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US President Donald Trump on Thursday called for a new nuclear treaty instead of extending the caps on nuclear weapons deployments with Russia. Hours after the pact that held the world's two largest nuclear arsenals in check for more than two decades expired, Trump said that the New START treaty was "badly negotiated" and "is being

Famine is spreading in North Darfur in western Sudan, United Nations-backed monitors said Thursday. Millions of people in Sudan have been facing malnutrition since a civil war began in April 2023. The conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced nearly

Following a nationwide power outage over the weekend and a Russian drone and missile strike on Kyiv on Tuesday night, 1,170 apartment blocks in the Ukrainian capital are currently without heat. At the same time, outside temperatures have dropped to below minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit). Many residential buildings have already been without heat and electricity for weeks

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday sought to assuage public criticism of his December 2024 decision to make Peter Mandelson his US ambassador, given the Labour politician's already-known ties to deceased financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  Starmer apologized to Epstein's victims and said that he was "lied to" when vetting Mandelson before the

Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel said he is prepared to hold talks with the US on Thursday after weeks threats from the Trump administration. US President Donald Trump previously warned that "Cuba will be failing pretty soon" after US forces kidnapped the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and claimed control over the country's vast oil reserves

Parts of southern Spain and Portugal were facing severe disruption on Thursday due to torrential rainfall, floods and landslides brought by Storm Leonardo. Leonardo is the seventh storm to hit the Iberian Peninsula this year. Last week, five people died, hundreds were injured and tens of thousands were left without electricity in Portugal. Rising global temperatures due

Bashar Assad may be gone from Syria, but one of the more damaging laws that existed throughout his family's rule over the country lives on. Law No. 93 of 1958, or the law on associations and private institutions, was used for decades by the Assad regime — first by Hafez Assad, then by his son Bashar —

The Louvre  announced plans to restore the crown of Empress Eugenie, which was abandoned by thieves during their getaway after a brazen heist in the Paris museum last year. Thieves made off with €88 million ($104 million) in jewels in October but dropped the 170-year-old crown as they escaped. The crown was left "badly deformed,"

It is 3:40 p.m. on October 6, 2025. A judge at the Court of Appeal in the Albanian capital, Tirana, is reading out a verdict. Seconds later, three shots ring out in the courtroom, hitting the judge at the bench and sending people fleeing in panic. Astrit Kalaja, 62, later succumbs to his injuries. The ruling

South Korea's government appeared to be blindsided last week as Donald Trump accused Seoul of "not living up" to a bilateral trade deal concluded in October, and announced a new 25% tariff on Korean imports. The Asian nation has yet to ratify the US trade agreement in the National Assembly. The legal step, expected in late February or