Hamas’ leader has called on Palestinians to march to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque at the start of Ramadan next month in a move that could threaten hostage negotiations and a cease-fire deal in Gaza. Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh delivered a televised speech … Read More
Feb. 28 (UPI) — British Metropolitan Police on Wednesday charged a sixth Bulgarian national living in London with spying for Russia. Metropolitan Police said Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, 38, was set to appear in Westminster Magistrates’ Court Wednesday after he was … Read More
BEIJING, Feb 28 (Reuters) – States with the largest nuclear arsenals should negotiate a treaty on no-first-use of nuclear weapons against each other or make a political statement in this regard, the Chinese foreign ministry’s arms control department said. Director … Read More
Argentina announced on Tuesday that President Javier Milei ordered a ban on the use of leftist “inclusive” language across all public administration offices and documents. The announcement was made on Tuesday during presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni’s press conference. Adorni added … Read More
NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (UPI) — A new smartphone application uses artificial intelligence to detect depression from facial cues, opening the door to real-time digital mental health support, a new research paper reports. The researchers published their work Tuesday to … Read More
Several Nato countries, including the US, Germany and the UK, have ruled out deploying ground troops to Ukraine, after French President Emmanuel Macron said “nothing should be excluded”. Mr Macron said there was “no consensus” on sending Western soldiers to … Read More
EU lawmakers on Tuesday gave the final green light to a milestone bill aimed at protecting nature in the bloc, overriding conservative attempts to torpedo a law that has angered European farmers. The rules are a central part of the … Read More
TOKYO, Feb 27 (Reuters) – The number of babies born in Japan fell for an eighth straight year to a fresh record low in 2023, preliminary government data showed on Tuesday, underscoring the daunting task the country faces in trying … Read More
Hungary was the last major hurdle to historically neutral Sweden joining NATO. Russia has long opposed the expansion, and says it will respond if the alliance establishes a military presence there. Hungary’s parliament voted Monday to ratify Sweden’s bid to … Read More
The Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group knocked out four undersea communications cables linking Saudi Arabia and Djibouti, a report by an Israeli news outlet claimed Monday. The submarine cables were struck out of commission through sabotage in recent months, claimed Israeli news outlet … Read More