On the last Sunday of July, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, pilgrimaged to Scotland to humbly pay tribute to Donald Trump, the ruler of the American Empire. It was, in every respect, a humiliating prostration for Europe. Trump received Von der Leyen at his own Turnberry golf course, south of Glasgow, but not before finishing
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Saturday the bloc should consider all options on how to maximise the use of Russian frozen assets to help Ukraine, in the face of opposition from key player Belgium. The EU froze some €200 billion of Russian central bank assets after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the vast majority of which are held by the international
Yemen's Huthi rebels said Saturday their prime minister was killed in an Israeli air strike earlier this week, the most senior official known to have died in a series of attacks during the Gaza war. The Iran-backed Huthis, who have launched repeated drone and missile attacks on Israel since the war erupted in October 2023, vowed to avenge the premier's
Aid flotillas like the one preparing to leave for Gaza would not be necessary if governments upheld international law, rights activist Greta Thunberg told AFP Saturday. "It should not have to be up to us," said the 22-year-old Swedish campaigner, who will join the flotilla when it sets off from Barcelona on Sunday. "A mission like this should not have
An enormous sinkhole in Norway engulfed a portion of motorway and railway tracks, killing one person, authorities said on Saturday. The hole, spanning several dozen metres, affected both lanes of the E6 motorway and the tracks running alongside the road in the town of Levanger, some 500 kilometers north of Oslo, according to photos by Norwegian media
A former Ukrainian speaker of parliament who was a leading figure in the country's pro-European protest movements of 2004 and 2014 was shot dead on Saturday in western Ukraine, officials said. Andriy Parubiy, 54, who also previously served as secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, was killed in the city of Lviv. President Volodymyr
A fire started by protesters at a council building in eastern Indonesia killed at least three people, a local official said Saturday, after demonstrations across the country following the death of a man hit by a police vehicle. Southeast Asia's biggest economy was rocked by protests in major cities including the capital Jakarta on Friday after footage
Sun-baked Morocco, grappling with its worst drought in decades, has launched a pilot project aimed at slowing water evaporation while simultaneously generating green energy using floating solar panels. At a major reservoir near the northern city of Tangier, thousands of so-called "floatovoltaic" panels protect the water's surface from the blazing sun
Thailand's Constitutional Court sacked prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and her cabinet on Friday over her handling of the country's border row with Cambodia, throwing the kingdom into political turmoil. Paetongtarn, daughter of billionaire ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was suspended from office last month after being accused of failing
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday urged women to immediately report intimate photographs shared online without their consent, after it emerged that even the premier herself had been targeted. "I am disgusted by what has happened", Meloni told the Corriere della Sera daily, after doctored photos of a series of high-profile women -- including
