Uncategorized

Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Friday shot down a bipartisan Senate effort to end the weekslong partial government shutdown that has forced thousands of airport security officers to work without pay. Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson called the Senate bill, which passed unanimously early Friday morning, a "joke." Johnson said Republicans would

On Thursday evening, the Iranian capital Tehran came under a fierce wave of attacks. Residents reported low-flying fighter jets over the city and massive explosions. Early on Friday morning, the Israeli military said that it had completed a wide-scale wave of strikes on the "heart of Tehran" and had targeted "infrastructure belonging to the Iranian

For more than 100,000 women in Syria, it is not only emotionally but also legally impossible to put the war behind them. According to the United Nations and Syrian human rights groups, up to 150,000–170,000 people, mostly men, remain missing. Most were forcibly disappeared after the 2011 uprising escalated into the Syrian Civil War, during

Skip next section Germany's coal-fired plants could run longer due to Iran war March 27, 2026 Germany's coal-fired plants could run longer due to Iran war Merz said he wouldn't gamble energy security 'because we agreed on some deadlines years ago'Image: Christoph Hardt/Panama Pictures/IMAGO Amid the ongoing energy crisis sparked by the war in the

Last week, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu visited the United Kingdom, which has agreed to help refurbish Nigeria's major trading ports. These include the Apapa Quays, built a century ago when the West African country was still a British colony, and the Tin Can Island port, both near Lagos. The £746 million (€860 ​million) investment deal, backed

During a massive attack on Ukraine on the night of March 23 to 24, Russia launched nearly 1,000 drones and 34 missiles. According to the US-based Institute for the Study of War, it was "the largest Russian strike series against Ukraine of the war thus far." Several cities in western Ukraine were attacked, including Lviv

Former Red Army Faction member Daniela Klette is facing new charges, with Germany's Federal Prosecutor's Office accusing her of multiple serious crimes linked to past attacks. The charges predate a series of robberies between 1999 and 2016, allegedly carried out to finance decades of life underground, for which Kette has already been indicted. What are

Austria's government on Friday announced plans to ban social media use for children under 14, joining a growing number of countries introducing restrictions for young users. "Today is a good day for children in our country," Vice Chancellor Andreas Babler said at a news conference, adding that the risks of social media have been "ignored

Around 17.8 million adults, roughly one in three, are affected by mental illness every year in Germany, according to the German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology (DGPPN). Of those, only 18.9% seek treatment each year. Nia* is one of them. "It's not that easy to ask for help. It's not that easy

As most of Europe prepares to set clocks forward an hour on March 29, millions will brace for the biannual ritual of daylight saving time (DST). DST is mostly observed in temperate regions, where the contrast between long summer days and short winter ones makes shifting time seem useful. For newcomers to these parts of