Can former colonial powers be held accountable for past atrocities?
Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf said Algeria's experience under French rule highlighted the need for compensation.
Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin says as peace talks with US begin
Russian president accuses European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine as he meets with Witkoff and Kushner
Vladimir Putin has accused European powers of preventing peace in Ukraine and threatened that Russia was ready for war as Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, arrived for talks at the Kremlin on Tuesday evening.
Moments before the closed-door meeting with Witkoff and Kushner, Putin made a series of hard-edged remarks. Speaking to reporters, he accused European governments of sabotaging the peace process and said that “European demands” on ending the war in Ukraine were “not acceptable to Russia”.
Continue reading...‘Antisemite of the Year’: Pro-Israel group slams kids’ YouTuber Ms. Rachel
Kids’ Youtuber Rachel Accurso, known as Ms. Rachel, has been nominated for ‘Antisemite of the Year’ by StopAntisemitism.
Putin meets with Witkoff, Kushner to discuss Ukraine peace plan
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss the Ukraine peace effort.
Report finds widespread police failings over UK’s Hillsborough disaster
After the latest probe, families who lost relatives in the 1989 football stadium crush say they will never get justice.
Politician Ayachi Hammami latest arrest in Tunisia opposition crackdown
Tunisia opposition says charges are fabricated, as police enforce a five-year prison sentence.
Rare Fabergé egg fetches record £22.9m at London auction
The Imperial Winter Egg with 4,500 diamonds was commissioned by Russia's Tsar Nicholas II in 1913.
Hegseth vows more boat strikes amid accusations he broke the law
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is vowing to continue military strikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea.
German military says thousands of rounds of ammunition were stolen from parked vehicle last week – CNN
- German military says thousands of rounds of ammunition were stolen from parked vehicle last week CNN
- Thousands of rounds of German army ammunition stolen from lorry BBC
- Germany: Bundeswehr ammo delivery ransacked by thieves dw.com
- Live ammunition, smoke grenades stolen from German military The Jerusalem Post
- A large shipment of ammunition slated for the German armed forces was stolen last week from a contractor's truck, authorities said Tuesday. An army spokesperson confirmed the theft to news agency AFP, revealing the ammunition disappeared from the trailer facebook.com
Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims
Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC
George Cottrell, a close associate of Nigel Farage and a key figure in Reform UK’s inner circle, acted as a front for a major gambling syndicate that was “given control” of his betting accounts, a high court document alleges.
Cottrell acted as a stalking horse for a syndicate involving one of the world’s most successful gamblers, Tony Bloom, it is claimed in the public documents, filed at the high court.
Continue reading...Rahmanullah Lakanwal pleads not guilty in US National Guard shooting
Judge orders suspected attacker held without bond after fatal shooting in Washington, DC caused 'sheer terror'.
OECD warns tariffs, AI will test resilience of the global economy
The organisation warns that President Donald Trump has put US fiscal policy on an unsustainable trajectory.
Is this the end of the internet?
This episode of The Stream asks: Is the internet as we know it on its way out?
Global heating and other human activity are making Asia’s floods more lethal
Much improved response systems are struggling to cope with ever more powerful and destructive storms
Families stranded on their rooftops. Homes buried by fast-flowing mud. Jagged brown craters scarring lush green hillsides.
The scenes are the result of a series of cyclones and storms in a heavy monsoon season that have struck Asia with torrential rains, gutting essential infrastructure and reshaping landscapes. The violent weather has killed at least 1,200 people in the past week and forced a million to flee without knowing whether their homes will still be standing when they go back.
Continue reading...Tight special election race in deep-red Tennessee concerns US Republicans
Polls show Democratic candidate within striking distance of Republican rival in district Trump carried by 22 points.
India Orders a Tracking App to Be Installed in All Smartphones – The New York Times
- India Orders a Tracking App to Be Installed in All Smartphones The New York Times
- Sanchar Saathi: India mandates state-owned cyber safety app on all smartphones BBC
- India's Congress seeks parliament debate on state-run app for smartphones Reuters
- India Says Mandatory Phone App Can Be Deleted After Backlash Bloomberg.com
- FirstFT: Reform UK donors say Farage expects deal with Tories Financial Times
Costco sues Trump administration for US tariff refund
The lawsuit comes ahead of a looming Supreme Court decision about the legality of Donald Trump’s tariffs.
What is Honduras ex-president accused of and why has Trump pardoned him?
Juan Orlando Hernández, once called the key figure in a drug trafficking scheme that flooded America with over 400 tonnes of cocaine, walks free after the pardon.
Production of French-German fighter jet threatened by rivalries, chief executive says
Relations between French company Dassault and the German unit of Airbus are reportedly ‘very strained’
The leaders of France and Germany have a “strong willingness” to build a new fighter jet together despite bitter internal rivalries, according to the chief executive of engine manufacturer Safran.
A row over who should lead between French aerospace company Dassault and the German unit of Airbus has threatened to break apart the countries’ efforts to make a next-generation fighter jet.
Continue reading...Trump frees ex-Honduran president from prison as country awaits knife-edge election result
Release of convicted cocaine trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández is latest US interference in election and comes despite Trump’s apparent ‘war on drugs’
A former president of Honduras who was convicted of drug trafficking has walked free from a US prison after receiving a pardon from Donald Trump, as the country’s presidential election remained on a knife edge with the US-backed candidate leading by 515 votes.
Juan Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison for allegedly creating “a cocaine superhighway to the United States”, was released from a West Virginia prison after Trump’s intervention, Hernández’s wife confirmed on Tuesday.
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