies : European aerospace groups unveiled an initial deal on Thursday to pool their loss-making satellite manufacturing activities, combining forces after months of negotiations to...
Nigerian military says kills 50 jihadists in army base raids
Agencies : Nigeria’s military said on Thursday it had killed 50 jihadists using drones to carry out multiple attacks on army bases in the volatile...
Sudan capital hit by paramilitary drone strikes for third straight day
AP : Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, came under drone attack for the third consecutive day on Thursday, as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the...
Russian drone kills two Ukrainian journalists on Donetsk region
Agencies : A Russian drone has killed two Ukrainian journalists and wounded another in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, according to their outlet and...