Category Politics

New Zealand lawmakers have dealt a crushing defeat to a challenged bill that would have redefined the country’s founding treaty between Maori tribes and the British Crown. The Treaty of Waitangi Principles Bill was defeated in parliament in Wellington on…

The European Union’s executive Commission has announced a 90-day pause on retaliatory measures against new U.S. tariffs, to align with President Donald Trump’s temporary pause on his sweeping new tariffs and to create space for a negotiated deal. European Commission…

The UN report said Taliban morality police detained men and their barbers for inappropriate hairstyles, and others for missing prayers at mosques during Ramadan. This happened six months after the introduction of laws regulating the behavior of citizens in the…

Asian stock markets fell sharply overnight and investors braced for even deeper losses in New York as the impact of US President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements entered a second week. Asian shares broadly fell to new lows after Mr Trump…

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday to pay tribute to those who died on the island where one of the fiercest battles of World War II took place 80 years ago. The visit was the first for Naruhito…

Jay North, who played the title role of the mischievous boy on the TV series Dennis the Menace for four seasons starting in 1959, has died aged 73. North died Sunday at his home in Lake Butler, Florida, after a…

A second child with measles has died in Texas, a local hospital official confirmed Sunday. Hundreds of cases of the infectious disease have been reported in recent weeks. The events prompted US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy…

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen announced on Sunday that she would peacefully fight a five-year ban on running in the election, drawing inspiration from US civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., as thousands gathered in Paris to rally…

A British-born artist claims Donald Trump’s allegations that she distorted his portrait have put her business at risk. Artist Sarah Boardman’s artwork of the US president was on display in the rotunda of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver…

Israeli troops have positioned themselves in a newly created security corridor in southern Gaza, officials say. On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the creation of a new corridor, Morag, designed to increase pressure on the militant group Hamas.…