Decorated veteran remains behind bars on Afghan war crime charges

Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the Federal Court in Sydney (2021) Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, did not apply for bail when the war

What to know about Offset, the rapper who was shot outside a Florida casino

Law enforcement is investigating who may have shot Offset, a former member of the influential hip-hop trio Migos, outside a Florida casino Monday. Police

Markets surge worldwide as oil plunges toward $90 following ceasefire between US, Israel and Iran

Stock markets are surging worldwide, and oil prices are plunging back toward $90 per barrel after President Donald Trump pulled back from his threat to force a

Danish warship sunk by Nelson’s British fleet discovered after 225 years

Morten Johansen shows a metal insignia recovered from the wreck of Danish flagship “Dannebroge” More than 200 years after being sunk by Adm. Horatio Nelson

Iran hits Golf states while strikes batter Tehran ahead of Trump speech

Iran hit an oil tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait’s airport on Wednesday while airstrikes battered Tehran — an unrelenting tempo hours after

Gulf allies ask Trump to keep fighting until Iran is defeated

Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war

Sexual violence is being used as a weapon in Sudan’s war, doctors group says

Sexual violence against women and girls is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan‘s fierce conflict between the military and paramilitary Rapid Support

Immigrants seeking asylum are ordered to countries they’ve never been to, but end up stuck in limbo

The Afghan man had fled the Taliban for refuge in upstate New York when U.S. immigration authorities ordered him deported to Uganda. The Cuban woman was working

Macau joins Eurovision Asia line-up, promises ‘fusion with fireworks’

Macau will compete in the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026 in Bangkok, a source familiar with the event told the Times last night, in a late addition

Trump mulls seizing Iranian island even as talks appear to be moving ahead

This image from video provided by U.S. Central Command shows U.S. Sailors and Marines aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) President Donald Trump openly mused about

One of Europe’s poorest countries, struggles as Iran war drives up fuel prices

Farmers of Pestova firm on the back of a tractor plant potatoes in the village of Pestove Kushtrim Ajvazi is proud to be part of a

Thieves steal paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse from Italian private museum

Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy, police said

Iran warns US ground troops would be ‘set on fire’ as regional diplomats meet on the war 

From left, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, in Islamabad,

Nestlé says 413,793 KitKat candy bars stolen en route from Italy to Poland

Swiss food giant Nestlé says about 12 tons, or 413,793 candy bars, of its KitKat chocolate brand were stolen after leaving its production site in Italy earlier this

Iran and the US harden their positions as Tehran keeps its grip on the Strait of Hormuz

A woman who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon sits outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday Iran and the United States

As juries turn against social media for harming kids, Big Tech’s invincibility starts to show cracks 

Lori Schott, center, is embraced as she holds up a photo of her daughter Annalee Schott, after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately

Students cram in Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw as musicians play

Violinist Hyunjin Cho and cellist Efstratia Chaloulakou perform for students studying with music at  Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands, earlier this month From the stage of

Celine Dion set to perform in Paris two years after triumphant Olympics appearance

Near, far, wherever she is … Celine Dion is heading back to Paris. Confirming clues that have been popping up, tantalizingly, on posters around the French capital, a person

Iran received a ceasefire plan from the US but Tehran dismisses idea

Smoke rises from Kuwait international airport after a drone strike on fuel storage Iran has received an American 15-point plan for a ceasefire for the

Kenya’s flower industry loses millions of dollars weekly

Festus Mwirotsi, 34, scouts for pests and diseases in roses meant for export at Isinya Roses farm in Kajiado Kenya’s flower industry has reported weekly

Top central banker thinks businesses may be quicker to raise prices due to Iran war

The head of the European Central Bank says that businesses may be quicker to raise prices in response to the oil shock from the Iran war due

Police probe possible Iran link after Jewish charity ambulances set on fire

View at burnt Ambulances in a car park at Golders Green in London Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were set on fire early

Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean, USGS

A strong preliminary magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean yesterday, prompting coastal evacuations but no wider tsunami warnings. The United States Geological Survey said

66 killed in military plane crash: armed forces says

A military transport plane with 128 people on board, mostly soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off yesterday in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, killing at least 66

Crisis Trump claims US has been holding talks with ‘respected’ Iranian leader

United States President Donald Trump says Iran wants “to make a deal”and claims U.S. envoys have been holding talks with a “respected” Iranian leader.

NYC Pilot and copilot killed in collision between jet and fire truck

An Air Canada Jet sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport, New York City, yesterday Two people were killed and several others badly hurt when

Iran built a vast camera network to control dissent. Israel turned it into a targeting tool

The role of Israel’s hijacking of Iran’s street cameras in the killing of the country’s supreme leader underscores how surveillance systems are increasingly being targeted by adversaries in

A wave of executions is feared in after three young men were hanged last week 

In this image from video circulating on social media, protesters dance and cheer around a bonfire as they take to the streets of Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 9

Models with Down syndrome strike a pose for World Down Syndrome Day 

Alexandra Racatej walks on the catwalk during the SEEN Anonymous Seamstresses Gala, in Bucharest, Romania, last week Dozens of models with Down syndrome strutted down a

Macau gov’t seeks to appoint two judges from Portugal

Portugal’s High Council for the Judiciary (CSM) has opened applications for two Portuguese judges to serve in Macau’s first-instance courts, with the selection process running until March 31.

State Department cut jobs with deep expertise in Middle East as Iran crisis escalates

Secretary of State Marco Rubio In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center

US eases Venezuela oil sanctions as Trump seeks to boost world oil supply during Iran war

U.S. companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela’s state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, yesterday as the

Budapest’s vintage freight trams celebrate 100 years in service

A century-old freight tram leaves the Ferencvaros tram depot in Budapest With the toot of a horn, the ring of a bell and the hiss

Len Deighton, author of bestselling spy thrillers, dead at 97

This Jan. 9, 1973 file photo shows late British author Len Deighton Len Deighton, a prolific writer whose tough, stylish spy thrillers featured on bestseller

Iran war pushes countries into energy triage as they conserve power and curb soaring prices

The escalating war with Iran is pushing parts of the world into energy triage, forcing governments to choose where to cut demand or absorb costs, while prioritizing

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