EU slams Houthi militia escalation in Yemen, strikes on Saudi ArabiaThe bloc stressed the need for a political settlement to the conflict and reiterated its support for international mediation efforts.Kaja Kallas says the bloc expressed solidarity with Yemen’s internationally recognised government and Saudi Arabia.The EU has “strongly” condemned the Houthi militia’s escalation in Yemen and…
Iran said Monday it had a two-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear talks with the United States, shortening a process originally expected to take seven days. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wanted to “finish the job” first. FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Editor Angela Diffley has more.
Residents would welcome the development, but the president’s past false promises cast doubt on the proposalOn a Monday afternoon in late September, Donald Trump gathered Iowa Republicans in the Oval Office to make a big announcement: the firm Mesabi Metallics would invest $15bn to make the midwestern state the site of the largest steel mill…
English politicians have taken a tongue-in-cheek approach to the end of the world. But it could be working.
Connor Sanderson-Doyle is one of four men accused of sexually abusing Joanne Young, who was repeatedly assaulted by her husband, Philip YoungA man has told a court he believed a woman who was repeatedly raped and drugged by her husband had consented when he answered an advert to have sex with her.Former Tory councillor Philip…
A petition calling for right-wing television channel CNews to be taken off-air cleared half a million signatures on Monday after a Frenchman shot and killed a French national of Congolese origin and wounded seven others. The 39-year-old shooter is believed to have been an avid watcher of CNews, which is owned by ultra-conservative billionaire Vincent…
Democratic candidate for Michigan US Senate seat raised $2.4m on Sunday after congresswoman Haley Stevens pulled her endorsement of him in favor of Trump-backed Mike RogersSign up for the Breaking News US emailNewsletter: How you (yes you) can fight dark money in electionsThe latest and final New York Times and Siena College poll before the…
British adventurer Karl Bushby enjoyed an emotional reunion with his mother and family on Monday, as he arrived back home after a 28-year, 50,000-kilometre trek from South America, crossing four continents on foot.
Nathalia Filgueiras was onboard private plane bound for Bahamas that crashed in Palm Beach countyFamily members on Monday identified a young Florida pilot as one of nine victims of a plane crash in Palm Beach county that occurred during a heavy thunderstorm.Nathalia Filgueiras, 20, was co-pilot of the private Learjet 60 that was en route…
Chains in seven countries say cooling unit temperatures rose overnight in incident similar to hack of French shopsSupermarket chains in at least seven European countries have said the temperatures of refrigerators and freezers in some of their shops soared overnight to as high as 50C (122F), echoing a cyber-attack last month that caused millions of…