UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Monday over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse their worsening oppression of women and girls and eliminate all terrorist organizations. The 11-page resolution also emphasizes “the…
CNN — Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit died by suicide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, officials said. Starovoit was dismissed by Putin on Monday morning. The decree announcing his dismissal…
“In fact, let us call it by its name – it is simply a lie.” 6. Socialists and liberals are seizing the chance to assert themselves “He who laughs last, laughs longest” may have been in the heads of Socialist…
President Donald Trump has said he plans to impose a raft of tariffs on goods entering the US from 14 countries, including Japan and South Korea. The latest escalation on global trade by Trump came as the 90-day pause the…
King Charles has called on people to stand united “against those who would seek to divide us”, in a message marking the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 attacks in London. He condemned the “senseless acts of evil” that saw bombs…
Russia and Ukraine struck each other with hundreds of drones on Sunday, throwing Russian air travel in disarray, shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced deals with Western partners that would allow Kyiv to scale up drone production. Photos circulating…
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the BRICS Summit, at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6, 2025. Ricardo Moraes | Reuters The BRICS bloc of developing nations on Sunday condemned…
Delegations from Israel and Hamas have begun an indirect round of ceasefire talks in Qatar, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Washington to meet Donald Trump. Netanyahu said he thinks his meeting with the US president on Monday…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Crew members aboard a Liberian-flagged ship set ablaze by a series of attacks in the Red Sea abandoned the vessel Sunday night as it took on water, marking the first serious assault in the…
Parisians and tourists flocked to take a dip in the Seine River this weekend after city authorities gave the green light for it to be used for public swimming for the first time in more than a century. The opening…