Category Politics

On Monday, the companies announced that Netflix had offered Sesame Street a safety net with a new streaming deal that would give the popular children’s show a wider audience while maintaining its longtime affiliation with PBS. Beginning later this year,…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his decision to resume limited aid to Gaza was made under pressure from allies who said they could not support renewed Israeli military action if “pictures of famine” emerged in the Palestinian territory. The…

US President Donald Trump said he hoped his separate phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky would help make progress toward a ceasefire in the conflict in Ukraine. Trump shared his expectations for a “productive…

Poland’s presidential election is still in full swing, but the first round on Sunday was a success for right-wing and far-right candidates, sending a message to Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s moderate government. Tusk’s candidate, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, who represents…

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has reached an agreement with the EU ahead of a key summit with the bloc, according to the PA news agency. The major breakthrough came after British government sources said on Sunday that talks…

A UN official said 20 trucks carrying humanitarian aid, mostly food, were expected to arrive in the Gaza Strip on Monday. The delivery comes after nearly three months of blockade and warnings from global experts of looming famine. Israel said…

The International Civil Aviation Organization’s council has declared Russia responsible for the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 more than a decade ago, a decision that increases the chances of compensation for victims’ families. Flight MH17 was shot down over…

On Monday, the Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia had fired more than 100 Shahid drones and decoy drones into Ukraine in overnight attacks after the Kremlin effectively rejected an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in the more than three-year conflict but…

The Belgian Defence Ministry has said three Belgian soldiers were injured in a “shooting incident” during an exercise in Scotland. The ministry confirmed that two soldiers were in stable condition and one of them was expected to undergo surgery in…

Pope Leo XIV expressed his support for imprisoned journalists and reaffirmed the “priceless gift of freedom of speech and the press.” He addressed an audience of 6,000 journalists gathered in Rome to cover his election as the first American pontiff.…