Questionable contracts and overspending have left the unelected ‘queen’ of the EU unfazed and eager for a new term
Forget this whole “election” charade and just glue the crown onto her head, already.…
Lawmakers have warned of retaliation if the Hague-based court pursues war crimes charges
Republican and Democrat US lawmakers alike have called for retaliating against the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it issues arrest warrants for Israeli leaders over their roles in alleged war crimes against the Palestinians.…
Investigators say they could not gather enough evidence to charge the suspects accused of blowing up multiple arms warehouses
Police in the Czech Republic have shelved a probe into the destruction of ammunition warehouses that took place ten years ago.…
The ex-president was warned that he could be jailed if he continues to speak out against his prosecutors
Former US President Donald Trump has been ordered to pay $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order imposed by the judge overseeing his ‘hush money’ trial in New York.…
Jareh Dalke attempted to sell classified files to an undercover FBI operative
A former employee of the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for attempting to sell classified documents to a man he thought was a Russian intelligence agent.…
Nitrogen fertilizers are the new natural gas, an EU chemical producer has warned
The European Union is “sleep walking” into becoming dependent on Russian fertilizers, just as it did with natural gas, a leading producer has told the Financial Times.…
The prime minister directly contradicted his own foreign minister, who promised to suspend the operation if Hamas released its captives
Israel will send troops into the city of Rafah regardless of whether it reaches a ceasefire and hostage-release deal with Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.…
Some 25% of the uranium fueling US reactors is supplied by Moscow
The Biden administration is considering a ban on enriched uranium from Russia using the president’s executive authority after congressional efforts stalled, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.…
A 36-year-old suspect has been apprehended after a stabbing spree near Hainault Tube station, officials have said
A man armed with a sword has killed a teenager and injured at least four other people in an attack in northeast London, authorities have said.…
Dozens of demonstrators have stormed Hamilton Hall as part of their protest over the war in Gaza
Anti-Israel demonstrators have stormed and seized an academic building at Columbia University in New York, in the latest escalation of the protest movement against Israel’s war in Gaza that has unfolded across US college campuses.…
Media reports suggest the court could charge the Israeli prime minister with war crimes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked US President Joe Biden to stop the International Criminal Court (ICC) from pursuing him and several other top-ranking Israeli officials, news publisher Axios has claimed.…
Last week, US President Joe Biden signed a law demanding that the platform’s Chinese owner sell it or be barred from app stores
The EU has not ruled out banning Chinese-owned TikTok, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has stated.…
The UK-Swedish pharmaceutical company has said its jab could cause blood clots in rare cases
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has for the first time admitted that its Covid-19 vaccine could cause a rare side effect that could lead to blood clots and death, according to court documents.…
None of the passengers survived, the military has said
Nine members of Colombia’s military were killed when a helicopter crashed in a rural area in the northern part of the country on Monday, according to the nation’s armed forces.…
State troopers detained dozens of activists whole refused to leave the premises
State troopers used pepper spray and stun grenades as they arrested dozens of pro-Palestine protesters camping at the University of Texas in Austin.…
Washington will continue providing unfettered military aid to West Jerusalem despite concluding that abuses were committed
The US government has determined that at least five Israeli security units committed gross violations of human rights prior to the latest war with Hamas, but Washington has no plans to impose sanctions or restrict military aid to West Jerusalem.…
Beijing has stated that recently enacted legislation in Washington “gravely infringes” on its sovereignty
Beijing has warned that anti-China legislation signed into law last week by US President Joe Biden will lead to “forceful” retaliatory steps if Washington doesn’t change its course on the hostile initiatives.…
Attorneys representing the US president’s son have demanded that the media outlet remove “intimate images” from its platforms
Lawyers representing Hunter Biden have accused Fox News of a “conspiracy to defame” the US president’s son, demanding that the media outlet take down nude images of their client and retract reports suggesting that the Biden family engaged in an overseas bribery operation.…
Two animals involved in the bloody stampede are recuperating after surgery, military officials have said
Two military horses that sustained injuries when they bolted through central London last week are receiving veterinary care and will recover, the British Army said in a statement on Monday.…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged the Palestinian militant group to take Israel’s latest ceasefire offer
Israel’s latest ceasefire proposal is “extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous” and should be swiftly accepted by Hamas to spare Gazans from further bloodshed, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has argued.…
The Israeli prime minister has promised that he “will not bow” to attempts to drag him before a tribunal in The Hague
The International Criminal Court (ICC) could charge Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top officials with war crimes and issue warrants for their arrest as early as this week, NBC News reported on Monday.…
Beijing has no interest in meddling in US internal affairs, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian has said
China’s foreign ministry has shot down allegations by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that it interferes in American elections, accusing Blinken of “paranoia and shadow-chasing.”…
Not long ago the French leader believed the continent was almost as big as Africa. Now he’s reduced it in size by about 75%
French President Emmanuel Macron has delivered a speech on the future of our shared continent.…
Unanimity is required to admit a new member, Jens Stoltenberg reminded Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky
Ukraine is highly unlikely to join NATO at the bloc’s key summit later this year because all members of the US-led military bloc would have to support its bid, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said. …
Pro-independence and pro-Palestine Humza Yousaf has quit after just over a year in power
Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf announced his resignation on Monday during a press conference in Edinburgh.…
The bloc is committed to assisting Ukraine but doesn’t want to send its people to the battlefield, its foreign policy chief says
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has insisted that member states don’t want their citizens to die in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but that the bloc will keep supporting Kiev with military and financial aid.…
The tech billionaires weighed in on the idea of a ten-year aid deal articulated by Vladimir Zelensky
Two of the America’s most influential tech entrepreneurs, Elon Musk and David Sacks, have expressed concern over a security agreement currently in the works between the US and Ukraine.…
The Iran-Israel clash has served as a catalyst for renewed escalation by Western leaders, and World War III cannot be ruled out
The events of recent weeks have produced a sudden jolt in Western politics.…
Bavarian authorities have detained a 57-year-old man on suspicion of perpetrating the killings
Two citizens of Ukraine have been killed in a knife attack at a shopping center in Bavaria, Germany over the weekend, according to the local police department.…
The Ukrainian leader has claimed that he’s working on a long-term assistance package from Washington
The latest US aid package for Kiev, which was only approved by Congress after more than six months of partisan feuding, might be small potatoes compared to what Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has in mind for his biggest benefactor.…