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Singapore’s foreign minister, Vivian Balakrishnan, said after a two-day visit to the Korean Peninsula that North Korea is not presently inclined to engage in significant dialogue with the United States, South Korea or Japan. Balakrishnan described Pyongyang as focused on self-reliance and strengthening military deterrence, noting deeper ties with R…
Pope Leo's newly released encyclical repudiates the just war tradition long used to evaluate the morality of armed conflict, urging reliance on dialogue, diplomacy and forgiveness instead. The document, issued Monday, also calls for international oversight of artificial intelligence and includes a clear apology for the Catholic Church's historical …
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved a constitutional amendment to shorten the legal workweek from 44 hours to 40, a move championed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and positioned as a central plank of his re-election agenda. The proposal passed in a 461-19 second-round vote and now goes to the Senate for ratification. The amendment sets a …
Paloma Valencia, a 48-year-old lawyer and senator from Colombia's conservative ranks, is campaigning to become the country's first female president in a first-round vote on May 31. Backed by former president Alvaro Uribe, she promises to prioritize security and revive the economy, rejects renewed talks with guerrilla and criminal groups, and has em…
Since the U.S.-brokered truce of April 16, southern Lebanon has continued to see intense military activity and broad evacuation orders from Israeli forces. What began as an occupation of a roughly 600 sq km buffer zone has expanded through repeated air strikes and additional evacuation notices to cover nearly 2,000 sq km - about one-fifth of Lebano…
On May 28 the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv stated it remains open and that there have been no operational changes, rejecting media reports suggesting otherwise after Moscow warned diplomats and foreign nationals to leave the Ukrainian capital. Comments by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and statements from Ukrainian officials added to confusion over th…
During a recent trip to China with U.S. President Donald Trump, Boeing secured a 200-jet commitment that its chief executive describes as an initial tranche of a larger potential package. The deal reopened access to China’s narrowbody market after an effective order freeze linked to U.S.-China trade tensions. Boeing and Chinese carriers have yet to…
A joint report from the U.N. weather agency and the UK Met Office projects that average global temperatures will reach near-record levels within the next five years, with the Arctic warming far faster than the global mean. The analysis anticipates temporary exceedances of the 1.5C threshold above pre-industrial levels, increased precipitation in pa…
Austrian courts on Thursday will hear closing arguments in the trial of a 21-year-old man who pleaded guilty to terrorism-related offences connected to a foiled plot targeting Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna in 2024. The defendant, identified as Beran A under Austrian privacy rules, was arrested on August 7, 2024, the day before the first of three …
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck a U.S. airbase after the U.S. military said it had targeted an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz. The exchange came hours after President Donald Trump dismissed reports of a near-term compromise with Tehran over management of the strait and other issues. The incident underlines th…
An Australian woman who returned from a Syrian refugee camp in September has been charged with joining Islamic State and entering and remaining in a declared conflict zone, authorities said. The 34-year-old traveled to Syria in 2013-2014, was detained by Kurdish forces in 2019 and held at Al-Hawl camp, and was flown back to Australia from Lebanon w…
In Pykany village, Chief Megaron Txucarramae, a longtime Kayapo leader, says he will continue the advocacy of his uncle and mentor, Chief Raoni Metuktire, as the elder recovers from recent hospital stays. The pledge comes as the Amazon faces mounting threats from land conversion, illegal mining and extreme weather, and as Brazil’s political landsca…
The U.S. Justice Department has initiated a criminal investigation into writer E. Jean Carroll to determine whether she committed perjury in testimony tied to two civil lawsuits she won against Donald Trump, a source familiar with the matter said. The probe, led by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago, centers on statements Carroll made in a 2022 …
A new 156-page assessment from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) warns that a confrontation between the United States and China over Taiwan could escalate to the nuclear level. The report highlights the likelihood of wide-ranging operations against command, control, communications and intelligence nodes, notes rapid expansion…
The U.S. Treasury has re-listed Francesca Albanese, a U.N. expert focused on the Palestinian territories, as a sanctioned individual after an appellate court issued an administrative stay of a lower-court injunction that had temporarily removed the designation. The sanctions, first imposed in July 2025, were halted earlier in May by a federal judge…
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro held meetings in Washington this week with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and met President Donald Trump, following disclosures that he requested funds from a jailed banker to finance a film about his father. Bolsonaro has denied wrongdoing. The conversations covered fighting organize…
Canada says it has reached what it calls its first liquefied natural gas supply agreement with a European buyer after state-owned German energy firm SEFE signaled intent to purchase 1 million metric tons per year from the proposed Ksi Lisims export project in British Columbia. The arrangement is non-binding and depends on a sales and purchase agree…
Dozens of Palestinians carried the body of a senior Hamas armed wing commander through Gaza City after Israeli forces said they killed him in a targeted strike. The operation, which Israel says is part of efforts to degrade Hamas’ leadership, occurred amid ongoing U.S.-brokered indirect talks and continued Israeli strikes in Gaza following an Octob…
Russia's U.N. ambassador said the United States did not issue a visa to Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov to attend a Security Council meeting chaired by China, characterizing the decision as a violation of the U.N. Headquarters Agreement. A U.N. diplomat also reported that Iran's foreign minister faced a similar apparent denial, while U.S. …
The attorneys general of New York and New Jersey have issued a subpoena to FIFA seeking information about ticketing practices for eight 2026 World Cup matches to be held in New Jersey, including the July 19 final. The action follows media reports and consumer complaints that some buyers who paid for Category 1 seats were assigned seats located in C…
The U.S. Trade Representative's office said the Trump administration will start a sequence of three negotiating rounds with Mexico to revise the North American trade arrangement. The initial talks, led by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeffrey Goettman, will take place in Mexico City and focus on economic security and rules of origin for importan…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told President Donald Trump at a cabinet meeting that the United States must prevent any Ebola cases from entering the country as an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has produced a suspected 220 deaths and 900 cases. U.S. agencies including the Centers for Disease Control have implemented entry restric…
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has written to U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. Congress asking for assistance to protect Ukraine’s skies, requesting Patriot systems and interceptor missiles. The appeal follows a major Russian missile strike in which Kyiv’s air defences were unable to intercept a significant number of ballistic missiles, and …
The U.S. has extended deportation relief and work authorization for Lebanese nationals under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for six months, allowing covered individuals to live and work legally through November 27. The Department of Homeland Security said Secretary Markwayne Mullin has not had adequate time to complete a review of Lebanon's desig…
SummaryIranian state television reported that Tehran would restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz to pre-war levels within a month if a memorandum of understanding negotiated with the United States included withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iran's vicinity and an end to a U.S. naval blockade. The broadcast said it had obtained an unofficial dra…
