Indonesia halted operations at its main international airport outside Jakarta on Sunday after ash spewed from the Anak Krakatoa volcano more than 150 kilometres away, impacting thousands of passengers. Mount Anak Krakatoa erupted on Saturday, producing a fountain of lava and booming sounds that could be heard up to a few hundred kilometres away, the […]

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An F-4 Phantom military aircraft crashed Saturday at a base outside Athens during an airshow, killing the two pilots, Greek news agency ANA reported. The circumstances of the crash were unclear, but the pilots did not eject from the aircraft, local media said. The aircraft had just taken off when it suddenly lost altitude and […]

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The Pentagon has launched a lie-detector dragnet to comb through high-ranking military officials and identify who leaked information about US munitions stockpiles, according to US press reports. In July, reports emerged that the United States was rationing munitions — its missile interceptors, in particular — over supply concerns after several months of fighting Iran. Administration […]

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Explosives have been found near two electricity substations in Germany, with authorities investigating whether the incidents were linked with similar attacks earlier this week, police said on Saturday. Germany has been rattled by attacks on electricity substations across the country this week which were apparently aimed at cutting power from coal-fired power stations and causing […]

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The United States said it struck and destroyed three Iranian oil tankers on Saturday in response to attempted missile attacks on naval vessels, in the latest exchange of fire since renewed hostilities flared between the foes. The new clashes, which began with US raids last week, come with both sides deadlocked in the six-month war […]

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Iranian media on Saturday reported several explosions near the country’s major oil hub of Kharg Island in the Gulf, days after renewed fighting broke out with the United States. Fars news agency said blasts were heard by its correspondent but that there was no smoke visible, while the SNN news agency claimed “an Iranian tanker […]

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Ukraine has proposed observing a ceasefire with Russia while US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visit Moscow and Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday. “There will be no airstrikes on our part, and Russia must reciprocally ensure a ceasefire — without its own airstrikes — for the duration needed to conduct these talks,” […]

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President Donald Trump on Friday defended high-profile TV presenter Maria Bartiromo, one of his staunchest supporters on the US airwaves, after she was abruptly sacked by Fox News. According to media reports, Bartiromo was fired for passing internal Fox communications on to the White House about false claims made by Trump about the 2020 election. […]

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An Air India flight that injured passengers when it plunged midair last month suffered a temporary loss of hydraulic systems, investigators said on Friday, as the airline fired the captain who tested positive for psychoactive substances. The Airbus A320, carrying 137 passengers and eight crew, suddenly lost altitude on August 4 while flying from Phuket, […]

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A judge declared a mistrial on Friday in the high-profile case of an American woman who killed her three children but put his decision on hold to allow the defense to appeal the decision. Judge William Sullivan said he was freezing his mistrial ruling in the trial of Lindsay Clancy for one hour to allow […]

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The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions Friday on a Turkish bank over its alleged ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as Washington pushes to economically isolate Tehran six months into their war. The latest action targets Golden Global Bank and its subsidiaries, which the US Treasury said “facilitated tens of millions of dollars’ […]

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German authorities said Friday they believe a militant climate activist was behind a spate of sabotage attacks on the power grid and are hunting for the 48-year-old suspect. “We must assume that this is a case of climate extremism,” said Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt. The man is thought to have sent letters confessing to the […]

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A Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU security services on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, accusing Moscow of aiming directly at the SBU head’s personal office. The daytime strike came two days before US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner were expected to visit Kyiv for the […]

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Voting in the US midterm elections effectively began Friday as North Carolina became the first state to send out mail ballots for contests expected to threaten President Donald Trump’s Republican control of Congress. The November 3 elections will decide all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and a third of the Senate, determining how […]

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The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions Friday on a Turkish bank over its alleged ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as Washington pushes to economically isolate Tehran six months into their war. The latest action targets Golden Global Bank and its subsidiaries, which the US Treasury said “facilitated tens of millions of dollars’ […]

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Argentina must return an 18th-century painting stolen by Nazis from a Dutch Jewish art collector to the rightful owner’s heir, a judge ruled Friday. “Portrait of a Lady” by Italian baroque painter Giuseppe Ghislandi was missing for eight decades before being photographed last year hanging in the home of the daughter of a senior Nazi […]

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President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to stop trading with countries with which the US has a deficit unless the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates, citing a stong August jobs report as justification for doing so. “Lower the interest rates because the U.S.A. is a much stronger credit than it was just a short time […]

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US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will ask Europeans to repay the American aid provided to Ukraine under the administration of his predecessor Joe Biden. Trump has long demanded that Europeans shoulder more of the cost of Western support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, which began more than four years ago. […]

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Huge investments in AI data centres and other infrastructure are not fuelling a stock market bubble, a top Wall Street firm insisted after a commitment to spend billions alongside chip giant Nvidia. Investors are increasingly questioning if the massive outlays in artificial intelligence will justify sky-high valuations for technology firms, or prove a painful bubble reminiscent […]

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The Czech Republic’s foreign minister was under fire Friday after being accused of falling for a prank interview staged in a room where activists had planted model guns and a replica bomb. The interview with Petr Macinka, chairman of the right-wing Motorists party in the Czech governing coalition, took place on August 21 in an […]

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ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Thursday it would begin rolling out its newest and most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) model to select customers, saying it had built in safeguards to mitigate security risks. “At this level of capability, safety has to become our top priority,” OpenAI President Greg Brockman told reporters on a call about the […]

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US Vice President JD Vance said Thursday the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz was nearly back to levels seen before the Iran war, adding that Tehran’s control of the waterway was “effectively gone.” “If you go back three months ago, how much oil and gas was coming out of the strait under […]

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Tesla’s semi-autonomous driving system could be adapted to meet EU and international norms initial tests suggest, French officials said Thursday. Several million Tesla cars already use FSD in the United States and a number of other countries that have approved the technology like Australia, Canada and South Korea. European countries have only begun to give […]

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Apple faces a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) lawsuit brought by UK app developers who accused Thursday the US tech giant of giving its own advertising services an unfair advantage by imposing tougher privacy rules on third parties. The claim, filed with the Competition Appeal Tribunal by law firm Hausfeld, centres on Apple’s App Tracking Transparency […]

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The Trump administration proposed rules Thursday to strip private schools of their tax-exempt status if they consider race in areas like admissions and scholarships, the latest move in a wider push to transform US education. Under proposed regulations issued by the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service, a private school would not qualify for the […]

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German authorities said Thursday that defence firm offices in Munich were targeted in an overnight arson attack and that two Bulgarian nationals were later arrested. Police said a “political background” was suspected in the attack, in which firebombs were hurled outside a defence tech firm and near a drone maker, but without major damage or […]

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Russia on Thursday demanded the “immediate release” of a Russian ship seized by Norway a day earlier in the Arctic at the demand of Ukrainian state energy group Naftogaz as compensation for asset seizures. The governor of Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago located 1,000 kilometres (621 miles) south of the North Pole, announced the seizure of […]

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AI-powered robots briefly took over the European Parliament this week to showcase the continent’s creators as the bloc races to compete in a field dominated by China and the United States. As some machines demonstrated their ability to clean or recycle objects, others showed they could deliver parcels during a live demonstration in Brussels. Four […]

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday voiced confidence that Iran’s Islamic republic could soon fall, saying it was weaker than ever as the United States resumed attacks. “This regime is currently teetering. It is weaker than ever. It is fighting for its survival,” Netanyahu said at an event with Israeli military leaders. “I am […]

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The United States on Thursday issued sanctions against a grandson of former Cuban leader Raul Castro and five state-linked entities, the latest salvo in Washington’s crippling pressure campaign against the communist-led island. “Among those designated today are a grandson of Raul Castro, Fidel Ernesto Castro Calis, Banco Exterior de Cuba, and four entities exploiting Cuba’s […]

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After an eight-year journey, a spacecraft carrying European and Japanese probes began the months-long, high-risk approach to Mercury on Thursday to study the Sun-scorched planet. The BepiColombo mission set off from Earth in 2018 on a winding path to study the smallest and least understood planet in our Solar System with the aim of releasing […]

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SpaceX and its rival Blue Origin are among four US companies to have cancelled attendance at a Paris space summit next week, France’s ministry for higher education, research and space said Thursday. Stoke Space and Starcloud also pulled out, it added. “It’s hard not to link it to the rumours of pressure,” a ministry spokesperson […]

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Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir set out a plan on Thursday to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and send them abroad. Speaking in the run-up to close-fought Israeli elections, he said the plan aimed to see the departure of 250,000 Palestinians from Gaza in the first year, followed by the rest […]

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Venezuela’s ousted leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife asked a US judge late Wednesday to dismiss drug trafficking charges against them, claiming they have immunity as president and first lady of a sovereign country. The pair have been held in a Brooklyn jail ever since US forces seized them in Caracas on January 3 in […]

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Electric vehicle-maker Tesla will debut its self-driving robotaxi, dubbed “Cybercab,” in Texas on Thursday in a bid to compete with the likes of Uber and Waymo. Tesla CEO Elon Musk ramped up his marketing blitz Thursday on his X platform, posting an image of a Cybercab looming over the Texas capital city Austin, a cloud […]

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Billionaire US investor Leon Black failed to appear for a congressional deposition Thursday over his ties to notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, prompting calls by Democrats for contempt proceedings. Black instead filed a federal lawsuit challenging the subpoenas, arguing that lawmakers had exceeded their authority by demanding to see nondisclosure agreements he signed with women […]

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Syria has begun destroying chemical weapon materials identified by an international watchdog, the country’s UN envoy said Thursday, signaling a major step forward since the 2024 ouster of autocratic leader Bashar al-Assad. “This is the very first destruction process since we have been liberated from the previous regime,” Ibrahim Olabi told the Security Council. “It’s […]

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Nvidia announced Thursday it will buy artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, as the chipmaking giant seeks to diversify its hold on the AI sector. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed the deal — first reported by US media last month — in a statement on the company’s website. “$12.9 billion is what it […]

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Serbian prosecutors confirmed Thursday that four people have been detained as part of an investigation into an “organised group” suspected of moving explosives and drones into European Union (EU) countries. The group, which authorities say includes three other members, is suspected of obtaining explosives and drones in Serbia before moving them to “locations planned and […]

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Iran’s Tasnim news agency on Thursday said six members of the Iranian army’s naval forces were killed by US attacks during renewed fighting this week. The six died during a wave of US attacks on Tuesday, the report said, without specifying where they were killed. “During the criminal attacks carried out by the US terrorist […]

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The United States military intercepted and sank a vessel that was allegedly used to support at-sea drug trafficking by Ecuadorian criminal organization Los Choneros, officials said on Wednesday. It came after a similar operation on Friday that destroyed another vessel linked to the gang, one of Ecuador’s main drug trafficking and extortion groups. US Southern […]

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Russia has no present need to mobilise more men for its Ukraine offensive, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, describing speculation about another military call-up as Ukrainian “disinformation“. Putin last ordered a “partial mobilisation” of reservists in 2022, following a string of military setbacks on the battlefield in Ukraine. That order, which the Kremlin said applied […]

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El Nino could be the strongest since records began four decades ago, the United Nations’ climate agency warned Thursday, with the UN chief warning the world is in the “danger zone of extreme weather”. The naturally-occurring weather phenomenon is set to become “very strong” in the months ahead and is near certain to persist through […]

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Russia is “actively” preparing sabotage operations against Denmark, particularly its defence industry, the head of the Danish intelligence service was quoted as saying on Thursday. The warning came after EU countries summoned Russia’s envoys and discussed fresh sanctions after an explosive-laden drone incident in Germany that the bloc’s foreign policy chief said bore the marks […]

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Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez on Wednesday said a controversial deal giving the United States control of a chunk of her country’s petroleum reserves was for Venezuelans’ “well-being.” Rodriguez said the deal with President Donald Trump would lead to increased oil production, which “translates into more jobs, higher wages, better public services, hospitals, schools and […]

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The United States is negotiating with Ukraine over licenses to produce Patriot interceptors that would help fend off Russian missile attacks, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview broadcast Wednesday. But granting licenses for manufacturing the air defense systems was not “an immediate solution” given that it takes “multiple years to build […]

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US Energy Secretary Chris Wright oversaw Wednesday the signing of deals worth “tens of billions of dollars” between Venezuela and oil majors Chevron and ENI as well as with energy company GE Vernova. Speaking alongside interim President Delcy Rodriguez, Wright said the eight deals signed represented “tens of billions of dollars of investment” and were […]

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Ukraine will revamp its air-raid warning system and put in place two-tier alerts depending on the type of threat, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Wednesday, as intensifying Russian strikes paralyse Ukrainian cities. Since last week, jet-powered drones have been attacking Kyiv and surrounding areas, triggering a dozen air raid alerts a day and badly hitting businesses. […]

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US Energy Secretary Chris Wright is set Wednesday to sign a controversial oil deal granting the United States control of about one-fifth of Venezuela’s huge reserves. Wright is in Venezuela to seal the deal with the country’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez, who has been under pressure to grant the United States a chunk of her […]

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