The absence of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum from the 30th Ibero-American Summit in Madrid has dealt a setback to Spain’s diplomatic efforts to restore
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 2,325 people, government data showed on Sunday, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest Ebola outbreak in
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Ivanka Trump still remembers the moment vividly. Five years ago, she has said, she and her husband, Jared Kushner, were sailing off the Albanian coast on a friend’s yacht when Sazan suddenly
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At least 613 people were killed and another 375 injured in Haiti between March and July as criminal gangs fought for control and security forces carried out operations against them, according to
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Around 30 prisoners convicted of serious offences in Sweden are preparing to serve their sentences in Estonia, hundreds of kilometres from where they were tried. They will form the first group transferred
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a message marking the anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan, North Korea’s state news
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“I have two minutes of phone time left. I don’t know if I will still be alive tomorrow. If we speak again, I will be very grateful to you.” Those were the
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A two-month negotiating period between the United States and Iran has ended without a final agreement, with the prospects for renewed diplomacy appearing increasingly uncertain. Instead, tensions have intensified over Iran’s nuclear
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French neuropsychiatrist Boris Cyrulnik, one of the leading figures associated with the development of the concept of resilience, has warned that societies facing prolonged uncertainty risk turning towards authoritarian leaders who promise
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China is once again facing uncertainty over preparations for a high-level meeting with US President Donald Trump, with less than six weeks remaining before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned visit to Washington,
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The US Navy’s aircraft carriers have come under renewed scrutiny following complaints about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, the aircraft carrier deployed in the Middle East for almost seven months without
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UN experts have warned States against normalising Taliban rule in Afghanistan, saying five years of increasingly entrenched restrictions have demonstrated the need for greater international accountability rather than accommodation of the de
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, Mariana Katzarova, has warned that a new Russian law imposing sweeping restrictions on Russians living abroad represents an
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UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, has expressed serious concern over what she described as a troubling pattern in Israeli family courts and
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August 13, 2026, marks the 100th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s birth, recalling the Cuban revolutionary leader who governed the Caribbean nation for nearly five decades and became one of the most prominent
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Elon Musk’s ambitious plan to build what he describes as the largest building on Earth is facing growing concern from residents in Grimes County, Texas, where his Terafab semiconductor facility is already
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