In his second term, Trump has pledged to reduce America’s foreign entanglements in regions like the Middle East. He also launched the war with Iran, which reached the six-month mark on Friday with no end in sight. The memorandum of understanding between the Pentagon and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) is set to expire on…
Berlin is being blackmailed by hackers who were able to compromise city systems and steal data earlier this month, its mayor has said. Kai Wegner said officials would not cave in to the ransom demand, which came on Thursday evening. He did not say how much was being sought, though Der Spiegel reports the hackers…
Greenland’s justice minister has said the government cannot conclude whether genocide was committed against the Inuit community after experts examined the use of forced contraception in the 1960s and 70s. “We cannot say, on behalf of the government, whether there was genocide,” Marianne Paviasen told reporters. “This is something we can continue to debate.” Two…
British political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, a vocal supporter of US President Donald Trump, was apparently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to the agency’s records. Yiannopoulos, 41, a former editor of the right-wing US website Breitbart and employee of rapper Kanye West, appears to be held in Louisiana, according to a search of…
At noon, the Norwegian Armed Forces honoured Harald with a funeral salute of 21 shots from Akershus Fortress in central Oslo. Later on Friday, a procession left the chapel at Rikshospitalet, where Harald died, and headed to the palace. Norway has declared a period of national mourning until the day of his funeral, which has…
Lilli Hollein, MAK general director, said “the theft of a highly valuable piece of jewellery… has hit us hard”. She said in a statement that MAK had developed a security plan with Van Cleef & Arpels specifically for the exhibition, adding: “Security issues were taken very seriously and all security measures were carefully prepared.” Hollein…
Despite lifting the state of emergency, the authorities remain wary of RSF infiltration. The Sudan News Agency said security patrols would continue operating across the state and locals traveling at night would need to carry identification documents. Reports compiled by BBC Monitoring say the army continues to carry out security sweeps across greater Khartoum, targeting…
The head of the US central bank said policymakers will “have work to do” to if they are not confident cost of living pressures are easing for Americans. Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh said while inflation readings looked better than expected over the summer, they did not show that the current picture had “meaningfully improved”….
Violence by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank is set to reach record levels this year, as human rights groups warn that they are increasingly spreading into new areas of the territory. Attacks on Palestinians have risen under Israel’s current government, alongside a rapid increase in Israeli settlements, illegal under international law. Many of…
Stargazers across the globe gathered to witness a near-total lunar eclipse on Thursday night and early Friday morning. Some parts of the world had a chance to see a rare ‘Blood Moon’, when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up in the night sky. It comes just weeks after millions of people witnessed the most…