Category: World

Liverpool beat Galatasaray 4-0 at Anfield to reach the Champions League quarterfinals, where they will face Paris Saint-Germain.

Italy, Spain, Malta, Greece and Cyprus have sent a joint letter to the European Commission warning that a drifting Russian tanker poses an “imminent and serious risk” of an ecological catastrophe and urging urgent action.

As the U.S. nears the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, PBS’s Judy Woodruff documents deep national divisions over how Americans remember their past.

Lauren Bessette, the older sister of Carolyn Bessette, died alongside Carolyn and John F. Kennedy Jr. in a July 1999 plane crash; renewed attention follows an FX dramatization.

Beijing has struggled to rally Asian states against Japan after remarks by Takaichi on Taiwan, raising questions about whether China overplayed its hand and the limits of historical grievances as leverage.

Angel Esteban Aguilar, leader of Ecuador-based gang Los Lobos, was arrested in Mexico City and is suspected of plotting the 2023 assassination of an Ecuadorian presidential candidate.

President Tinubu met British royals during a UK state visit that highlighted record-high trade between Nigeria and the United Kingdom, underscoring deepening ties.

US lawmakers warned that China is increasingly dominating supply of drug ingredients, raising concerns about dependence on Chinese pharmaceutical inputs and broader supply risks.

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez appointed a new defense minister Wednesday, removing a longtime Maduro loyalist in a major Cabinet reshuffle that could affect domestic and regional dynamics.

Users in China are rapidly adopting the AI tool OpenClaw but are limiting permissions amid warnings that errors could expose passwords, delete files or send offensive messages.

Ramadan is ending and Muslims worldwide are preparing to observe Eid al-Fitr, the festival that marks the conclusion of the holy month. Communities in Panama and Latin America will join global observances.

A PBS report says AI and cryptocurrency efforts to shape Illinois midterms fell short, signalling limits to tech sectors’ political influence and drawing attention from observers in Latin America.

Protesters in Tehran burned effigies of Israeli PM Netanyahu and US President Trump at a rally for warship victims, Al Jazeera reported. The brief report gives few further details.

A PBS report says Georgia’s plan to replace voting machines criticized by Donald Trump is in doubt as officials worry a last‑minute change could create chaos in election operations.

The US Federal Reserve kept its policy rate at 3.5–3.75 percent, citing a cooling labour market and tensions tied to Iran; the move underscores a data-driven, cautious stance.

A rights group says Israel is holding more than half of Palestinian child detainees without charge, with detained children reporting “appalling and debilitating conditions” in custody.

Cuba’s president condemned President Trump’s remark that he can do “whatever he wants” with the island, warning any U.S. aggression would meet “impregnable resistance.”

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has traveled to Washington for a meeting with President Trump she called “very difficult,” in a visit complicated by fallout from the Iran war, PBS reports.

European allies, led by a blunt rebuke from Germany’s chancellor, declined President Trump’s request to deploy ships to the Strait of Hormuz, saying the confrontation is not their war.

Delcy Rodriguez has replaced General Vladimir Padrino as Venezuela’s defence minister; Padrino had served 11 years and was a key ally of President Nicolas Maduro.