China has condemned the European Union’s ban on public funding for Chinese-made solar inverters, a move that analysts say could affect more than a fifth of new solar capacity and complicate efforts to meet the bloc’s self-imposed “climate targets.”
The chief of Hungary’s anti-graft watchdog is now facing corruption charges, just days after alleging that corruption and procurement abuses under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government may have cost the country as much as 60 trillion forints ($194 billion).
U.S. President Donald J. Trump warned Thursday that American forces would continue striking Iran unless Tehran agrees to an interim peace deal, after a second consecutive night of military clashes that also left three Indian sailors dead and heightened fears of broader regional instability in an armed conflict that has shaken the Middle East.
Bulgaria, a member of the NATO military alliance and the European Union, will no longer provide arms to Ukraine despite the ongoing war, the country’s new government announced.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to launch another night of heavy airstrikes against Iran and suggested Washington could eventually seize Kharg Island, Iran’s primary crude oil export terminal, in what would mark a major escalation in the widening conflict.
Belgium has rejected a U.S. request to impose an entry ban on travelers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, deepening a transatlantic dispute over how to respond to a potentially deadly Ebola outbreak ahead of the FIFA World Cup, the global football (soccer) tournament beginning Thursday in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The United States launched a new wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, targeting air defense and radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz as President Donald Trump increased military pressure on Tehran following days of escalating attacks and stalled nuclear negotiations.
Tehran warned Wednesday it would “reassess” its participation in peace talks with the United States after President Donald J. Trump said Iran would have to “pay the price” as the two nations traded fire overnight.
North Korea’s uranium-enrichment capacity could soon rise by roughly 75% once a new facility at its Yongbyon nuclear complex reaches full production, according to a Wall Street Journal exclusive citing analysis from Vertic, a London-based arms-control verification group.
President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that Iran has “taken too long” to negotiate an agreement with the United States and said Tehran will now “have to pay the price,” signaling that Washington may be prepared to escalate military pressure after a fresh round of hostilities in the region.
Families have been burned out of their homes in Belfast as anti-immigrant violence hit Northern Ireland’s capital following a knife attack for which a 30-year-old Sudanese man has been charged with attempted murder.
At least 12 people were killed, and nine others wounded after heavily armed gunmen opened fire in an informal settlement near Johannesburg, South African police said.
The United States launched what it called “self-defense strikes” against Iranian targets Tuesday after a U.S. Army Apache helicopter was downed near the Strait of Hormuz, raising new fears that a fragile ceasefire could collapse into a broader war.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Iran shot down a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz, vowing that the United States would respond to what he described as a direct attack on American forces.
Russian attacks killed at least three people in northeastern Ukraine and damaged a spent nuclear fuel storage facility near the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday.
Hungary’s anti-corruption watchdog chief said Monday that corruption and alleged procurement abuses during the 16 years of rule by former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán may have cost the country as much as 60 trillion forints ($194 billion).
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claimed victory Monday after parliamentary elections seen as a key test of Russia’s influence in the South Caucasus nation and one of the world’s oldest Christian countries.
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti urged rival parties Monday to help end 18 months of political deadlock after his Vetevendosje party won parliamentary elections but failed to secure enough support to govern alone.
U.S. President Donald Trump called Monday for Israel and Iran to immediately stop firing on one another, pressing both sides toward a ceasefire after an overnight exchange of Iranian missile barrages and Israeli airstrikes raised fears of a renewed regional war.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. urged residents in vulnerable coastal areas to move to higher ground after a powerful earthquake struck the southern Philippines, killing several people and triggering tsunami warnings in parts of Southeast Asia.