Arama sonuçlarınız

Rwandan former doctor goes on trial in France accused of genocide A former doctor, Eugene Rwamucyo, 65, goes on trial Tuesday for alleged genocide during Rwanda's 1994 massacre of Tutsis by the Hutu majority. Accused of aiding anti-Tutsi propaganda and mass murder, Rwamucyo is charged with...

Biden defends government response as hurricane Helene death toll reaches 118 The death toll from a storm in the southeastern U.S. reached 118 on Monday, sparking election campaign tensions. The White House dismissed criticism of its response. President Biden will visit North Carolina on...

Russia plans to boost defence spending by a quarter for 2025 Russia will boost its defence budget by nearly 30% next year, surpassing welfare and education spending, a draft budget showed. The 2025 defence budget is set at 13.5 trillion rubles ($145 billion), up from 10.4 trillion in 2024...

🔴Live: Israeli military says it has begun 'limited, localised' operation in southern Lebanon Israeli military had begun limited, localised and targeted raids against Hezbollah targets in the border area of southern Lebanon, it said in a statement early on Tuesday. Read our liveblog for the...

Kris Kristofferson, US country music icon and actor, dies at 88 Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar who rose to fame as a country music superstar and Hollywood actor, has died at 88. Kristofferson passed away peacefully at his home in Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday, surrounded by family, according...

Japanese former boxer hails acquittal ‘victory’ after four decades on death row The world's longest-serving death row inmate hailed his historic acquittal as a "complete victory" on Sunday, just days after a Japanese court declared Iwao Hakamada innocent of a 1966 quadruple murder. The...

Britain becomes first G7 nation to end coal power with last plant closure Britain's last remaining coal power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, will stop electricity generation on Monday after 57 years of operation. The closure aligns with the government's coal phase-out policy...

Venezuelan opposition figure Machado wins European rights award Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado said Monday she was "honoured" to receive a European human rights prize for her efforts to defend democracy following Venezuela's presidential elections in July. Machado is now in...

Harris, Trump battle for Pennsylvania’s Polish-American voters With Pennsylvania set to be one of the major battleground states in the US presidential election, its large Polish community are finding themselves at the centre of a political tug-of-war, with both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris...

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen goes on trial in much-awaited EU embezzlement case The political stakes are high for Marine Le Pen as the French far-right leader and other party officials went on trial Monday for allegedly embezzling EU funds. The much-awaited trial could upend the...

Congolese basketball legend Dikembe Mutombo dies aged 58 Defensive player Dikembe Mutombo was an eight-time NBA All-Star who won accolades for his exceptional shot-blocking. He also was also known for his humanitarian work in Central Africa, especially in his native Democratic Republic of the Congo.

More than 120 dead across southeastern US in aftermath of Hurricane Helene At least 121 people have been killed across a wide swath of the southeastern US after torrential rains and flooding brought by Hurricane Helene downed power and communication lines, blocked roads, and caused supply...

UN extends Kenya-led security mission in Haiti amid rising hunger, violence The UN extended its authorization of a multinational policing mission in Haiti led by Kenya on Monday amid reports of thousands of deaths due to gang violence this year and rising levels of acute hunger in the country...

Georgia judge overturns state law banning abortion after 6 weeks of pregnancy A judge in the southern US state of Georgia overturned a stringent state-wide abortion law introduced after the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion in 2022. The Georgia judge ruled that the ban on...

‘October Surprise’: The US election phenomenon that can sway a presidential race Few American presidential elections have sailed all the way through to Election Day without one – or more – unexpected news events, sometimes turning a race totally on its head. This last-minute phenomenon is known...

🔴Live: Lebanon repositions border troops as Israeli incursion looms Lebanon's army is "repositioning and regrouping forces" at the southern border following threats of an Israeli incursion, a military official said on Monday, as the US State Department said Israel told the US it had begun...

Hurricane Helene kills dozens as emergency supplies rushed to North Carolina, Florida. Hurricane Helene unleashed torrential rains, leaving scores stranded or homeless, as recovery efforts commence after the storm claimed dozens of lives. The hurricane caused billions of dollars in damage across...

Russia to formalise revised nuclear doctrine in warning to the West Amendments to Russia's nuclear doctrine have been prepared and "will now be formalised", the Kremlin said Sunday, days after President Vladimir Putin warned that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with...

Russia says it downed more than 100 Ukrainian drones in one of the war's largest barrages Moscow said on Sunday that its air defences downed 125 Ukrainian drones overnight, in one of the largest barrages seen in Russia since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022. In Ukraine, more than a dozen...

Austrians vote in tight election as far right eyes unprecedented win Austria’s far-right Freedom Party could win a national legislative election for the first time on Sunday, tapping into voters’ anxieties about immigration, inflation, Ukraine and other concerns following recent gains for the...