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France has denied a request by Telegram founder Pavel Durov to travel to the United States for talks with investment funds, prosecutors said Thursday. Durov, 40, was sensationally detained in Paris in 2024 and is under formal investigation by French authorities over illegal content on his popular messaging service. In March, Durov was allowed to […]

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that the United States may impose sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes, who has clashed with former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro and Elon Musk. Asked at a congressional hearing if President Donald Trump’s administration was considering sanctions on Moraes, Rubio said: “That is under review […]

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The legendary designer behind Apple’s iPhone, Jony Ive, has joined OpenAI to create devices tailored for using generative artificial intelligence, according to a video posted Wednesday by the ChatGPT maker. Ive and the team from his latest startup will take over design at OpenAI. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said in the video clip that […]

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Health authorities in England on Wednesday announced the rollout of a world first vaccine programme for gonorrhoea, amid record levels of the sexually transmitted disease. Gonorrhoea cases in England in 2023 topped 85,000, the highest number since records began in 1918, with doctors warning of rising levels of antibiotic resistance. Richard Angell, chief executive of […]

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US President Donald Trump unveiled plans for a “Golden Dome” missile shield system to protect his country against foreign attacks, saying it should be operational by the end of his second term. “In the campaign I promised the American people I would build a cutting-edge missile defense shield,” Trump said at the White House. “Today […]

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An armed group linked to Syria’s new government briefly attacked Russia’s Hmeimim air base in western Syria on Tuesday, a war monitor and a witness have said. Located in the coastal Latakia province, the Hmeimim base served as a refuge for thousands of people who fled March’s sectarian violence, where over 1,700 mostly Alawite people […]

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Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death penalty for a man who beheaded his girlfriend in a case which prompted an explosive reaction from women’s rights campaigners. Pakistani-American Zahir Jaffer, the son of a wealthy industrialist, attacked 27-year-old Noor Mukadam at his sprawling Islamabad mansion in 2021 after she refused his marriage proposal — […]

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The Kremlin said that Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump discussed a new potential new prisoner swap between the two countries and were both in favour of normalising ties — massively soured by Moscow’s Ukraine offensive — during a two-hour call Monday. The leaders spoke for the third time since Trump took office this year in […]

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The US Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration on Monday to end legal protections that have shielded some 350,000 Venezuelans from potential deportation. The top court granted a request by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to revoke temporary protected status (TPS) for the Venezuelans while an appeal proceeds in a lower court. The United States […]

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Taiwan’s coast guard said on Monday there was an “urgent need” for infrared thermal imaging and other technology to detect small boats off the island after it detained two Chinese nationals. A Chinese father and son were picked up after arriving on a beach near Taipei on Friday, days before Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te celebrates […]

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