Russian interference suspected after coffins draped with tricolour placed at Eiffel Tower
Three men charged after five coffins inscribed with ‘French soldiers in the Ukraine’ were left at tower
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Russia warns US against fatal miscalculation in Ukraine
Ukraine's F-16s can strike inside Russia, NATO ally confirms
Russia Said to Seek Takeover of France’s Uranium Assets in Niger
Netherlands allows Ukraine to strike Russian territory with its F-16s
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Claudia Sheinbaum Makes History, as First Woman Elected to Lead Mexico
Claudia Sheinbaum elected Mexico's first female President
History is made as Claudia Sheinbaum wins election by a landslide.
Russia-China gas pipeline deal stalls over Beijing's price demands, Financial Times reports
Chinese general accuses US of creating ‘Asian NATO’
SINGAPORE - A Chinese general has accused the United States of trying to create “an Asia-Pacific version of NATO” to maintain American-led hegemony in the region.
S.Korea's Yoon says potentially massive oil, gas reserve could be buried off Pohang | Yonhap News Agency
By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- A potentially massive oil and gas reserve coul...
Chinese activists gather in Tokyo to salute victims of Tiananmen
Chinese activists held a candlelight vigil near JR Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on June 1 to commemorate the victims of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing in 1989.
Saudi Arabia removes Palestine from school textbook maps: Report
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's new school curriculum for the 2023-2024 academic year appears to have removed Palestine's name from most of the textbook
Two far-right Israeli ministers threaten to topple the government if it accepts Biden peace plan
At least 33 Indian polling staff died on the last day of voting from heatstroke in just one state, a top election official said Sunday, after scorching temperatures gripped swathes of the country
North Korea says it will stop sending trash-filled balloons after South Korea’s outcry
North Korea said Sunday it will stop sending trash-filled balloons into South Korea, after the democratic nation pledged to take “unbearable” steps in retaliation. A North Korean vice defense minister, Kim Kang II, said Sunday that his country sent the balloons in response to South Korea’s previous leaflet campaigns, which often spread critical messaging of…
Egypt demands Israel withdraws from Rafah crossing for it to operate again, sources say
Zelensky accuses Russia and China of undermining summit
Both countries are trying to dissuade others from attending the upcoming event, Ukraine's president says.
France, Britain and Norway Search for Russian Submarine off Irish West Coast
Ireland is a “central node” in a network of sub-sea cables crossing the globe
Mexicans vote in election likely to see first woman president
After a campaign overshadowed by violence which saw dozens of local candidates killed, voters have their say.
Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza
The Maldives government will ban Israelis from the Indian Ocean archipelago, known for luxury resorts, as public anger in the predominantly Muslim nation rises over the war in Gaza.