The FBI is offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to capture and prosecution of a former US Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran in 2013 and was later charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government. Monica Elfriede Witt, 47, was indicted by a federal grand jury in February 2019 on … Read more
On Wednesday, German Transport Minister Patrick Schneider arrived at Toyota’s fuel cell factory in a German BMW iX5 Hydrogen, to later depart in a Japanese Toyota Crown FCEV. Of course, the choice of cars was no coincidence, as both vehicles generate electricity from hydrogen in fuel cells. Car manufacturers BMW and Toyota are currently jointly … Read more
Yasser Abbas, the 64-year-old son of aging Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, won a seat Sunday on the central committee of the Fatah party, initial results showed. The election extended the family’s grip on the movement that has dominated the Palestinian Authority (PA) for decades. The PA is under mounting pressure to hold long-delayed presidential and … Read more
The World Health Organization on Sunday declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a “public health emergency of international concern”, posing risks to neighboring countries after recording 88 deaths and more than 300 suspected cases in the region. Source link
Israel launched a massive series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday, despite an extension of the truce between the two countries. Source link
Tens of thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday in two separate protests – one against high levels of immigration and a perceived Islamic threat to British identity, and another in support of Palestinians. Source link
Starmer has vowed to fight on despite being widely unpopular after a series of setbacks, policy U-turns and questions over his judgment for appointing a friend of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as US ambassador. The government is facing weeks of chaos after it rejected calls to resign following the party’s disastrous results in the … Read more
President Donald Trump meets China’s Xi Jinping in Beijing during a state visit marked by pomp but few deals, the 2026 Cannes Film Festival opened and a shootout in the Philippines Senate saw an ICC-charged politician fleeing the premises: FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week’s most striking images. Source link
A women’s soccer team from the isolated communist nation of North Korea arrived in South Korea on Sunday, a rare visit that has generated strong public interest. Club Ngohyang Women’s FC’s tour is the first tour of athletes from north to south in eight years. The deal was approved under the Inter-Korean Exchange Law despite … Read more
Manchester City kept their dreams of a domestic treble alive with a slender win over Chelsea in Saturday’s FA Cup final. Antoine Semenyo scored the only goal of the final with a backheel flick in the second half. Source link