Since the US–Israel war against Iran began in late February, images of giant billboards in Tehran have been ubiquitous across traditional and social media. These billboards have been placed in some of the busiest and most visible parts of the city, and are constantly being
By Jana Choukeir, Enas Alashray and Phil Stewart DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guard said on Thursday it targeted a U.S. airbase after the U.S. military carried out what a Washington official said were strikes targeting an Iranian drone operation
By Francois Murphy VIENNA, May 28 (Reuters) - The trial of a 21-year-old man over a foiled Islamist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024 enters its final day on Thursday, with the defendant, Beran A, having already pleaded guilty to the main charges including
BANGKOK, May 28 - A Thai criminal court has acquitted a prominent Thai opposition political figure charged with cybercrimes and insulting the royal family during a 2021 Facebook livestream, his lawyer said on Thursday.
Global average temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels this year and for the next four years afterwards, the United Nations warned Thursday. The 11 hottest individual years ever recorded all happened from 2015 onwards and the UN's weather and climate agency
The strikes come despite a ceasefire between Tehran and Washington as the two countries hold peace talks.
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[World Bank] Ethiopia is transforming from an import-dependent market into a pharmaceutical manufacturing hub. After becoming the 9th African nation to reach WHO Maturity Level 3, local production now exceeds 40% of medicine supply. This WBG feature examines how regulation, the
According to the US Central Command, its forces struck four Iranian one-way attack drones posing a threat around the Strait of Hormuz and a ground control station in Bandar Abbas 'that was about to launch a fifth drone'.
[African Arguments] For decades, Africa's place in the global oil economy was not merely subordinate; it was designed to be so.
[RFI] Nairobi - France came to Nairobi last week with a message it has been trying to land for years: that it wants to be Africa's partner, not its patron. At the Africa Forward summit in May, Emmanuel Macron made that case again. Not everyone was convinced.
The live-in personal assistant to the actor has been sentenced to 41 months in prison, capping a multi-year legal saga surrounding the actor's death.
SYDNEY, May 28 - Australia's health minister said on Thursday the quarantine period for repatriated passengers on a Dutch-flagged luxury cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak will be extended to 42 days total until June 23.
Several groups of women and children who spent years in a Syrian camp have returned in recent months.
Be more strident and ambitious, take on economic inequality, and progressive voters will reward you as they have the UK’s Greens Tarik Abou-Chadi is a professor of European politics at the University of Oxford European Green parties have been through a phase of stagnation and
Global temperature record could be broken as soon as 2027, with El Niño expected later this year A record-breaking hot year is almost certain by 2030 as the climate crisis intensifies, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization has warned. With an El Niño event expected later
May 28 - Kuwait's army said on Thursday that its air defences were intercepting hostile missile and drone threats, but did not say where they were coming from.
This includes the Guar Kepah archaeological site, the Penang Tanjong dialect and asam laksa.
Five of the seven divers have been found alive so far, but none have been rescued yet.
The United Nations Memorial Cemetery holds more than 2,300 soldiers from 14 nations.
Australian police charged on Thursday a woman linked to the Islamic State group with membership of a terrorist organisation and entering a known conflict zone. Hundreds of women from Western nations were lured to the Middle East as IS gained prominence in the early 2010s, in
The charge follows the return to Australia of several women and children connected to suspected ISIS fighters.
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a Google employee with insider trading on Polymarket. In a seven-page complaint filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York (SNDY), the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleged that 36-year-old Michele Spagnuolo, a software
The van, which had a maximum capacity of nine passengers but was carrying 16, hit the rear of the truck while on an expressway in Henan province in the early hours of Thursday (May 28).
The government vowed to boost capital spending on defence, schools and hospitals while keeping a tight grip on new operating spending.
The A$2bn case, which centres on contamination at defence sites, is the largest ever brought by the government.
ABC News led the 47th annual News Emmys with eight wins, including the top prize for outstanding live news program — the fourth consecutive victory for “ABC World News Tonight With David Muir.” But coming on strong was a Disney sibling: Nat Geo, which won seven News Emmys
Subdivided flats are being phased out after a law to regulate them came into effect in March.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who accused President Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple reports. CNN was the first to report Wednesday night that the DOJ’s probe focuses on whether Carroll
The so-called forever chemicals have been found to cause health problems including boosting the risk of cancer.
The longtime Google employee was charged in New York for allegedly breaking insider trading laws.
The 65-member SEM board was established in October 2000 and currently includes top US tech leaders.
While oil prices have recently fallen on news that a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran could come, prices are still significantly higher than before the war.
Our sun is a loner. It lacks a stellar companion hurtling through interstellar space with it. But we've known for a long time that that's actually relatively rare—most stars have at least one gravitationally bound partner. Understanding how exactly those stars are related to
Ferrari’s first all-electric supercar is getting roasted — with furious gearheads blasting the sleek new ride as an “iPhone on wheels” that risks turning the legendary Italian brand into a California tech toy.
WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday issued new Iran-related sanctions by adding the Persian Gulf Strait Authority to its Specially Designated Nationals list, the Treasury Department's website showed. The authority is a body Iran has set up to manage
Chinese electric car company Nio has launched two lower-priced brands in the last two years to broaden its customer base in a sluggish Chinese consumer market.
BEIJING, May 28 - A passenger bus packed with 16 people, well above its nine-seat rated capacity, crashed into the back of a large truck in central China's Henan province early on Thursday, killing 13 people, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
A group of former federal judges on Wednesday asked a federal court to reopen President Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), arguing that the administration circumvented the court by negotiating a settlement with the president and creating a $1.776
Both militaries are likely to stage sweeping operations targeting rival command and communications hubs.
Larry Jackson wants a judge to help unmask the mystery figure he says is trying to destroy him with “reputational warfare"