Thursday, March 30, 2023

World

Mexican drug cartel apologizes for murder and kidnapping of Americans

A Mexican drug cartel accused of kidnapping four Americans and killing two of them has said the killers acted alone and will be turned...

Russia’s Wagner Group opens dozens of recruitment centers

The head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, which has been involved in a power struggle with the Defense Ministry, announced on Friday the...

Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore ties in China-brokered deal

Regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed on Friday to restore ties and reopen diplomatic missions in talks brokered by China, they said in...

Fierce fighting near a key city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fighting broke out on Friday between M23 militants and government troops near the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma, hours before a...

Biden and EU chief meet on trade tensions

President Joe Biden and senior EU official Ursula von der Leyen meet on Friday to defuse a transatlantic trade dispute over subsidies for the...

The Belgian government bans TikTok on official phones

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo on Friday banned federal officials from using TikTok on their work phones, making it the latest country to...

Freddy could break tropical cyclone record

Freddy is on track to break the record for the longest-lasting tropical cyclone, the United Nations said Friday as the killer storm hit Mozambique...

US will not fly any balloons over China: White House

The White House on Monday denied Beijing's allegation that the United States has been flying balloons over China to conduct surveillance, as tensions over...

Indonesian high-ranking police officer sentenced to death for murder

One of Indonesia's highest-ranking policemen was sentenced to death on Monday for the murder of his bodyguard. Ferdy Sambo, a two-star general and former head...

Iranian journalist freed on bail a week after his arrest

Iranian authorities released journalist Elnaz Mohammadi of the Hammihan newspaper on bail a week after her arrest, media reported on Sunday, but her sister,...