Africa and Ukraine are in “the same boat”, the latter’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has said, accusing Moscow of triggering a global crisis that has left the continent reeling from food shortages. “Each Russian rocket is not only hitting Ukrainians, it also harms the quality […]
Lawmakers in Iraq have elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as the country’s new president, paving the way for the formation of a new government and ending a year of deadlock, even as rockets landed near the parliament building. Rashid replaced fellow Iraqi Kurd Barham […]
The US Supreme Court has rejected a request by Donald Trump‘s lawyers to intervene in a legal battle over classified documents seized from the former United States president’s Florida estate. A lower court had barred an independent arbiter from reviewing more than 100 classified files […]
The first session of the new Italian Parliament has opened with an emotional speech by a Holocaust survivor after a far-right party won last month’s general election. Liliana Segre, a 92-year-old senator-for-life, was the only member of her Jewish family to survive the Auschwitz concentration […]
Rival Palestinian factions meeting in Algiers for talks mediated by the Algerian government have agreed on a reconciliation deal that aims to resolve 15 years of discord through new elections in the occupied Palestinian territories. The agreement was signed by senior Fatah leader Azzam al-Ahmad; […]
Lebanese President Michel Aoun has announced his country’s acceptance of the US-brokered maritime border deal with Israel, saying talks had come to “a positive end”. The deal represents a “historic achievement” in which Lebanon regains 860sq km (332sq miles) of disputed maritime territory in the […]
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has rebuked the United Kingdom over its planned tax cuts, telling its finance minister and central bank chief that their policies should not be contradictory. Her comments on Thursday during the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in […]
Washington, DC – The United States Congressional committee investigating the riot at the US Capitol last year has voted to subpoena former President Donald Trump over his role in the January 6 attack. “We are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set […]
Russia says it will help residents evacuate a Ukrainian region it has “annexed” in a new sign Kyiv’s counteroffensive is advancing and Moscow is losing its grip on occupied territory. “The government took the decision to organise assistance for the departure of residents of the […]
The United States and Mexico have announced a joint migration plan that will see most Venezuelan asylum seekers trying to enter the US through its southern border sent back to Mexico while granting access to the US to thousands of others who come by air. […]
