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USA

Trump demands sacking of TV host Kimmel for 'despicable' joke

First Lady Melania Trump lalso ashed out at Kimmel, even though the joke in question had been made in a monologue days before the shooting incident in Washington on Saturday.

USA

Accused media gala shooter charged with attempt to assassinate Trump

Allen, of Torrance in California, is being represented by lawyers with the federal defender's office and sat beside them in court in a blue jail uniform.

Lebanon

Israel’s PM says action needed over Hezbollah rockets and drones

Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the Middle East war by firing rockets towards Israel to avenge the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes.

Europe News

UN watchdog rebukes Sweden for deporting disabled child twice

The committee, a body of 18 independent experts, monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its state parties and conducts regular country reviews.

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Europe News

Italy extradites Chinese hacker to US accused of spying for Beijing

The FBI accuses Xu Zewei of hacking US government entities, research institutes and universities involved in vaccine research in 2020 and 2021 at the height of the pandemic.

Europe News

Pope Leo XIV prays with Archbishop of Canterbury in historic encounter

The papal audience at the Vatican comes in the 60th anniversary year of the first formal ecumenical statement between the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches.

Iran

Strait of Hormuz standoff leaves 20,000 seafarers stranded on ships

Thousands of seafarers are stranded as the Iran war shuts down much of the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting global oil and gas trade and raising safety fears.

Europe News

Norway police launch joint cooperation with France on Epstein probe

According to Norwegian media, police are investigating financial assistance the couple received to purchase an Oslo apartment in 2018 at a price below market value.

Iran

Trump holds talks on Iran with security team, White House says

Meanwhile, Tehran has blamed the US for the failure of talks after Trump decided against sending a negotiating team to Pakistan at the weekend.

Europe News

Carlos Alcaraz pulls out of French Open due to wrist injury

Alcaraz posted on X on Friday that he would also not play in the preceding Italian Open in Rome, where he also won last year.

Europe News

Assisted dying bill fails in UK as advocates vow to fight on

MPs in the House of Commons had backed legalising euthanasia for adults who have been given less than six months to live and can clearly express a wish to die, in a historic vote last June.

Europe News

Trial set for Jewish ambulance arson suspects after UK court hearing

The UK has accused Tehran of using criminal proxies to conduct attacks on European soil targeting opposition media outlets and the Jewish community.

Sport

Tickets to World Cup final in US appear on resale site for €1.9m each

FIFA does not control prices on its Resale/Exchange Marketplace but charges a 15% purchase fee to each ticket buyer and a 15% resale fee to each ticket seller.

Iran

White House: US envoys to head to Pakistan for Iran talks on Saturday

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Pakistan on Friday night, but his ministry has ruled out direct talks with the US delegation.

Europe News

Swedish Syria envoy charged over mishandling top secret documents

The diplomat, who was arrested in May 2025, had also been suspected of transmitting classified documents to a former politician from the central Swedish town of Gävle.

Lebanon

Peacekeeper dies of wounds suffered in Lebanon last month, UNIFIL says

His death brings the number of peacekeepers killed since the start of the most recent war between Israel and Hezbollah on 2 March to six.

USA

US soldier charged with using Maduro intel to win €341k on Polymarket

Polymarket said in a statement it had flagged the user who made the bets to the US Department of Justice and cooperated with the investigation.

Iran

Israel says awaiting US green light to 'return Iran to Stone Age'

The war has spilled out of Iran and engulfed the region, leaving several thousand people dead, mainly in Iran and Lebanon, and continues to destabilise the global economy.

Lebanon

UN 'working on' keeping presence in Lebanon in 2027

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has served fulfilled peacekeeping duties between Israel and Lebanon since 1978 but finds itself caught in the crossfire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah.

Ukraine

US still delivering weapons to Ukraine, Zelenskyy says

Meanwhile, three people were killed and 10 others wounded in a Russian drone attack on the central city of Dnipro.

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