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United States NATO
Rubio arrives for Nato talks as allies wait to learn of US security plans
US secretary of state Marco Rubio and the Trump administration’s new envoy to Nato has arrived in Brussels, where the alliance’s top diplomats are hoping he will shed light on security plans in Europe.

Thu, 03 Apr, 2025

Lithuania US Soldiers
Lithuanians bid farewell to US soldiers who died during training exercise
A procession carrying the coffins of four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in Lithuania will proceed past the capital’s cathedral square on Thursday.

Thu, 03 Apr, 2025

Myanmar Southeast Asia Earthquake
Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,085 as more bodies found
The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago has increased to 3,085 as more bodies were found by search and rescue teams, the military-led government said.

Thu, 03 Apr, 2025

Trump
'This is not the act of a friend': Governments react to Trump’s tariffs
'Taxpayers have been ripped off for more than 50 years,' Trump said. 'But it is not going to happen anymore'

Thu, 03 Apr, 2025

Denmark Greenland
Danish PM in Greenland for visit as Trump seeks control
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is in Greenland for a three-day trip aimed at building trust and cooperation with Greenlandic officials at a time when the Trump administration is seeking control of the vast Arctic territory.

Thu, 03 Apr, 2025

APTOPIX Trump
Senate rebukes Trump’s tariffs on Canadian imports
The US Senate has passed a resolution which would thwart Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada, hours after the president unveiled sweeping plans to clamp down on international trade.

Thu, 03 Apr, 2025

Webb Space Telescope captures photos of asteroid that caused a stir
Webb Space Telescope captures photos of asteroid that caused a stir
The Webb Space Telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth’s hit list.

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Argentina Falklands Anniversary
Argentina’s president draws pushback over Falklands War speech
Argentina’s libertarian president Javier Milei has marked the anniversary of his nation’s failed 1982 attempt to forcibly wrest the Falkland Islands from Britain by expressing hope that the island’s residents may one day choose to be Argentine ...

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Paris Opera-Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes to make opera directing debut in Paris
Actor Ralph Fiennes will make his opera directing debut in Paris next season with Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Dinosaur predator and prey drank together from lagoons on Isle of Skye – study
Dinosaur predator and prey drank together from lagoons on Isle of Skye – study
The researchers said the site provides a “fascinating insight” into the environmental preferences and behaviours of dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic period

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

OLY Paris 2024 Auction
Paris Olympic torches and Dionysus crown from opening ceremony up for auction
Torches from the Paris Olympics and the crown and wreath of Dionysus worn by singer Philippe Katerine during the opening ceremony are up for auction. Profits from the sale will go to charity groups, organisers said.

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Austria Roman Empire Mass Grave
Vienna archaeologists reveal mass grave of fighters in Roman Empire-era battle
As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna football field last October, they happened upon an unprecedented find: a heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to the 1st-century Roman Empire, likely to be the bodies ...

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Israel Palestinians
Israel will establish new security corridor across Gaza, says Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is establishing a new security corridor across the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas, suggesting it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacuated, from the rest of the ...

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Trump
Trump tells inner circle that Musk will leave government cost-cutting role, reports claim
Elon Musk is expected to step down from his role in Trump’s government efficiency team, with no official date set

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Myanmar Southeast Asia Earthquake
Myanmar’s ruling military declares ceasefire to facilitate quake relief efforts
Myanmar’s ruling military has declared a temporary ceasefire in the country’s civil war to facilitate relief efforts following a 7. 7 magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 3,000 people.

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Canada Tesla
Tesla sales drop in first quarter amid Elon Musk backlash
Tesla sales have declined in the first three months of the year, in a sign that Elon Musk’s once-high-flying electric car company is struggling to attract buyers.

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

APTOPIX Turkey Politics
Protests in Turkey take new turn with call for one-day shopping boycott
Protests that erupted across Turkey following the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor have taken a new direction as government opponents called for a one-day shopping boycott.

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Gaza Evacuation
More than 30 killed as Israeli military operation in Gaza Strip expands
Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip is expanding to seize “large areas”, defence minister Israel Katz has said.

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Meta-Community-Notes
Meta fined by Turkey after refusal to restrict content on Facebook and Instagram
Meta said it has been hit with a hefty fine for resisting Turkish government demands to limit content on Facebook and Instagram.

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Trump set to announce new round of tariffs on his so-called ‘liberation day’
Trump set to announce new round of tariffs on his so-called ‘liberation day’
President’s plans have rattled global stock markets and triggered heated rows with US’s largest trading partners

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Iraq-Assyrians
Man armed with axe injures three at parade in Iraq
Witnesses said the attacker, who has not been officially identified, ran towards the crowd shouting Islamic slogans

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Myanmar Earthquake
Man rescued from rubble – but hopes fade of finding more earthquake survivors
After using an endoscopic camera to pinpoint Naing Lin Tun’s location in the rubble and confirm that he was alive, the man was gingerly pulled through a hole in the floor nearly 108 hours after he was trapped in the capital Naypyitaw

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Australia Waves
High waves cause damage on Sydney waterfront
Several homes were evacuated at Botany Bay in Sydney’s south around midnight as waves surged across the coast, according to New South Wales State Emergency Service spokesman Andrew Edmunds

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

AP Top Photos of the Month March 2025
Danish PM heads to Greenland as Trump seeks control of territory
Prime minister Mette Frederiksen announced plans for her trip after US vice president JD Vance visited a US air base in Greenland last week and accused Denmark of underinvesting in the territory

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Virginia Giuffre lawsuit
Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre faces court as she recovers from bus crash
Virginia Giuffre, who lives in Australia, has been charged with breaching a family violence restraining order in Ocean Reef, near Perth, on February 2, Western Australia Courts said

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Wisconsin Supreme Court
Democrats’ win in Wisconsin court race marks big loss for Elon Musk
The billionaire supporter of US president Donald Trump and his affiliated groups spent more than $21m (£16.2m) supporting the conservative candidate with the aim of breaking the liberals’ 4-3 majority on the court

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Booker Senate Speech
Cory Booker sets record for longest US Senate speech with marathon critique of Trump
The New Jersey official took to the floor on Monday evening, saying he would remain there as long as he was 'physically able'. It was not until more than 25 hours later that the senator finished speaking and walked off the floor

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Israel Palestinians
Israel expanding military operation to capture ‘large areas’ of Gaza Strip
Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip is 'expanding to crush and clean the area of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure and capture large areas that will be added to the security zones of the State of Israel'

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

JFK Assassination Hearing
JFK director Oliver Stone calls for reinvestigation of Kennedy’s assassination
The freewheeling hearing of the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, where partisan grievances were aired, followed last month’s release of thousands of pages of government documents related to the assassination

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

58th International Cannes Film Festival - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Photocall - Palais des Festival
'Top Gun' and 'Batman' star Val Kilmer dead at 65, daughter says
Kilmer’s final acting role was a cameo in the 2022 blockbuster sequel Top Gun: Maverick

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

UnitedHealthcare CEO Killed
US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione
US Attorney General Pamela Bondi directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting and killing Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group's (UNH. N) insurance division, in New York last year.

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Booker Senate Speech
Senator Cory Booker continues marathon speech against Donald Trump’s agenda
A US senator held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday afternoon in a feat of endurance to show Democrats’ objections to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions.

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Trump aides weigh 20% tariffs as nervous world awaits trade war
Trump aides weigh 20% tariffs as nervous world awaits trade war
Canada has vowed to respond with tariffs of its own, while the EU and other countries have threatened countermeasures as well

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

APTOPIX Iceland Volcano
Town and spa evacuated in Iceland as formerly dormant volcano begins to erupt
A volcano began erupting in south-western Iceland on Tuesday, just hours after authorities evacuated a nearby community and the Blue Lagoon spa.

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Birmingham refuse workers strike
Birmingham declares major incident over bin strike as piles of waste grow
Council leader says situation causing ‘harm and distress’ with 17,000 tonnes of rubbish uncollected

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Myanmar Southeast Asia Earthquake
Death toll from devastating quake rises to more than 2,700 in Myanmar
The death toll from the devastating 7. 7 magnitude earthquake that hit Myanmar has surpassed 2,700, with thousands more injured, Myanmar media reported on Tuesday.

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Cyprus Israelis Rape Case
Charges dropped against five Israelis accused of raping British woman
A criminal court in Cyprus has dropped all charges against five Israelis accused of gang-raping a British woman in a hotel room after ruling her testimony as not credible and replete with “fundamental contradictions”.

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Hooters Bankruptcy
Hooters restaurant chain applies for bankruptcy protection
Hooters, the US-based restaurant chain known for chicken wings and the revealing outfits worn by its waitresses, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Malaysia Fire
Burst gas pipe erupts into massive fireball injuring 100 people
A fire caused by a burst gas pipe spread to several homes and sent a fireball soaring into the sky outside Malaysia’s largest city on Tuesday, injuring more than 100 people.

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Myanmar Southeast Asia Earthquake
Woman pulled alive from collapsed building 91 hours after Myanmar earthquake
The earthquake’s epicentre was near the country’s second-largest city, Mandalay

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Virginia Giuffre lawsuit
Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre in hospital after 'serious' car accident
Ms Giuffre has been living near Perth in Western Australia

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Venezuela First Female Saint
Pope gives approval for nun to become Venezuela’s first female saint
Venezuela is set to have its first female saint following approval from Pope Francis.

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Israel Palestinians Teenage Prisoner Dies
West Bank boy, 17, becomes first Palestinian teenager to die in Israeli prison
Walid Ahmad was a healthy high school student before his arrest in September for allegedly throwing stones at soldiers, his family said.

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Lebanon Israel
At least three dead after Israel strikes building in southern Beirut
Three people are dead and a further seven have been left injured in the wake of airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) confirmed on Tuesday.

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

Malaysia Fire
Burst gas pipe sparks colossal fire in Malaysia
A colossal fire has erupted just outside of the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, prompting evacuations of nearby homes.

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

South Korea Martial Law
South Korean courts to decide fate of impeached president Yoon in coming days
South Korea’s Constitutional Court will rule on Friday as to whether it will formally dismiss or reinstate impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol.

Tue, 01 Apr, 2025

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