Will the Pakistan-Afghanistan peace agreement hold?
The neighbours have agreed to an immediate ceasefire after week of cross-border violence.
‘Priceless’ jewels stolen in raid on Louvre Museum in Paris
A masked gang targeted France's crown jewels during a brazen daylight raid.
Turkish Cypriots elect Tufan Erhurman in northern Cyprus polls
More than 218,000 people voted in TRNC leadership election that could shape the island’s political direction.
Israel: Gaza crossings will reopen when Hamas bombing stops – The Jerusalem Post
- Israel: Gaza crossings will reopen when Hamas bombing stops The Jerusalem Post
- Israel to keep border crossing closed as it trades accusations of ceasefire violation with Hamas Reuters
- News Wrap: Israel says Rafah crossing will remain closed until hostage bodies are returned PBS
- Gaza awaits the reopening of the Rafah border crossing, its link to the outside world AP News
- EU calls on Israel to lift restrictions on aid deliveries to Gaza Euronews.com
Dead fish found on River Thet where large stretch of white foam appeared
Environment Agency says pollutant in Norfolk river is ‘an unknown substance’ and is investigating
Dead fish have been found on a river in Norfolk where a large stretch of white foam appeared, the Environment Agency has confirmed.
Images shared by the agency on Saturday showed the foam covering an area of the River Thet.
Continue reading...Louvre heist: hunt on for thieves after eight ‘priceless’ jewellery pieces stolen
Necklace given by Napoleon to his wife among items taken from Paris museum in highly professional daylight robbery
French police are hunting four thieves who carried out a highly professional daylight robbery on the Louvre, breaking into one of the museum’s most ornate rooms and escaping with eight pieces of “priceless” historic jewellery, including a necklace given by Napoleon to his wife.
The world’s most-visited museum was suddenly closed for the day on Sunday after the break-in targeted pieces in two glass cases in its Apollon gallery, where the French crown jewels are held.
Continue reading...US driver kills one and injures at least 14 in car-ramming attack at child’s party
Driver turned himself in to Maryland authorities after initially fleeing scene, where eight children were injured
A driver rammed into a group of people at a children’s birthday party outside of Washington DC late on Saturday, killing a woman in her 30s and injuring at least 14 others, eight of whom were children.
In a statement released by the Bladensburg police department in Maryland, they announced that the driver of the striking vehicle had turned himself in and had been identified as a 66 year-old man from the surrounding area.
Continue reading...Budapest Is The Wrong Place For Trump To Meet Putin Regarding Ukraine – Forbes
- Budapest Is The Wrong Place For Trump To Meet Putin Regarding Ukraine Forbes
- Trump’s hope for quick second summit with Putin may be stalled as pre-meeting tabled for now CNN
- Opinion | Trump keeps getting played by Putin. Will Budapest be different? The Washington Post
- EU foreign policy chief says possible Putin visit to Hungary 'not nice' Reuters
- Trump’s 2-Hour Call with Putin, and Why Iran Is Pushing Gender Transition Surgeries The New York Times
What we know about Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire, will it hold?
Islamabad and Kabul commit to ceasefire mediated by Qatar and Turkiye, but will it hold amid mutual distrust?
Four-minute heist at the Louvre: How priceless jewels were stolen in France
Thieves used an extendable ladder and motorbikes to steal eight precious items from Apollo's Gallery at Paris museum.
Afghanistan and Pakistan pledge to respect ceasefire after more than a week of deadly fighting – AP News
- Afghanistan and Pakistan pledge to respect ceasefire after more than a week of deadly fighting AP News
- Taliban and Pakistan agree to ceasefire after days of deadly clashes BBC
- A Fragile Cease-fire Between Afghanistan and Pakistan Ends Violence, for Now The New York Times
- What we know about Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire, will it hold? Al Jazeera
- Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to respect ceasefire mediated by Qatar and Turkey PBS
Trump calls Colombia president ‘illegal drug dealer’ as US says it hit another ship
Trump vows to cut US funding as Pete Hegseth says US hit Colombian rebel group vessel and ‘three terrorists killed’
Donald Trump on Sunday accused Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, of being an “illegal drug dealer” and threatened to immediately cut US funding to the country as the defense secretary confirmed in a social media post an attack on a vessel associated with a Colombian leftist rebel group.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sunday that US forces had attacked another vessel, this time associated with a Colombian leftist rebel group. Hegseth, in a post on X, said “three terrorists were killed” in the operation which was “conducted in international waters”.
Continue reading...Manchester United stun Liverpool 2-1 as Maguire scores late winner
United end nine-year drought without victory at Anfield and deal a blow to the reigning football champions' title chase.
Reform council leader says she has launched hunt for ‘cowards’ behind leaked video
Linden Kemkaran told fellow Kent councillors those who disagreed with decisions would have to ‘suck it up’
The leader of Reform UK’s flagship local authority has told her fellow councillors that she launched a hunt for the “cowards” who leaked a recorded meeting in which she said those who disagreed with decisions would have to “fucking suck it up”.
Bitter divisions among Reform members of Kent county council, one of 10 controlled outright by Nigel Farage’s party, were laid bare at the weekend by the Guardian in a leaked video of a chaotic internal meeting.
Continue reading...Gaza war has caused huge shifts in Middle East – and that may just be the beginning
Trump’s 20-point plan is forcing regional rivals to set aside differences and collaborate after years of competition
If the war in Gaza had dramatic consequences across the Middle East, overturning long-held assumptions, resetting the geopolitical map and provoking massive shifts in public opinion, any durable peace is likely to have equally momentous effects.
Some counsel caution.
Continue reading...Yemen’s Houthis detain 20 UN staff in latest raid
United Nations demands the release of its employees after Houthi forces raided a facility and detained staff in Sanaa.
Ex-Kenyan leader Raila Odinga buried after days of memorial events
The long-time opposition leader died aged 80 in India, where he had been receiving medical treatment.
Ex-Kenyan leader Raila Odinga buried after days of memorial events
The long-time opposition leader died aged 80 in India, where he had been receiving medical treatment.
Israeli strikes kill 42 in Gaza as both sides say the other breached truce
Hamas maintains it is abiding by ceasefire as Israel launches at least 20 air strikes on targets in southern Gaza.
Nicolas Sarkozy to enter prison for criminal conspiracy over Libyan funding
Former French president set to start five-year sentence for scheme to obtain campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi’s regime
The former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will go to prison on Tuesday after a court sentenced him to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, will become the first former head of an EU country to serve time in prison, and the first French postwar leader to be jailed.
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