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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip next week’s meeting of NATO foreign ministers despite allies’ concerns about a US plan for Ukraine, sources familiar with the issue said. It is highly unusual for the top diplomat of the United States, the linchpin of the transatlantic alliance, to
Pope Leo XIV started the second day of his trip to Turkiye with a visit to Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Saturday. Leo was following in the footsteps of his recent predecessors, who all made high-profile visits to the mosque in a gesture of respect to Turkiye’s Muslim majority.
Two oil tankers said to be part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” that were set ablaze off Turkiye’s Black Sea coast may have been hit by mines, drones or missiles, a senior Turkish official said Saturday. Tankers Kairos and Virat were struck in quick succession late Friday afternoon, prompting
By Dr. Waleed A. Madibo is a Fulbright Scholar. He is the founder and president of Sudan Policy Forum.
In 2022, millions of Ukrainians fled west to safety, finding new homes and a new life in the European Union. The experience also threw up new challenges
Amid the region's severe crises, Hezbollah is engaging in actions reminiscent of the repressive tactics used in Afghanistan. A striking example is the mysterious death of Hussein Shukr, nephew of Hezbollah’s military commander, Fouad Shukr. Speculation swirls around the circumstances, ranging from accidental gunfire in Ouzai to
Pope Leo XIV started the second day of his trip to Turkiye with a visit to Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Saturday. Leo was following in the footsteps of his recent predecessors, who all made high-profile visits to the mosque in a gesture of respect to Turkiye’s Muslim majority.
Two oil tankers said to be part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” that were set ablaze off Turkiye’s Black Sea coast may have been hit by mines, drones or missiles, a senior Turkish official said Saturday. Tankers Kairos and Virat were struck in quick succession late Friday afternoon, prompting
The head of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said on Friday it retained the right to respond to Israel’s killing days ago of its top military commander and left open the possibility of a new conflict with Israel. Naim Qassem spoke in a televised address as fears grew in Lebanon
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip next week’s meeting of NATO foreign ministers despite allies’ concerns about a US plan for Ukraine, sources familiar with the issue said. It is highly unusual for the top diplomat of the United States, the linchpin of the transatlantic alliance, to
Iraq said on Thursday it would investigate an attack on a gas complex in the autonomous Kurdistan region, which disrupted gas supplies and caused power cuts. Sabah Al-Numan, the military spokesman for the Iraqi prime minister, said in a statement that the caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani had ordered
US President Donald Trump said Thursday he planned to suspend migration from what he called “third world countries,” a day after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers in Washington. “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the US system to fully recover,
It took 16-year-old Mounir Abderahmane 11 days to reach the Tine refugee transit camp in Chad, crossing arid plains after fleeing the bloodshed in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher. When the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) entered the city in late October, Abderahmane was at the Saudi hospital, watching over his
An alarming streak of exceptional temperatures has put 2025 on course to be among the hottest years ever recorded, the United Nations said Thursday, insisting though that the trend could still be reversed. While this year will not surpass 2024 as the hottest recorded, it will rank second or third,
US President Donald Trump may have hoped for an impromptu talk with his old friend Kim Jong Un during a recent trip to Asia, but analysts say the increasingly emboldened North Korean despot had few good reasons to join the photo-op. Trump sent repeated overtures to Kim during his barnstorming
Afghanistan’s economic recovery is buckling as nine in 10 households are forced to skip meals, sell belongings or take on debt to survive, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning that mass returns are exacerbating the country’s worst crisis since the Taliban returned to power. A United Nations
The United States is running out of pennies. President Donald Trump’s decision to stop producing the penny earlier this year is starting to have real implications for the nation’s commerce. Merchants in multiple regions of the country have run out of pennies and are unable to produce exact
President Donald Trump extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days Monday, at least delaying once again a dangerous showdown between the world’s two biggest economies. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he signed the executive order for the extension, and that “all other elements
Ousmane Dembele won the Ballon d’Or for leading Paris Saint-Germain to its first Champions League title and Aitana Bonmati received the women’s award for a third successive year on Monday. Dembele succeeded Manchester City midfielder Rodri to become the sixth Frenchman to win it after Raymond Kopa, Michel
Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca insisted winning the Club World Cup meant as much as winning the Champions League after his side beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the final of the first edition of FIFA’s new competition on Sunday. “I have the feeling that this competition is going to be
Marcos Leonardo scored his second goal of the match in the 112th minute to give Al-Hilal a 4-3 upset victory over Manchester City on Monday night in Orlando, sending the Saudi Arabian side into the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup. Malcom and Kalidou Koulibaly also scored for Al-Hilal, who
Ethiopia on Friday confirmed its first Marburg outbreak after nine cases were identified in a southern region of the country that borders South Sudan. The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the Ethiopian government’s fast action, saying it showed a “commitment to bringing the outbreak under control
Inside a lab in the picturesque Swiss town of Vevey, a scientist gives tiny clumps of human brain cells the nutrient-rich fluid they need to stay alive. It is vital these mini-brains remain healthy, because they are serving as rudimentary computer processors — and unlike your laptop, once they die, they
The number of reported cholera cases is increasing in Darfur and more than 3,000 people across all of Sudan have died from the illness over the last 14 months of civil war, the UN health agency said Tuesday. The current outbreak of the bacterial infection caused by contaminated food
Lebanon may reduce or cancel the $11 million bail imposed for the release of Hannibal Qaddafi, son of deposed Libyan ruler Muammar Qaddafi, his lawyer and a judicial official said Monday. Lebanese authorities arrested the younger Qaddafi in 2015 and accused him of withholding information about the 1978 disappearance of
Syria has attracted overseas investment totaling around $28 billion so far this year, President Ahmad Al-Sharaa said on Wednesday at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh. Sharaa said in a session attended by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that Syrian laws have been amended to allow
Syria is set to hold parliamentary elections on Sunday for the first time since the fall of the country’s longtime autocratic leader, Bashar Assad, who was unseated in a rebel offensive in December. Under the 50-year rule of the Assad dynasty, Syria held regular elections in which all Syrian
LONDON – World-renowned Turkish artist Yalın delivered a spectacular performance at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall, captivating an audience of over 3,000 music lovers. The concert was organised by CEFTUS EVENTS. With this performance, Yalın became the fourth Turkish artist ever to take the stage at the Royal Albert Hall,
Hundreds of people in Lebanon paid tribute Monday to iconic composer, pianist and playwright Ziad Rahbani, who died over the weekend. His mother, Fayrouz, one of the Arab world’s most esteemed singers, made a rare public appearance. Rahbani, also known as a political provocateur, died Saturday at age 69.
In a makeshift shelter carved out of a schoolyard in eastern Sudan, 14-year-old Hanim Mohammed uses her rap music to comfort families displaced by the country’s ongoing war. For a few fleeting moments, the scars of 21 months of war seem to fade when families huddle together to hear
An artificial intelligence tool that can detect tiny, hard-to-spot brain malformations in children with epilepsy could help patients access life-changing surgery quicker, Australian researchers said on Wednesday. It is the latest example of how AI, which can crunch vast amounts of data, is changing health care by assisting doctors with
The attorneys general of California and Delaware on Friday warned OpenAI they have “serious concerns” about the safety of its flagship chatbot, ChatGPT, especially for children and teens. The two state officials, who have unique powers to regulate nonprofits such as OpenAI, sent the letter to the company after a
US President Donald Trump went to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to announce $92 billion in energy and infrastructure deals intended to meet big tech’s soaring demand for electricity to fuel the AI boom. Trump made the announcement at the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University, with
US Dutch Palestinian supermodel Gigi Hadid walked the Miu Miu runway during Paris Fashion Week wearing a mix of classic tailoring and modern styling with a vintage edge. She donned a charcoal, double-breasted coat-dress with a structured, oversized silhouette. The look was completed with a 1920s-inspired hat that ties under
Set to run until Feb. 6, the opening night of Dubai Fashion Week saw designers show off their Autumn/Winter 2025-26 collections in the city on Saturday. The opening night’s line-up included an ode to Paris by Manel, founded by Dubai-based designer Manel Aboudaoud; a tribute to batik craftsmanship
French cosmetics giant L'Oreal is in final talks to acquire the South Korean skincare business Gowoonsesang Cosmetics owned by Mibelle Group, a unit of Swiss retailer Migros, according to two sources with knowledge of the deal. An announcement could be made as soon as Monday, one of the
In a bid to kick off a new era for DC Studios, James Gunn’s Superman opened with $122 million in US and Canada ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. DC and Warner Bros. had a lot riding on Superman. While the Walt Disney Co.’s
President Donald Trump is circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution, saying in a new interview that he does not know whether US citizens and noncitizens alike deserve that guarantee. He also said he does not think military force will be needed to
In the latest, long-delayed, chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — “Captain America: Brave New World,” directed by Julius Onah — audiences are ushered into a transformative new era as Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson takes up the iconic shield last wielded by Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers. Mackie says the role redefines
Tunisian rights groups on Monday condemned the dissolution of an authority that sought to guarantee access to information for citizens and journalists. The groups denounced as a setback for freedoms the closure of the National Authority for Access to Information (INAI), an independent body established in 2016 in the aftermath
The regime’s judiciary has sentenced political prisoner Ehsan Faridi, a 25-year-old student at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tabriz, to death for supporting the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and based on the clerical regime’s fabricated charge of “corruption on earth.” Ehsan Faridi was
Turkish authorities detained 37 people for sharing “provocative” content on social media, the interior minister said Thursday, pressing ahead with a crackdown on dissenting voices that escalated with the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, a potential challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was arrested after a
After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal. The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights Egypt’s ancient civilization and is a centerpiece of the government’s drive to boost the tourist industry, a major source of
Egypt said on Wednesday that its much-anticipated new $1-billion archaeological museum near the Pyramids of Giza will officially open on November 1 after several delays. Authorities hope that the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which boasts the treasures of Tutankhamun among its collection of more than 100,000 ancient Egyptian artefacts,
In the shadow of the Grand Egyptian Museum, souvenir shop owner Mona has been readying for the tourist boom she hoped the long-awaited opening would bring – now once again out of reach. “I had bet everything on this opening,” she said from her shop, just steps from the iconic pyramids