Articles in ‘World News’

The US has launched a probe into more than 120 American-funded biological labs abroad, including in Ukraine, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told the New York Post on Monday. Russia has consistently raised concerns about Pentagon-backed biological labs worldwide, particularly near its borders and in Ukraine, alleging that they are involved in bioweapons research. · Gabbard said that the move aims to halt risky virus experiments…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has tightened her control over the EU’s executive branch to the point where the bloc’s leaders and diplomats now view her as too powerful, according to a Bloomberg report. Von der Leyen’s power grab angers EU officials – Bloomberg In power since 2019, von der Leyen has rebuilt the European Commission in her image and become “the face of Europe,” Bloomberg wrote on Tuesday. She has spearheaded…

At least 70 Labour MPs are demanding that Prime Minister Keir Starmer resign, Sky News reported on Monday. This comes after last week’s local elections in which the party came out as the biggest loser, relinquishing more than 1,300 council seats across the country. In addition to dozens of lawmakers calling for Starmer to go, at least three junior members of his government have resigned from their positions, Sky News reports. · Under Labour…

Russia successfully tests the Sarmat Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. · The weapon surpasses all Western analogues and can bypass all air defence systems. · A residential building is hit by a Ukrainian drone in Central Russia after the Victory Day ceasefire proposed by Moscow ends. · Chancellor Friedrich Merz gets jeered as he warns Germans to brace for further social cuts. That's as his approval rating reaches rock-bottom amid Berlin's…

A right-wing Austrian politician has demanded that the country’s Finance Ministry explain how nearly $22 billion in cash and gold was shipped to Ukraine from Austria since 2022 without triggering concerns about money laundering or regulatory oversight. In a statement published on Sunday, Austrian Freedom Party (FPO) Secretary General Christian Hafenecker called out what he described as Vienna’s “two-class justice system” for overlooking massive…

Public broadcasters in Spain, Ireland and Slovenia have said they would not air the 70th anniversary Eurovision Song Contest, which begins on Tuesday in Austria and will culminate in Saturday’s grand finale, citing opposition to Israel’s participation. The three countries, along with the Netherlands and Iceland, withdrew on Monday from this year’s event in Vienna, leaving the contest facing the biggest boycott in its 70-year history. · Vienna…

Russia’s Defence Ministry accuses Kiev of violating the Victory Day ceasefire thousands of times since it took effect on Friday. · Moscow says its army is observing the ceasefire, and is only responding-in-kind to the assaults. Donald Trump rejects Iran’s response to his peace deal proposal - calling it ‘totally unacceptable’ - coming after he threatened lethal action against anyone getting between the US and the Islamic Republic’s enriched…

US President Donald Trump has called Iran’s response to Washington’s latest proposal for ending the war “totally unacceptable,” after Tehran insisted it would not surrender the strategic leverage it has gained around the Strait of Hormuz. The contents of Iran’s response have not been made public, but according to US media reports, Tehran’s counterproposal focused on ending the war and securing guarantees that hostilities would not resume, while…

The Ukrainian military needs to pull back from Donbass for the peace process to move forward, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov has said. Talks between Moscow and Kiev will remain stalled until then, he told journalist Pavel Zarubin, adding that the Ukrainian government knows this. Russia and Ukraine have held several rounds of talks, including with US mediation, since early 2025, when President Donald Trump returned to the White House.…

Vladimir Putin hints that the Ukraine conflict could soon conclude, stressing that Moscow won’t take Kiev’s ceasefire violations lightly, as he speaks to journalists following Victory Day commemorations. · As the first group of passengers finally disembark from a disease-hit ship in the Atlantic - a renowned American biochemist slams the media hype seen regarding the ‘hanta-virus’. · A man and his 12-year-old daughter are reported killed in a…