Trump says Britain ‘on the edge of disaster,’ citing immigration and energy concerns
LONDON, Sept 3 – U.S. President Donald Trump said Britain was “on the edge of disaster,” voicing concerns in an interview with GB News about the country’s high energy costs,…
Ukraine’s Zelensky expects to host US envoys in Kyiv in ‘coming days’
A diplomatic push to end Russia’s four-and-a-half-year invasion of Ukraine has stalled in recent months. Read More
Body of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic returns to Serbia in government plane
BELGRADE, Sept 3 – A Serbian government plane brought the body of former army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week serving a life sentence for war crimes, back to…
Israeli minister presents plan to remove Palestinians from Gaza, send them abroad
Forced displacement of civilians in occupied territory is considered a war crime under the Geneva Conventions. Read More
Only democratic government can provide stability for oil investors, Venezuelan opposition leader says
Sept 3 – Only a “serious, democratic government” can provide the stability needed by investors in Venezuela’s oil sector, opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said…
Rights groups urge US lawmakers to drop provision to deepen defense ties with Israel
WASHINGTON, Sept 3 – Dozens of civil rights and advocacy groups are urging Congress to scrap a defense bill provision that would deepen U.S.-Israeli military technology ties, according to a…
Number of Iranian military personnel reported killed by US strikes this week rises to 13
DUBAI, Sept 3 – Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday the deaths of six more military personnel from U.S. strikes this week, bringing the military death toll to…
France records ‘hottest summer ever’, marked by heatwaves and wildfires
France joins Belgium and Britain in recording their hottest-ever summers. Read More
Reform UK gets 75% of its donations from crypto entreprenneur pardoned by Trump
LONDON, Sept 3 – Britain’s populist Reform UK party received a £4 million donation from a crypto investor convicted of a banking secrecy violation in the United States and pardoned…
As Colombia slowly identifies conflict victims, families left waiting
RIONEGRO, Colombia, Sept 3 – Roselly Gil watched as authorities carefully removed the blackened bones from the rotting wooden coffin, stored for decades in a cemetery in Rionegro, Colombia. They…