North Korea reaffirms support for Russia’s war in Ukraine
The North Korean leader pledges backing for Moscow, during talks with Russia's foreign minister.
How can countries save the lives of people living with HIV?
The UN warns that funding cuts will have catastrophic consequences for the fight against the disease.
Judge bars Trump administration from ‘indiscriminately’ detaining immigrants
The lawsuit was filed in California, where the Trump administration has focused its immigration enforcement in recent weeks.
Judge bars Trump administration from ‘indiscriminately’ detaining immigrants
The lawsuit was filed in California, where the Trump administration has focused its immigration enforcement in recent weeks.
One of history’s biggest expulsions: Iran is throwing out 4m Afghans – The Times
- One of history’s biggest expulsions: Iran is throwing out 4m Afghans The Times
- The Take: Why are Afghan refugees being sent back to Taliban rule? Al Jazeera
- Iran Carries Out Mass Expulsion of Afghan Refugees The New York Times
- Desperate Afghan refugees return to an unfamiliar home UN News
- A million more Afghans could be sent back from Iran, Red Cross warns Reuters
David Gergen, ex-adviser to Republican and Democratic presidents, dies aged 83
Serving Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton, Gergen was a speechwriter and communications director
David Gergen, a veteran of Washington politics and an adviser to four presidents, Republican and Democrat, in a career spanning decades in government, academia and media, has died. He was 83.
Gergen was perhaps best known for a line he summoned for then presidential candidate Ronald Reagan for a TV debate with Jimmy Carter: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”
Continue reading...New Caledonia declared a ‘state’ in autonomy deal, but will stay French
Agreement allows the archipelago that endured unrest last year to be its own state but remain within French fold.
Gaza hospital says 24 people killed near aid site as witnesses blame IDF
Witnesses say Israeli troops opened fire as people were trying to get food. The IDF says there were no known injuries.
Gaza hospital says 24 people killed near aid site as witnesses blame IDF
Witnesses say Israeli troops opened fire as people were trying to get food. The IDF says there were no known injuries.
Elon Musk’s AI firm apologizes after chatbot Grok praises Hitler
xAI’s lengthy apology for antisemitic remarks says they ‘apologize for the horrific behavior many experienced’
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has issued an apology after its chatbot Grok made a slew of antisemitic and Adolf Hitler-praising comments earlier this week on X.
On Saturday, xAI released a lengthy apology in which it said: “First off, we deeply apologize for the horrific behavior that many experienced.”
Continue reading...Family of American citizen killed by Israeli settlers demands US probe
Advocates say 20-year-old American citizen Sayfollah Musallet was 'lynched' while US officials stay silent.
English councils urged to install pavement gullies for home charging of electric cars
Scheme aims to stop cables trailing across pavements and encourage drivers to switch to electric vehicles
Local councils in England will be encouraged to install pavement gullies that link houses to the kerbside so that electric cars owners can charge their cars from home if they do not have a driveway.
The new government scheme hopes to stop cables trailing across pavements, as EV owners in built up areas where off-street parking is scarce, try to charge their cars. The Department for Transport has said it will put £25m towards “cross-pavement” charging – essentially a narrow cable channel with a cover on top.
Continue reading...The mushroom killer was obsessed with true crime. Now true crime fans are obsessed with her
A jury found Erin Patterson guilty on all charges - but the frenzy of speculation has only intensified.
Trump’s 10% tariff on most UK goods ‘here to stay’, says Lord Mandelson
British ambassador to US believes universal levy unlikely to change but there is ‘scope’ for negotiations in some sectors
The 10% tariffs on most UK goods imported into the US are likely “here to stay”, according to Lord Mandelson.
The British ambassador to the US said the “universal 10% tariff” was unlikely to change but that there was “scope” for negotiations in different sectors and industries, such as technology.
Continue reading...Iran Update, July 12, 2025 – Institute for the Study of War
- Iran Update, July 12, 2025 Institute for the Study of War
- Iran Update, July 13, 2025 Institute for the Study of War
- Iran Update, July 8, 2025 Institute for the Study of War
- Maryam Rajavi in an Interview with An-Nahar: Neither War, Nor Appeasement with the Iranian Regime maryam-rajavi.com
- Iran News in Brief – July 14, 2025 National Council of Resistance of Iran - NCRI
UK lawmakers urge Foreign Secretary Lammy to recognise Palestinian state
Labour MPs demand that London act now to halt 'erasure and annexation' of Palestinian land before it's too late.
FIFA Club World Cup: Infantino hails dawn of ‘golden era’
On the eve of the FIFA Club World Cup final, the governing body's president hails a 'golden era' for the club game.
Drew Hutton helped found the Australian Greens. So why has the troubled party booted him from its ranks?
The former life member says his support of those voicing ‘trans-critical’ views is a matter of free speech – but others say it’s a question of what values the party supports
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Drew Hutton had assumed he would live out his life a card-carrying Green. The 78-year-old retiree turned up to local branch meetings, staked party corflutes into the lawn of his home on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast and handed out how-to-vote cards long after stepping down from active duty in the party.
Given Hutton had been awarded life membership and his friend – and the Green’s first national leader – Bob Brown had lauded him a “towering figure in Australian environmental and social politics” who, “more than anybody” (including Brown himself) was “responsible for the formation of the Australian Greens”, it must have seemed a safe bet.
Continue reading...More than 70 arrests at Palestine Action ban protests – BBC
- More than 70 arrests at Palestine Action ban protests BBC
- UK police arrest scores of supporters of newly banned Palestinian protest group Reuters
- Charlotte Church joins unions and campaigners in opposing ban on Palestine Action The Guardian
- More than 70 arrested at U.K. protests in support of banned group Palestine Action NBC News
- UK police arrest dozens at protests against Palestine Action ban Al Jazeera
Arizona resident dies from plague, health officials say
This was the first recorded death from the disease in Coconino County since 2007.