International

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, known as “Pepe”, has died at the age of 89. The ex-guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 was known as the world’s “poorest president” because of his modest lifestyle. Current President Yamandú Orsi announced his predecessor’s death on X, writing: “thank you for everything you gave us and for your deep love for ...

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky urged Donald Trump to help secure a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday, accusing the Russian leader of not seriously wanting to negotiate an end to the war, reports AFP. Zelensky told reporters in Kyiv on Tuesday that the West should respond with massive sanctions if Putin skips the meeting, emphasising that he would do ...

US President Donald Trump has arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, marking the beginning of his first significant overseas visit since starting his second term in office. Air Force One touched down at 2:49 am. ET (9:49 a.m. local time), where Trump received a ceremonial welcome at the Royal Terminal. A royal purple carpet was laid out for his arrival, and ...

India reopened 32 airports on Monday following a weekend ceasefire that ended the fighting with neighbouring Pakistan since 1999. The Airport Authority of India said the 32 — from Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir to Bhuj in the western state of Gujarat — were now available for civil operations “with immediate effect”. They were closed last week after fierce fighting erupted ...

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump plans to accept a Boeing 747-8 aircraft from the Qatari royal family as a gift, with the intention of temporarily using it as Air Force One, a source familiar with the matter confirmed on Monday. The aircraft, valued at approximately $400 million, would represent one of the most expensive gifts ever received by ...

Deep beneath the United Nations headquarters in New York, a decades-old but efficient cooling system quietly harnesses the East River’s water to help regulate the building’s temperature—offering a low-energy alternative to traditional air conditioning. This water-based system, which has been part of the UN complex since it opened in the 1950s, uses as much as 26,000 liters (7,000 gallons) of ...

The frontier between arch-foes India and Pakistan was peaceful and had the “first calm night in recent days”, the Indian army said Monday, after a surprise weekend ceasefire. The military operations chiefs of India and Pakistan will discuss on Monday the next steps for the nuclear-armed neighbours after a ceasefire returns calm to the border, following their fiercest fighting in ...

Oman’s top diplomat said talks he was mediating in Muscat on Sunday between Washington and Tehran included “useful and original ideas” that reflected a shared desire to reach a deal between the two arch-foes, reports AFP. “We completed another round of talks between Iran and the United States in Muscat today. The discussions included useful and original ideas reflecting a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct talks with Ukraine on May 15 in Istanbul that he said should be aimed at bringing a durable peace and eliminating the root causes of the war. Putin sent thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, unleashing a war that has left hundreds of thousands of soldiers dead and triggering the ...

India and Pakistan accused each other of ceasefire violations early Sunday, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a surprise agreement between the nuclear-armed neighbors to halt hostilities across the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region. India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri stated that Indian forces were responding to “repeated violations” by Pakistan, while Islamabad said it ...