Representative Image (AI-generated) Malaysia called Sunday for the extension and expansion of a post-earthquake ceasefire in Myanmar due to run out at the end of May, despite ongoing fighting calling into question its effectiveness.The ruling military junta initially declared a truce in the many-sided civil war after a huge quake late March killed nearly 3,800 […]
A teenage social-media influencer from Pennsylvania is under fire after telling his nearly one million followers to support the man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staff in Washington, DC.The video was so inflammatory that TikTok removed it, reports the New York Post. Guy Christensen, a 19-year-old who goes by “YourFavoriteGuy” online, referred to the […]
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa with US counterpart Donald Trump (AP Photo) The atmosphere in South Africa was tense ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa‘s meeting with US counterpart Donald Trump, worrying that its leader might face public humiliation similar to what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy experienced. Even a local newspaper captured the mood with the […]
The French parliament moved Wednesday to stop telemarketers making annoying, unsolicited phone calls, with measures due to come into force in just over a year.Under the legislation, passed in a senate vote, it will be up to a company to prove that a call made on their behalf to an individual’s telephone was done so […]
Greece Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis (AP) UNITED NATIONS: The world is facing the most turbulent times since World War II, Greece’s top diplomat says, pointing to a crossroads in democracy and saying Europe is facing a “political identity crisis.“ In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, foreign minister Giorgos Gerapetritis weighed in on two […]
Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota assailed Donald Trump in a law school graduation speech Saturday, accusing the Republican president of creating a national emergency by repeatedly violating the rule of law.Walz, the vice presidential nominee in 2024, used his remarks at the University of Minnesota’s law school commencement ceremony to call on graduates to […]
BAGHDAD: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday called for increased pressure “to halt the massacre in Gaza”, speaking at an Arab League summit hours after Israel announced an intensified operation in the besieged Palestinian territory.UN chief Antonio Guterres told the Baghdad meeting that “we need a permanent ceasefire, now”, while Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah […]
A Ukrainian delegation led by president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a delegation from Russia arrived in Turkey on Thursday for peace talks, as the war continues to rage three years after it began. Even as the two countries are set to sit across the table from each other, Russia on Thursday claimed it has captured two […]
The white pouch in front of Emmanuel Macron that Macron hid seconds later became the object of social media curiosity. A video of French President Emmanuel Macron hiding a white pouch of something went viral with wild claims that it was a cocaine pouch. But French media slammed the social media rumors and called them […]
China on Saturday said that it would continue to support Pakistan in upholding its “sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national independence”, describing the country as an “iron-clad friend.”According to Pakistan’s Foreign Office, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi made these remarks in a phone call with Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ishaq Dar.Dar updated Wang […]
