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US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East has announced the launch of the second phase of a US-brokered plan to end Israel’s war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Singh’s case stands out as one of the only criminal convictions against a sitting opposition lawmaker.
Spanish prosecutors are studying allegations that Grammy-winning singer Julio Iglesias sexually assaulted two former employees at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.
US President Donald Trump said he had been told the killings of protesters in Iran had been halted, but added that he would “watch it and see” about threatened military action.
Veteran Spanish singer Julio Iglesias is preparing his defence against sexual abuse and human trafficking allegations by two women ex-employees, celebrity magazine Hola! reported.
Greenland’s residents expressed a mix of anxiety and relief after a meeting was held in the White House between officials from the United States, Denmark and the island at the centre of US President Donald Trump’s focus.
President Trump is dismantling the global system the U.S. built in the 20th century. Foreign policy experts say he wants a world that looks more like the 19th century.
NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Jason Rezaian, who was imprisoned in Iran when he was the Tehran correspondent for The Washington Post, about the country’s current wave of protest.
Iranians are using Starlink to get online during the government’s near-total internet shutdown.
The two sides agreed to create a working group to discuss ways to work through differences as President Trump continues to call for a U.S. takeover of Denmark’s Arctic territory of Greenland.
Germany will send 13 soldiers to Greenland on Thursday as part of a reconnaissance mission with other European nations, the German government and defence ministry said on Wednesday, following demands by President Donald Trump for Washington to have control of the island.
Scientists calculate that last year was one of the three hottest on record, along with 2024 and 2023. The trend indicates that warming could be speeding up, climate monitoring teams reported.
The pause starting on 21 January will bar foreign nationals who ‘would take welfare and public benefits.’
The satellite technology has become a vital communications lifeline after the government shut down the internet last week.
Attorney General Bondi accused the journalist of reporting classified information allegedly leaked by a federal contractor, who she said has been arrested.
The UK-owned, Canadian-made whiskey is testing a united “Team Canada” approach in the face of US tariffs.
Chiara Ferragni had been accused of misleading consumers in her promotion of Christmas cakes and Easter eggs.
Some personnel have been asked to depart the United States’ Al Udeid military base in Qatar, two diplomatic sources told AFP on Wednesday, with the Gulf state saying “regional tensions” were behind the move.
A criminal complaint filed by two former employees of veteran Spanish singer Julio Iglesias accuses him of “human trafficking” and sexual crimes, according to advocacy groups.
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Dozens of Iranians crossed the border into Turkey on Wednesday, as authorities in Iran crack down on one of the biggest ever waves of protest against the Islamic Republic’s clerical rule. US President Donald Trump urged Iranians on Tuesday to keep protesting, saying help is on the way.