Sudanese paramilitary forces are encircling the only capital they haven’t captured in the western Darfur region, the United Nations said Friday, warning that an attack would have “devastating consequences” for the city’s 800,000 inhabitants. At the same time, the U.N. said, the
Mexican film wins top prize at Moscow International Film Festival while major studios boycott Russia
A Mexican film won the top prize Friday at the Moscow International Film Festival, which took place as major Western studios boycott the Russian market and as Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds into its third year. “Shame,” a film by director Miguel
Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel for talks Friday seeking to push through a cease-fire agreement with Hamas and avert an Israeli offensive on Gaza’s town of Rafah — on the border with Egypt — which it warned could ruin regional
Pope Francis is taking his call for artificial intelligence to be developed and used according to ethical lines to the Group of 7 industrialized nations. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced Friday that Francis had accepted her invitation to attend the G7
Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, a government spokesperson said Friday, twice as many as were reported earlier this week. The East African country has seen weeks of heavy rains and severe flooding in
The Netherlands’ outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte was in Turkey on Friday, seeking support from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the Dutch official’s bid for the position of NATO secretary general. Incumbent NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian prime minister
Thousands of Spanish journalists came out Friday in support of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his wife following Sánchez’s announcement that he was considering his future as premier after a court opened preliminary proceedings against his wife on corruption allegations. Sánchez,
First Minister Humza Yousaf has refused to resign amid growing pressure over his decision to end a three-year power-sharing agreement. First Minister Humza Yousaf said Friday that he “absolutely” will fight a no-confidence vote that has been tabled against him. A defeat
A court in Romania’s capital, Bucharest, has ruled that a trial can proceed for Andrew Tate. Tate is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. Tate, 37, was arrested in December 2022 near Bucharest with
Authorities in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre say a fire at a small hotel has killed at least 10 people and injured 11. The fire brigade of the Rio Grande do Sul state says the fire broke out in the early
Dylan Earl, a 20-year-old British man, has been charged with conducting hostile activities to benefit Russia. Earl is allegedly connected to Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, declared a banned terrorist organization by the U.K. government. He is accused of paying others to burn