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As ties fray, Berlin and Washington are trading barbs over their decline, using each other’s crises to dodge their own mounting failures German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told an audience of local Catholics in the southwestern city of Wuerzburg that he no longer advises young people to travel to the United States for work and study, citing the rapidly changing “social climate” in the country. Merz, who has served as Chancellor of Germa

Violence is rising in the occupied territory, according to the territory’s government Footage has been published online purporting to show an assault by an Israeli settler against a Palestinian farmer in the occupied West Bank, in one of the latest alleged attacks targeting Palestinian civilians. The video, posted by the media office of the Palestinian government on Saturday, shows a blindfolded man on his knees in a field, and later lying on the

The Houston-based center will also sack five doctors who provided gender-affirming treatments to youth, the Texas Attorney General has said Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) will become the first American medical institution to open a clinic for adolescents seeking to reverse gender-related medical treatments, the US Department of Justice said. The move comes as part of a settlement of a years-long probe by the DOJ and Texas Attorney General

The report comes amid mounting American war costs, depleted missile stockpiles and a reluctance among allies to get involved Some US officials are encouraging the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to seize one of Iran’s islands in the Persian Gulf, The Telegraph has reported, citing sources. The island in question is Lavan, one of Iran’s key offshore oil export centers, which hosts refinery, storage and tanker-loading infrastructure connecte

The Labour leader wants to step down “in a dignified way,” journalist Dan Hodges wrote UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is considering resigning amid a deepening political crisis in the ruling Labour Party, according to Daily Mail journalist Dan Hodges. Starmer became prime minister after leading Labour to a landslide victory in the 2024 general election. Less than two years later, however, his government is facing falling approval ratings, interna

Rights groups and a Biden-era US intelligence report have alleged that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the murder France has opened an investigation into the murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi after NGOs accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of complicity in the killing. The 59-year-old journalist and Washington Post columnist was killed in 2018 while visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. His body is

The acting US Army chief of staff said commanders were instructed to reduce troop levels in Europe The Pentagon has canceled plans to deploy 4,000 troops to Poland amid growing tensions between President Donald Trump and US allies over policy toward Iran. The Associated Press reported on Friday that some soldiers from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division – along with Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles&nbsp

While Tehran has said it does not trust Washington, it maintains the standoff cannot be resolved through military means The US and Israel are actively preparing for a renewal of hostilities with Iran and could resume attacks as early as next week, The New York Times has reported, citing sources. Indirect negotiations between Iran and the Trump White House have remained deadlocked since a fragile ceasefire was established in April following over a

The driver, described in the press as a man of North African descent, reportedly went on to stab someone before being subdued by bystanders At least twelve people have sustained injuries, with four reportedly in critical condition, after a car rammed into them in the Italian city of Modena. The driver, described by the media as a “highly intoxicated” man of North African descent, was reportedly armed with a knife, and stabbed a person

An ex-aide lays bare the corruption, lies and coercion in Ukraine’s leadership – while Western backing keeps the system alive Rudyard Kipling, a modern classic of the Western literary canon, was both a champion of British imperialism and too honest not to know its very sordid underpinnings of greed, lies, and sheer selfishness. That’s why the same man who extolled the “white man’s burden” also wrote ‘The Man Who Woul

The bloc must drop its unanimity principle and forge a new core group for decision making, Josep Borrell has said Sloppy decision-making and an inability to agree on key issues have rendered the EU effectively irrelevant on the global stage, the bloc’s former foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has argued. The former top diplomat made the remarks in an interview with Belgian broadcaster RTBF on Friday, somewhat echoing the stance of European

Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was eliminated in a joint operation by the US and Nigerian forces, the president has said US President Donald Trump has announced that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) worldwide, has been killed in Nigeria on his orders. The operation comes as Washington seeks to reassert its influence in Africa’s volatile Sahel region where a string of military coups and growing anti-Weste

Why the West still misunderstands the Russia-China relationship Russia and China are moving, slowly but unmistakably, toward a structural alliance that is reshaping the global balance of power. But the two sides are progressing through this transformation at different speeds. Moscow has largely accepted the logic of deep strategic interdependence. Beijing, by contrast, still behaves as though it can preserve a carefully managed partnership in whi

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has blocked foreign speakers from entering the country ahead of the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally Large crowds have descended upon central London for an anti-immigration rally dubbed ‘Unite the Kingdom’. Videos and photographs circulating on social media on Saturday showed demonstrators with Union Jack flags, crosses, and other Christian symbols marching through the streets of the British capital. Ahead of t

The German chancellor, long seen as pro-American, has said he no longer recommends the country for study or work German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he will no longer recommend the United States as a destination for his children to study or work, citing what he described as a worsening “social climate” in America. Speaking at a Catholic youth conference in Wuerzburg on Friday, the conservative leader said the US had become deepl

The strike killed at least seven people, leaving more than 50 others injured according to emergency services in Gaza Israel carried out strikes in Gaza targeting Hamas’ top military commander, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement. It marked the first attack on a senior official of the militant group since a US-backed deal in October intended to halt fighting in th

The German luxury carmaker once manufactured military trucks and airplane engines for the Nazis Mercedes-Benz is considering engaging in defense production if it would make “business sense,” its CEO Ola Kallenius has told the Wall Street Journal. The Munich-based company once manufactured military hardware on a large scale, before and during World War II. It began supplying trucks and airplane engines to the Nazis in 1937. After Germa

What was once an instrument of discipline is worsening into something much more damaging for the European economy The European Union has taken yet another step in its long-running confrontation with Russia. But what now stands out is not only the scale – it is the restless, almost reflexive expansion of sanctions as a default instrument of policy. In April, EU authorities unveiled their 20th round of sanctions targeting Russia and Belarus,

The Russian president’s trip will come just days after Trump’s meeting with Xi yielded no progress on key issues Russian President Vladimir Putin will make an official visit to China on May 19 and 20, the Kremlin has said. The Russian president has been invited to the country by his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, it said in a statement on Saturday. During the trip, Putin and Xi are expected to discuss bilateral relations, ways to further deepen

The Islamic Republic’s ambassador to the United Nations has urged the world to do more to counter Israel’s “expansionist” policies The international community must take a more active approach to the plight of displaced Palestinians and the Israeli occupation of their land, Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani said on Friday. Iravani made the appeal on the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, a term used in the Arab and Muslim wo