The top U.N. court has rejected a request by Nicaragua to order Germany to halt military and other aid to Israel. It also declined Nicaragua’s demand to Germany to renew funding to the U.N. aid agency in Gaza.
China will send a robotic spacecraft on a round trip to the moon’s far side within the coming days amid mounting concerns about a possible military space race between the world’s superpowers.
In an unusual move, outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg lashed out at allies for not providing Ukraine in time with the weapons it needs to stave off Russia’s invasion of the war torn nation.
Over the past week, Russian troops have captured several villages in eastern Ukraine, achieving quick but limited advances against thinly stretched Ukrainian forces, who have relinquished territory while awaiting promised military aid from the U.S., according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has welcomed the four-year jail sentence given to Dragoljub Simonović, the ex-mayor of Grocka, a suburb of Serbia’s capital Belgrade, for ordering an arson attack on journalist Milan Jovanović’s home.
The commander of America’s military space operations has warned that Communist-run China’s space military could soon threaten its capabilities.
The U.S. has pledged to provide Ukraine additional Patriot missiles for its air defense systems after Kyiv urged similar protection as Israel, which recently shot down some 99 percent of rockets and drones fired by Iran and its proxies.
Dutch legislators want April 25 to be an annual national day against antisemitism after a rising number of violent incidents against citizens of Jewish descent.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has come under pressure over its reporting of an attempt by migrants to cross the English Channel during which five people, including a seven-year-old girl, died.
Dutch politician Geert Wilders, one of Europe’s most outspoken anti-Islam leaders, has pledged to try forming a government despite tensions in coalition talks.
One of Europe’s most prominent anti-Islam politicians was on his way to Budapest to address the world’s largest conservative radical right gathering where like-minded leaders seek to chase out “the liberal order” in upcoming elections.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) suggests that nearly all central banks plan to have their digital currencies as part of global efforts to remove cash transactions from the world economy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the United States on Wednesday after President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion foreign aid package that includes about $61 billion in military assistance for Kyiv.
Russia on Wednesday declined to help prevent an arms race in space as it vetoed a U.S.-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution.
The United States confirmed Wednesday that it secretly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine for use in its conflict with Russia.
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi – who was arrested during the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests that swept Iran in 2022 – was sentenced to death, Salehi’s lawyer, Amir Raesian, said Wednesday.
The United States and European allies are imposing new sanctions on Iranian military leaders and weapon makers to punish Iran for its April 14 missile and drone attack on Israel, but they urge the Jewish nation not to retaliate strongly amid fears of a broader war.
Rafael Mariano Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told Deutsche Welle that Iran is “weeks rather than months” away from having enough enriched uranium to build a nuclear bomb.
On Tuesday, the U.K. Prime Minister announced that the nation will increase its defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade. Additionally, he pledged $620 million in military aid to Ukraine, including long-range missiles and four million rounds of ammunition.
Five people, including one child, have died in an attempt to cross the English Channel from France, just hours after Britain’s Parliament approved a law to deport migrants to Rwanda.