Hungarian police questions Budapest mayor over role in banned LGBTQ+ Pride march

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his party have insisted Pride, a celebration of LGBTQ+ visibility and struggle for equal rights, is a violation of children’s righ...

FBI opens first office in New Zealand, sparking backlash in China

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said in June that China posed an imminent threat and urged Indo-Pacific countries to increase military spending to 5% of GDP.

F...

Pakistan sentences 108 members of Imran Khan's party over May 2023 protests

Khan has remained in jail since his arrest in 2023 which sparked the protests, and faces over 150 charges. He and his supporters claim that they are part of a bro...

Trump announces new tariffs across the globe, delays deadline by seven days

Numerous countries around the world are facing the prospect of new tariffs on their exports to the United States on 7 August, as they haven't yet reached a trade ...

Genocide is taking place in Gaza and Europe is duty bound to stop it, Israeli scholar says

Rising voices accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza, accusations Israel denies. Holocaust and genocide scholar Omer Bartov points to the intent to destroy Palestinian...

US, UK, France and other Western allies warn of growing Iranian intelligence threats

US and several other NATO allies, as well as Austria, accused Iranian intelligence services of killing, kidnapping, and harassing people in Europe and North Ameri...

Thailand and Cambodia plan border visits for diplomats as fragile ceasefire holds

The ceasefire reached in Malaysia was supposed to take effect at midnight on Monday, but it was quickly tested as Thailand and Cambodia continued to accuse each o...

Trump announces 90-day negotiating period with Mexico as 25% tariff rates stay in place

Nations are scrambling to finalise the outlines of a trade framework with Trump in order to avoid him imposing higher tariff rates that could upend economies and ...

Myanmar ends state of emergency and junta chief switches roles ahead of December elections

The military imposed emergency rule and created new administrative structures after it ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021.

Myanmar's milit...

German biathlete Laura Dahlmeier killed by falling rocks on mountain in Pakistan

Dahlmeier, an Olympic gold medallist, was ascending Laila Peak in the Karakoram mountain range when she was struck by falling rocks while climbing with a partner ...

Beijing officials say 31 people died in care home during floods

The facility sat on low-lying ground near a river that had flooded after the unusually intense rains.

Dozens of elderly people died in a nursing home in Beijing ...

Chile and New Zealand maintain tsunami warnings as threat subsides in most places

The danger from Wednesday's 8.8 magnitude earthquake appeared to be subsiding in most places, but Chile kept alerts at the highest level for most of its lengthy P...

Trump threatens trade deal over Canada's plan to recognise Palestine

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Wednesday that his country would recognise the state of Palestine at the UN in September.

US President Donald Tr...

'Oppressive campaign of censorship'? US sanctions Brazil judge overseeing Bolsonaro case

US President Donald Trump also signed an executive order that effectively implements the 50% tariff announced earlier this month, which he had explicitly linked t...

Fed Chair Powell said they haven't made a decision about interest rate cuts for September.

US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell stated that no decision has been made regarding interest rate cuts for September. Powell held a press conference afte...

French scientists say light stimulation shows promise in slowing Parkinson's disease

An early-stage clinical trial in France appeared to help restore some brain function for three Parkinson's patients.

French scientists are experimenting with a n...

Canada and Malta say they will recognise Palestine, joining France and UK

It comes as high-level representatives met at a UN conference on a two-state solution, which Israel and the United States have boycott.

Canada and Malta both ann...

At least 22 killed in protests against fuel price hikes in Angola, president's office says

Angola is one of Africa’s largest oil producers, but the country does not have enough refineries to meet domestic demand, so it imports diesel and gasoline at hig...

Two girls and one employee killed after explosion at Nebraska biofuels plant

The blast at around noon on Tuesday shredded the top of the plant's tall tower, exposing mangled concrete and rebar, while the metal walls and roof of the buildin...

Thailand and Cambodia reaffirm fragile ceasefire after days of deadly clashes

The worst fighting in years between the two neighbours killed at least 41 people, mostly civilians, and displaced more than 300,000 others.

Thailand and Cambodia...

Belgium refers complaints against Israeli soldiers over Gaza war crimes to the ICC

Belgian prosecutors took action after a legal complaint by pro-Palestinian group that identified two Israeli soldiers at the Tomorrowland music festival.

A legal...