FRIDAY, 29 AUGUST 2025, 00:18
Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three sources familiar with top-level Kremlin thinking told Reuters.
Workers, employers and governments need to adapt to a more extreme climate, the organisation says.
China’s ambassador to India Xu Feihong says Beijing “firmly opposes” Washington’s steep tariffs on Delhi.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would immediately resume negotiations for the release of all hostages held in Gaza and an end to the nearly two-year-old war but on terms acceptable to Israel.
The former PM’s lese majeste charge relates to an interview he did with a South Korean newspaper years ago.
Ahn Hak-sop, whose wishes to return to North Korea before he dies, failed his attempt on Wednesday.
Hamas has endorsed a new proposal for a ceasefire deal with Israel in Gaza, as it faces pressure from Arab countries and seeks to ensure its own survival.
Uganda said it would accept some migrants deported from the US, but not those with criminal records. The Trump administration earlier deported migrants to the third countries of Eswatini and South Sudan.
Russia is using “sexual torture” against civilians as part of a “deliberate and systematic policy” of intimidation in areas of Ukraine seized in Moscow’s invasion, United Nations experts said on Thursday.
Governments from 27 countries, including France and Germany, say journalists in Gaza must be protected.
Fast-food giant postpones “One Piece” trading card promotion after Pokémon giveaway led to bulk-buying and cards sold online.
Israel gave final approval for a settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two, which Palestinians say could dash hopes for a future Palestinian state.
Greta Thunberg and more than 100 more climate activists blocked Oslo’s main avenue and a bank branch on Thursday to demand Norway shutter its oil industry, police and organisers said.
Giraffes have always been thought to be one species, but scientists now say there are four.
Turkish authorities hope the youngster, named Zeytin, can soon be returned to his native Nigeria.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian cruise missile hit a U.S. electronics plant in the far west of Ukraine. The strike was part of an overnight barrage of more than 600 drones and missiles.
Police say they found a letter on the former Brazilian president’s phone requesting asylum in Argentina.
Israel plans to call up 60,000 reservists for its new Gaza City offensive. And, North Carolina’s Outer Banks is bracing for the flood and damage that Hurricane Erin could bring.
Canadian residents made just 1.7 million return trips by motor vehicle back into their country from the U.S. in July, a nearly 37% decline over the same month in 2024, according to Statistics Canada.
The attack mostly targeted western regions of the country, the air force said, where much of the military aid provided by Ukraine’s Western allies is believed to be delivered and stored
Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map’s shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent’s global influence — and is just plain inaccurate.