Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin and other key Eurasian leaders on Sunday as China hosts a major summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The gathering, held in Tianjin, is being presented as a showcase of a new international order led by China, at......
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot arrived in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, on Saturday evening for a two-day diplomatic visit. His trip aims to reaffirm France’s solidarity with the people of Greenland, at a time when the Arctic territory has become the focus of renewed international......
The European Union called on Saturday for the United States to “reconsider” its refusal to grant visas to Palestinian officials planning to attend the UN General Assembly in New York this September. “We urgently request that this decision be reconsidered in light of international law,”......
US authorities are raising concerns over the potential use of drones by far-right extremists in domestic attacks. Experts warn that both commercially available and home-built first-person view (FPV) drones could become key tools in an anticipated insurgency against the government. Analysts report that......
The Utah Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked the execution of Ralph Leroy Menzies, a 67-year-old man convicted of killing Maurine Hunsaker in 1986, after his attorneys argued that he suffers from severe dementia. Menzies had been scheduled to face a firing squad on September 5, a method he chose......
Chinese President Xi Jinping began hosting foreign leaders on Saturday in Tianjin, northern China, ahead of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. Among the first to meet Xi were United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, according......
A federal judge in Washington has blocked the Trump administration’s nationwide expansion of a fast-track deportation process, dealing a blow to the president’s pledge of mass expulsions of undocumented migrants. The “expedited removal” procedure was initially applied only to......
United Nations experts have issued a stark warning over reports of Palestinians, including children, being forcibly disappeared while attempting to collect humanitarian aid in southern Gaza. These incidents, described as violations of international law, coincide with mounting concerns over a deepening......
The Qatari investment group Al Mansour Holding has announced a $70 billion investment package across four Southern African countries, a move observers see as a strategic shift amid the sharp decline of U.S. aid to the continent. Sheikh Mansour bin Jabor bin Jassim Al Thani, the founder of the fund and......
A 52-year-old man has been sentenced to six months in prison by the Brooklyn federal court in New York for smuggling Egyptian antiquities. Between 2011 and 2019, the Egyptian-born, naturalized American sold hundreds of ancient objects to auction houses, falsely claiming they came from his grandfather’s......
The United States announced on Friday that it will deny visas to members of the Palestinian Authority ahead of the United Nations General Assembly scheduled for September, where France plans to advocate for the recognition of a Palestinian state. “The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, revokes and......
The United Kingdom, France, and Germany have reiterated that their offer to extend the Iran nuclear deal and delay the reinstatement of UN sanctions remains “on the table,” according to UK Ambassador Barbara Woodward speaking at the United Nations. The European trio, known as the E3, triggered......
In Cameroon, as in many parts of the world, disabled individuals are among the most vulnerable during natural disasters. According to an online advocacy platform, four out of every ten disaster victims in the country are people with disabilities, highlighting the urgent need for inclusive disaster response. The......
