The U.S. is seeking the release of an American citizen sentenced to 16 years in prison in Saudi Arabia for sending tweets critical of the regime. The State Department confirmed that the man, Saad Ibrahim Almadi, had been sentenced earlier this week. Almadi, 72, is a retired project manager in Florida and had sent tweets…
European Union leaders are meeting Thursday for a two-day summit to discuss energy issues, as the continent feels pressure from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to cut natural gas access. While officials discuss how to handle the situation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to address them virtually and ask them for help as Putin…
A 24-year-old woman accused of the horrific murder and rape of a 12-year-old girl whose body was found in a plastic box in Paris last week had been living in the country illegally for several years, a French government official said. The killing of the girl, identified only as Lola Daviet, has triggered an intense…
United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday after less than two months in office amid pressure following a reversal of economic policies that led to economic instability. Truss made the announcement a day after she defiantly declared that she is “a fighter and not a quitter.” Ultimately, however, she said that circumstances have changed….
A popular Brazilian social media influencer was reportedly gunned down at her home last week, according to local media reports. Núbia Cristina Braga, a 23-year-old influencer with nearly 60,000 followers on Instagram as of Wednesday, was shot and killed at her home last week in the Santa Maria neighborhood of Aracaju, the capital of the…
London Mayor Sadiq Khan is facing criticism on social media for flying 7,000 miles from the United Kingdom to Argentina to participate in a climate change summit. Khan began his three-day visit to Argentina Wednesday to speak at the C40 summit with almost 100 other mayors after taking a 7,000-mile overnight flight from London to…
With the news that Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss had offered her resignation Thursday, speculation has turned to who will replace her, and for some, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson could be the safe option for the Conservative Party. “There’s a great deal of uncertainty,” Nile Gardiner, the director of The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher…
The U.S. and South Korean militaries conducted a joint river-crossing drill Wednesday, the latest exercise in a large-scale operation designed to counter North Korea’s own escalating military drills. Main battle tanks and other armored vehicles crossed the temporary bridge over the Namhan River south of the capital of Seoul. U.S. and South Korean engineering teams…
Greece blasted the decision by European Parliament to reject the budget for the bloc’s border protection agency after nearly 100 migrants were found naked at the country’s border with Turkey. The United Nations has called for an investigation after Greek police said officers found 92 migrants, mostly men from Afghanistan and Syrian, stark naked and…
A female Iranian climber who competed in a South Korean championship without a hijab has reportedly gone missing and is expected to be placed under arrest upon her return to the Islamic Republic. Elnaz Rekabi, who went viral for competing without the Islamic headscarf at the International Federation of Sport Climbing’s Asian Championships in Seoul…