The U.S.-sanctioned vessel crossed the strait towards Iran's Imam Khomeini port despite the blockade, Iran's Fars News Agency said. U.S. Central Command said no ships have broken through since the start of the blockade on Monday
A Grave of the Fireflies and My Neighbor Totoro double feature is one to remember.
It is dangerously easy to treat Bitcoin and traditional stocks as equals when they sit side-by-side in your brokerage app.
Kazakhstan is intensifying its engagement with Europe through a coordinated blend of cultural diplomacy, strategic messaging and high-level outreach in Brussels, underlining its ambition to position itself as a key partner for the European Union. A series of recent initiatives
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A pilot programme with Shandong is helping Henan cut export costs and reach global markets faster.
Chat GPT 5.4 Cyber has fewer restrictions for cybersecurity questions for the verified professionals that will use it.
ANKARA, April 16 (Reuters) - A 14-year-old student who shot at least nine people dead, including eight of his fellow pupils, at a school in southeastern Turkey had used an image referencing a 2014 U.S. mass killer, Elliot Rodger, on his WhatsApp profile, Turkish police said on
ANKARA, April 16 (Reuters) - Turkey said on Thursday it would continue supporting peace talks between the United States and Iran and called on the sides to be "constructive" in negotiations to end the war. Turkey, a NATO member and neighbour of Iran, has been in close touch
BEIRUT, April 16 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike has severed the last bridge linking southern Lebanon to the rest of the country, a senior Lebanese security official told Reuters, adding that the strike "shattered" the bridge and left no possibility of repairing it. (Reporting by
Mariam Zein cradled her 11-week-old son on a mattress on the floor where she and her family have sheltered near Beirut since the Israel-Hezbollah war upended her young family's life. "I was really excited when I was in my ninth month of pregnancy... I never thought he'd be born
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The artist and NYC first lady sits for an exclusive interview with our editor-in-chief. Plus: Who’s behind the posters calling to boycott the Met Gala?
Two violent attacks against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and a city council member are prompting new fears over whether the debate around the technology has turned dangerous. Tensions reached a new high this week as technology leaders in Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley quickly
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan’s army-appointed prime minister declared victory last week in the long-running civil war against the rebel Rapid Support Forces, while holding court with foreign journalists in a borrowed conference room of the minerals department. The ad hoc meeting
Voters in northern New Jersey will head to the polls Thursday to decide who should fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill's (D) former House seat for the remainder of the year. Republican Joe Hathaway, a councilman in Randolph, N.J., is running against former Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new podcast stands to gratify his "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) base after recent letdowns, though whether it will be able to energize this voting bloc ahead of the midterms remains dubious. This latest project
House Republicans are not pleased with what is shaping up to be a Senate-driven plan to end the record-long Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, bristling at again being told what to do by the upper chamber and raising objections that could be land mines for the
Democrats Abdul El-Sayed and Mallory McMorrow are neck-and-neck in new polling on the competitive primary for Senate in Michigan, besting Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) in the race for a rare open seat. A new Emerson College Polling/WOOD-TV survey found 24 percent of likely
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is beginning to break through in Democratic circles. At last week’s National Action Network (NAN) conference — a key gathering of Black leaders and activists — Beshear stood out among a crowded field of potential contenders, catching the attention of
TBILISI, April 16 - Anti-corruption authorities in Armenia detained 14 people connected to a pro-Russian opposition party on Thursday on suspicion of electoral bribery, less than two months ahead of a parliamentary election in the South Caucasus country.
Keba Seba is known for opposing French influence in Africa and backing West Africa's military leaders.
Paris-based company Lucky Number has boarded Dominga Sotomayor’s “La Perra” ahead of its world premiere at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight. The film is produced by RT Features, the Brazilian outfit behind Walter Salles’ Oscar-winning film “I’m Still Here,” as well as Luca
Around 20 Chinese scholars were "recently" denied entry by US Customs and Border Protection despite holding valid visas, according to a foreign ministry statement.
Russian strikes hit Kyiv’s Podilsky district, injuring dozens and damaging homes, as part of a wider wave of deadly attacks across Ukraine.
By any reasonable reading, Indonesia’s foreign ministry is right to urge caution over a new proposed US military overflight agreement. But the deeper problem is not the deal itself. It is what the deal reveals: a foreign policy that is increasingly ad hoc, reactive and at times
Ian Katz, Channel 4’s longest-serving chief content officer, is stepping down from the position after almost nine years. Katz will depart the role in October. During his tenure, Katz played an integral role in Channel 4’s transformation from a linear network to a streaming
Villagers, health workers and human rights monitors see a pattern of reckless attacks in the U.S.-backed fight against Boko Haram and its Islamic State-affiliated offshoot.
Szijjártó will miss next week's EU Foreign Affairs Council after the Orbán government's election loss. He faces accusations of sharing classified information with Russia and destroying sensitive documents.
Visitors to Berlin could receive vouchers this summer for picking up litter. The BerlinPay scheme takes its cue from Copenhagen, linking green behaviour with enjoyable rewards.
The president did not specify which leaders. Meanwhile, Pakistani officials were working to extend the U.S.-Iran ceasefire and arrange new negotiations.
Russia unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage on major cities across Ukraine, killing at least 16 and injuring scores, as Zelenskyy urged more support from allies.
A humanoid robot named Edward Warchocki went viral after chasing wild boars across a parking lot in Warsaw. The Unitree G1 robot has gained attention in recent weeks for its public appearances and interactions. Developed in China, the robot’s personality is a Polish creation.
As someone who has dealt with European politics for decades, I understand that ambiguity is, at times, an even necessary tool in policymaking. But ambiguity has no place when confronting pressing, life-and-death situations. Iran today presents precisely such a moment, writes
At least nine were killed in a school shooting in southern Turkey on Wednesday, a day after another attack injured 16 people at a high school.
A massive, nearly 20-year study tracking over 650,000 Americans with irritable bowel syndrome is raising new questions about the long-term safety of common treatments. Researchers found that some widely used medications—including antidepressants and certain antidiarrheal
Malema is appealing against the decision to prevent him from being taken to prison on Thursday.
Ben Whishaw. Kathryn Hunter. debbie tucker green. A “Thelma & Louise” musical. The Young Vic has unveiled a 2026/7 season stacked with world and U.K. premieres running from September through July across the theater’s Main House and Maria Studio, artistic director and CEO Nadia
The visit of Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan’s largest opposition party, to the People’s Republic of China arguably marked a historic moment in cross-strait relations. It was the first such visit by a KMT chair in a decade, and the meeting between Cheng
The on-the-go lavatory can be accessed manually through pushing the seat back.
Police received a distress call about the brazen daylight robbery at around 11am.
India was seeking to expand the size of Parliament by two-fifths.
London’s newest museum, V&A East, is opening in Stratford this weekend. Its debut exhibition, “The Music is Black: A British Story,” explores 125 years of Black British music, tracing its influence across genres, identity and culture.
That’s the appeal of it, of course. There isn’t a definitive study. There can’t be. Even if we created a forty-year-long, double-blind twin study, there’d be room for someone to ask “what about?…” It doesn’t matter that the peer-reviewed and consistent results we have are clear
DUBAI, April 16 (Reuters) - Iran and the United States have made some progress as they push for an agreement under Pakistani mediation, but more than halfway through a two-week truce big splits remain including over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, a senior Iranian official said on
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has made revising the constitution a priority amid rising security threats in Asia, but any change is highly sensitive.