Muslims protest planned demolition of ‘600-year-old’ mosque in India
Hundreds of Muslims have gathered in the Indian city of Ujjain to protest the partial demolition of a historic mosque.
Woman charged with stealing from patients and staff at hospitals across Ontario
The 34-year-old is under investigation for incidents that began in February 2024 up until as recently as last month.
UN ambassador Waltz says Iran was not negotiating ‘in good faith’ to end war
Waltz says Trump rejected Iran’s proposal to end war because they ‘were asking for everything up front’
The Trump administration’s ambassador to the United Nations said the US rejected Iran’s proposal to end the ongoing war there because Iranian negotiators “were asking for everything up front”.
Echoing comments by Donald Trump on Saturday, the president’s UN ambassador Mike Waltz told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday that Iran had asked for relief “from billions and billions of sanctions that are going into place” as part of an economic blockade on Iran. The blockade is aimed at putting pressure on Iran to stop its attacks on vessels in the strait of Hormuz.
Continue reading...Afghanistan says 28 fighters killed as Islamabad, Kabul trade accusations – Al Jazeera
- Afghanistan says 28 fighters killed as Islamabad, Kabul trade accusations Al Jazeera
- Info ministry rejects Afghan Taliban's 'frivolous' claims linking Pakistan to reported Nuristan violence Dawn
- 28 'fighters', mostly former Afghan security personnel, killed after crossing from Pakistan: Kabul The Times of India
- Afghanistan says it killed 28 fighters, wounded 32 after group crosses over from Pakistan The Jerusalem Post
- Pakistan-supported armed groups heavily defeated in Nuristan’s Kamdesh: MoD Pajhwok Afghan News
Afghanistan says 28 fighters killed as Islamabad, Kabul trade accusations
Relations strain further as Afghanistan and Pakistan trade accusations over terrorism and cross-border violence.
Switzerland rejects stricter interpretation of its neutrality
The initiative would have prevented the nation from imposing sanctions unless approved by the UN.
Nor’easter storm batters US east coast with heavy winds and power outages
At least one person killed and nearly 150,000 households lost electricity from North Carolina to New England
A strong, deadly storm known as a nor’easter battered the US’s east coast over the weekend, bringing power outages, flooding, damaging winds and hazardous ocean conditions.
Trees and power lines were knocked down across the region, at least one person was killed and hundreds of thousands were left without electricity as officials cautioned that conditions could deteriorate further.
Continue reading...LIVE: Norway vs Portugal – Nations League
Follow updates as Norway host Portugal for a Group A4 clash, including the build-up, analysis and live text commentary.
Rise in young Catholic converts points to spiritual longing in U.S. and Europe – washingtonpost.com
- Rise in young Catholic converts points to spiritual longing in U.S. and Europe washingtonpost.com
- ‘An immense opportunity and honor’: New Catholics meet Pope Leo in Paris OSV News
- In France, a Baptism Boom Stirs Hope of Catholic Revival WSJ
- Newly baptized Catholic: France moving from inherited to a chosen Christianity Vatican News
- ‘I hope France wakes up’: Young Catholics flood the streets for Pope Leo's Paris visit France 24
EU Commission calls on countries to cut energy demands as costs surge – politico.eu
- EU Commission calls on countries to cut energy demands as costs surge politico.eu
- EU warns of energy price crisis, asks countries to consider curbing demand, letter shows Reuters
- EU tells capitals to cut gas demand amid rising supply concerns Euronews.com
- Europe uses subsidies, taxes and policy pauses to offset pain of high fuel prices AP News
- EU Floats Energy Demand Curbs in Price Crisis Letter to Members bloomberg.com
Venezuela releases dozens of political prisoners as election calls grow
A slew of dissidents being released from long-term detention comes days after the nation's interim leader met the US president.
Venezuela releases dozens of political prisoners as election calls grow
A slew of dissidents being released from long-term detention comes days after the nation's interim leader met the US president.
Who is Gavin Bazunu, and why is he boycotting the Ireland vs Israel match?
Bazunu says his decision to withdraw was based on a 'personal belief that the killing of innocent people is wrong'.
The longevity boom is getting ahead of the science
Billions are pouring into anti-ageing biotech, but manipulating ageing has risks we are only beginning to understand.
UK’s Burnham pledges to fight next election on social care reform – Reuters
- UK's Burnham pledges to fight next election on social care reform Reuters
- Andy Burnham to fight next election with plan for NHS-style care service The Guardian
- Ministers could scrap pensions triple lock to pay for social care thetimes.com
- Andy Burnham proposes NHS-style social care system for England bbc.com
- Burnham vows to fix social care after father’s death telegraph.co.uk
German town sparks outrage as far-right and conservatives rally against Holocaust memorial plaques – AP News
Finding Desert Angels: Searching for the missing at the US-Mexico border
An ageing trailblazer of search and rescue risks his life to find a woman’s missing son in the US-Mexico borderlands.
For Libya, the Hormuz crisis can be a trap or an opportunity
Libyan hydrocarbons are increasingly sought after. To take full advantage, the country needs a new economic strategy.
Pope Leo urges healing of ‘deep wounds’ before meeting child sexual abuse survivors in France
Pontiff also uses visit to Catholic shrine at Lourdes to criticise assisted dying as ‘false compassion’
The pope has called on the Catholic church to heal “deep wounds” and “painful errors”, before a meeting with survivors of child sexual abuse as he continues his four-day visit to France.
Addressing a crowd in a large field near the Catholic shrine of Lourdes on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV called on the church to reckon with its past, without directly referencing sexual abuse scandals in France that affected at least 330,000 children over seven decades.
Continue reading...Swiss voters reject stricter neutrality rules that would have curbed Nato cooperation
70% vote against tightening centuries-old neutrality, which far right said was being eroded by sanctions against Russia
Swiss voters have decisively rejected a proposal for a strict definition of neutrality that would have required Switzerland to curb cooperation with Nato and abandon sanctions against Russia.
All cantons and about 70% of voters rejected the proposal for a strictly defined version of neutrality to be written into the Swiss constitution, final results from the Federal Statistical Office showed. The motion had been promoted by the far-right Swiss People’s party (SVP).
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