Security forces seized top court, Somalia’s ex-chief justice says
Somalia’s former Chief Justice said more than 300 security forces had ‘militarily occupied’ the Supreme Court.
Qatari PM’s Washington visit comes amid renewed US–Iran diplomacy
Nayef Al-Nabet discusses the Qatari prime minister’s visit to Washington.
Did Fox News’ fixation on Hasan Piker backfire?
Did Fox News' fixation on Hasan Piker backfire?
At least 12 people killed in Bulgaria motorway pile-up
At least 12 people have been killed and dozens injured in multiple crashes involving around 50 vehicles on a motorway
Father, child among six Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
Israel has killed more than 1,600 people in Gaza since last year's 'ceasefire', the enclave's Health Ministry says.
Poland gunman fascinated by Norway’s neo-Nazi mass killer Breivik
Suspect in deadly November 7 Krakow shooting looked up the white supremacist who killed dozens in 2011, a minister says.
Deadly Egypt train crash prompts calls for political accountability
A deadly train collision in Egypt's al-Ayyat prompts demands for political accountability and rail upgrade reviews.
Lewis Hamilton visits Rafah crossing to witness Gaza aid efforts
Lewis Hamilton visits Rafah crossing to witness Gaza aid efforts
‘Positive momentum’: Is the US war on Iran about to end?
Domestic pressures are injecting new life into stalled diplomatic talks, but analysts say peace still hangs by a thread.
Why is India trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine Black Sea food corridor?
India has influence with both sides, but shipping security and Russia’s cooperation remain major obstacles.
Cop31 live: ‘Everything and everyone we love is at stake,’ Greta Thunberg warns
Host Turkey celebrates new oilfields as UN climate summit prepares to host world leaders from more than 90 countries
We’ve just heard from Patricia Espinosa, the former UN climate boss (succeeded by Simon Stiell) and now we are hearing from former US secretary of state and climate ambassador, John Kerry.
Kerry has congratulated Brazil for keeping the fossil fuel transition issue alive, and the room has erupted in cheers.
Continue reading...Planned Tory welfare cuts ‘a charter for human misery,’ says Labour – UK politics live
Conservative leader launches Welfare That Works policy document outlining benefit reductions of £36bn
Badenoch and Whately are now taking questions.
Q: [From Rob Powell from Sky News] We are running a report on the Netherlands, where youth unemployment is much lower than in the UK, but the amount they spend on getting people into work is much higher. Do you want to spend more on job training and support?
Continue reading...Jimmy Carter’s Georgia farm to open to the public: ‘This land shaped him and his legacy’
Conservation group acquires former US president’s family farm with plans to transfer it to the state in 2028
Jimmy Carter’s family farm has been acquired by a group dedicated to permanently protecting the south-west Georgia land where the late former president’s conservation ethic took hold, officials announced on Monday.
A statement from the Conservation Fund said it plans to open Carter’s family farm – on about 2,458 acres (995 hectares) outside his home town of Plains, Georgia – to the public for hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreation as soon as 2027, with the group set to transfer the land to the state’s natural resources department in 2028.
Continue reading...UK and Argentina clash over Falklands oil project as Hamburg tribunal starts
Sea Lion project in the North Falkland basin threatens to deepen sovereignty dispute
Argentina has told an international tribunal that Britain’s approval of oil drilling off the Falkland islands has dramatically deepened a sovereignty dispute that led to war four decades ago.
At the start of an historic legal clash at the Hamburg-based International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Itlos), an Argentine legal team argued that the oil project must be suspended.
Continue reading...Hegseth impeachment: What is he accused of, and could he be removed?
Eight articles brought by a Republican lawmaker accuse US Pentagon chief of waging unlawful wars on Iran and Venezuela.
Mongolia’s Iron Winter: A Race to Save an Ancient Tradition
Two young horse herders revive Mongolia’s most dangerous winter ritual to save their community's ancient way of life.
Did humanity learn the right lessons from WWII?
Did humanity learn the right lessons from WWII?
How a Nigerian street food vendor built a life for herself and her family
Okpa is a beloved Nigerian street food that Victoria has been selling for over 20 years.
What is Shahid Kaveh, the Iran cyberunit tied to France’s fridge hacking?
IRGC-linked unit operates through front groups posing as vigilante hackers to hit adversaries, says French intelligence.
Historic ocean liner to ‘live on’ beneath waves as world’s biggest artificial reef
The SS United States will sink off Florida coast to become an artificial reef, ending long-running wrangle over its fate
Final preparations were under way on Tuesday to sink the world’s fastest ocean liner in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef, concluding a decades-long wrangle over the fate of the transatlantic icon.
A fleet of five tugboats moved the rusting hulk of the SS United States from a quayside in Mobile, Alabama, on Monday for its short journey to 25 miles off the coast of Destin, Florida, where it will be scuttled in a precision operation on Wednesday afternoon.
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