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European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned Friday that negotiations to end the US-Israeli war with Iran are at risk of producing a "weaker" agreement on Tehran's nuclear program than the one struck a decade ago. "If the talks are only ​about the nuclear [issue] and ​there are no nuclear experts around the table, then we

A dangerous chunk of glacial ice, or serac, not far above Mount Everest's Base Camp is blocking the climbing route to the summit and shortening the already-brief window for climbers in the busiest spring season.  Nepal's government has issued 410 permits for tourist climbers his season, with mountaineering a major revenue stream for the small

Skip next section Raghav Chadha quits AAP, joins BJP with 7 other MPs April 24, 2026 Raghav Chadha quits AAP, joins BJP with 7 other MPs Raghav Chadha had been with Aam Aadmi Party since its inceptionImage: ANI/IMAGO Prominent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha resigned from the party and has joined the ruling

Cristian Retamal, Chile's former negotiator at the annual UN climate talks, hopes this week's conference in Colombia will lead to the start of a new global political movement. Retamal is in Colombia's northern coastal city of Santa Marta, where representatives from more than 50 countries are meeting for the first-ever conference on transitioning away from

Thailand's Supreme Court said on Friday it had accepted a petition accusing 44 current and former opposition lawmakers of ethics violations over a 2021 attempt to amend the country's law protecting the monarchy from criticism. Those facing trial, starting on June 30, include members of the progressive People's Party and its predecessor, the Move Forward

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek released a preview version of its new model, the V4, on Friday. The long-awaited next-generation model "features an ultra-long context of one million words," the company said in a statement on social media. The DeepSeek-V4 is available in a pro version and a cheaper flash version. V4-Pro has 1.6 trillion parameters

Skip next section Iran's foreign minister to travel to Pakistan April 24, 2026 Iran's foreign minister to travel to Pakistan Several news agencies — including AFP, AP and Reuters — are all citing unnamed Pakistani sources as saying that Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to travel to Islamabad for talks with the US brokered

Social media giant Meta on Thursday announced plans to lay off about 8,000 employees, or about 10% of its workforce, as it seeks to scale up development of artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The owner of social media platforms Facebookand Instagram, along with the messaging app Whatsapp, said in an internal memo that the first round

A US Army Special Forces soldier has been charged with using classified information to make more than $400,000 (€342,480) betting on an online prediction market tied to the January operation that captured former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the US Justice Department said on Thursday. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, allegedly used

A three-judge panel at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday confirmed that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte can stand trial on charges of crimes against humanity. The charges relate to Duterte's alleged role in overseeing a deadly anti-drug crackdown while serving as president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. The panel said there