Trump warns Iran will be ‘held responsible’ for Houthi attacks from Yemen
The US president has threatened Iran, while the Pentagon vows 'overwhelming lethal force' against the Houthis in Yemen.
Pope remains in stable condition with slight improvement – Vatican News – English
- Pope remains in stable condition with slight improvement Vatican News - English
- Vatican Releases First Photo of Pope Francis Since He Was Hospitalized The New York Times
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EU’s foreign policy chief laments US funding cuts to Radio Free Europe
Kaja Kallas says the bloc cannot automatically fill the gap left by the US
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, expressed disappointment over US funding cuts to Radio Free Europe and said the EU could not automatically fill the gap.
The US Agency for Global Media stopped grants over the weekend to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which was founded during the cold war and broadcasts to 23 countries, including Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Iran and Afghanistan.
Continue reading...Cyprus recovers at least seven bodies after refugee boat capsizes
The border protection agency Frontex says irregular crossings into the EU over the Mediterranean rose last year.
Surrogate parents too afraid to return to Italy after ‘procreative tourism’ law
The gay couple, who travelled to the US for the birth of their son, could be among the first Italians prosecuted under a new ban on domestic surrogacy
The Italian parents of a child who was recently born in the US via surrogacy say they are too afraid to return home since Giorgia Meloni’s government enacted the west’s most restrictive law against what she described as “procreative tourism”.
The gay couple could be among the first Italians to be prosecuted under the law, enacted in early December, which extended an outright ban on domestic surrogacy by making it a universal crime that transcends borders, putting them on a par with terrorists, paedophiles and war criminals.
Continue reading...Scientists at Antarctic base rocked by alleged assault
A spokesperson for the South African government told the BBC there had been an assault at the station.
French politician jokes US should return Statue of Liberty for siding with ‘tyrants’
Raphaël Glucksmann quips that US should give back 19th-century gift from France over Trump’s approach to Ukraine
A French European parliament member has quipped that the US should return the Statue of Liberty, which it received as a gift from France about 140 years ago, after Donald Trump’s decision “to side with the tyrants” against Ukraine.
Trump’s White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, then responded to Raphaël Glucksmann on Monday by calling him an “unnamed low-level French politician” and saying the US would keep the statue.
Continue reading...EU warns of threat to Syrian transition while pledging billions in aid
The EU has pledged $2.7 billion in aid to Syria to help the country rebuild after the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
Watch: Tornado destruction in Missouri hits residents hard
Residents describe a 'really rough night', as tornadoes claim at least 12 lives and leave destruction throughout the state.
Angry protests after North Macedonia nightclub disaster
People in Kocani blame corruption after 59 people - many of them teenagers - died in a nightclub inferno.
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Angry protests after North Macedonia nightclub disaster
People in Kocani blame corruption after 59 people - many of them teenagers - died in a nightclub inferno.
No, ‘nerds’ and their technologies are not going to save the world
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Pub said to have same owner as nightclub where blaze killed 59 attacked
People smashed out windows of a pub suspected to be owned by the same owner nightclub where a fire killed 59 people.
Astronauts Butch and Suni begin journey home after nine months in space
The Nasa astronauts prepare to head to Earth after an eight-day mission turned into nine months.
King hosts Carney at Buckingham Palace
Canada's new PM meets King Charles at Buckingham Palace, before talks with UK PM Starmer.
In North Macedonia, Officials Investigate Lapses in Deadly Nightclub Fire – The New York Times
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- Angry protests after North Macedonia nightclub disaster BBC.com
- Fire rips through overcrowded nightclub in North Macedonia, leaving dozens dead in panicked escape The Associated Press
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Putin and Trump to talk with proposed Russia-Ukraine truce in balance
US President Donald Trump is trying to win Russian President Vladimir Putin's support for a 30-day ceasefire.
Donald Trump: Iran will be held responsible for Houthi attacks
US president says consequences of any future attacks by Yemen’s Tehran-backed rebels will be ‘dire’
The US president, Donald Trump, has declared he will hold Iran directly responsible for any future attacks by Yemen’s Tehran-backed Houthi rebels, who have targeted US and other foreign ships in the Red Sea.
“Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of IRAN, and IRAN will be held responsible, and suffer the consequences, and those consequences will be dire!” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Monday.
Continue reading...How Trump’s US aid freeze has stymied Colombia’s immigration system
Experts warn that the sudden lack of funds may spur further migration of Venezuelans beyond neighbouring Colombia.