Germany to dispatch minesweeper for possible Hormuz mission
Germany will soon send a minesweeper to the Mediterranean for a possible mission in the Strait of Hormuz after the end of the US-Iran war,...
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Palestinians vote in first elections since Gaza war
Palestinians in the West Bank and a central area of Gaza began voting Saturday in municipal elections in a first vote since the Gaza war,...
Global hunger report warns of rising malnutrition and famine risks
Famine was confirmed in two places in 2025 – areas of the Gaza Strip and Sudan – the first such dual confirmation since formal famine...
Epstein housed abuse victims in London flats, BBC reveals
Four rented London flats are detailed in receipts, emails and bank records in the Epstein files Sex-criminal financier Jeffrey Epstein housed women who say he...
Supplies reach Afghans cut off for weeks by Pakistan war
Afghan villagers in isolated mountain areas, cut off from the world by the conflict with neighbouring Pakistan, finally saw relief this week after nearly two...
Iran FM speaks to Pakistan military chief, Iraqi Kurdistan president
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held phone calls with Pakistan’s powerful military chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and the country’s top diplomat, Ishaq Dar, as...
Norway to ban social media for under-16s
Norway said Friday it will present a bill this year making it the latest country seeking to ban social networks for under 16s, adding that...
US soldier allegedly bet on Maduro operation using intel
A US soldier faces charges for using classified information to bet on online prediction markets related to the US operation to capture former Venezuelan president...
US pushes Lebanon to rethink Israel Boycott law
A new push in the US-backed diplomacy between Lebanon and Israel is beginning to take shape, with another round of talks expected in Washington later...
EU approves a massive loan package to help Ukraine
The European Union on Thursday approved a massive loan package to help Ukraine meet its economic and military needs for the next two years, the...
10 killed in Pakistan mining project attack
A group of militants killed at least 10 people, including a Turkish national, at a copper and gold mining project in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province,...
Israel targeted journalist killed in airstrike: Lebanon
Lebanon’s prime minister, Nawaf Salam, on Thursday accused Israel of war crimes after Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was killed in an Israeli airstrike while reporting...