US President Donald Trump has said Iran is seeking negotiations with Washington following his warning that the United States could take military action against the Islamic Republic over its violent response to nationwide protests. His comments came amid reports from activists that hundreds
Britain’s former ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, has issued a public apology to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein, while declining to apologise for his own personal associations with the disgraced financier. The statement has reignited debate in the UK over accountability,
Britain’s media regulator has launched a formal investigation into X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, following concerns that its Grok artificial intelligence chatbot generated sexually explicit and disturbing deepfake imagery. The probe focuses on whether the platform failed to meet
A United States Border Patrol agent shot and wounded two people during a traffic stop in Portland, Oregon, in an incident that has heightened national tensions over the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement strategy. The episode unfolded on Thursday afternoon when a federal
Malaysia’s football authorities are facing growing scrutiny as a forgery scandal threatens to trigger intervention by Fifa, raising fears that the global governing body could step in to take control of the national game if reforms are not carried out swiftly and credibly.
Kurdish fighters have refused to withdraw from Syria’s northern city of Aleppo despite a truce announced by the government, underscoring the fragility of ceasefire efforts after days of intense fighting that displaced thousands of civilians. The clashes erupted earlier this week as Syrian
Israel has announced that a Bulgarian diplomat will head a new international body tasked with overseeing the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire, marking a significant development in US President Donald Trump’s efforts to stabilise the conflict after years of fighting. Israeli Prime
The European Union has agreed to move forward with the long delayed Mercosur free trade agreement, opening the door to what officials describe as the world’s largest free trade zone after more than 25 years of negotiations. A majority of EU member states
US President Donald Trump has announced that he cancelled plans for a second wave of military attacks on Venezuela, linking the decision to steps taken by the interim Venezuelan government to ease tensions with Washington, particularly the release of political prisoners. Trump framed
China has raised fresh concerns over Japan’s latent nuclear weapons capability, citing a past message from former US president Joe Biden to President Xi Jinping that Tokyo could develop nuclear arms in an extremely short time if it chose to do so. An
