Poland backs off claim drone violated airspace during Russian attack on Ukraine
WARSAW – Poland backed away on Thursday from earlier claims that a drone had likely entered its airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine in August, after a 10-day analysis…
Trump pleads not guilty to revised US 2020 election indictment
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges in a revised federal indictment accusing the former U.S. president of attempting to overturn his defeat in the…
Lebanese justice ministry accuses former central bank chief of financial crimes
BEIRUT – Lebanon’s justice ministry formally accused former central bank governor Riad Salameh of financial crimes on Thursday, the state news agency and judicial sources said, echoing charges brought against…
Budapest district votes on banning short-term rentals
BUDAPEST – A Budapest district is holding a two-week referendum on a possible ban on short-term rentals, which would be the first of its kind in one of Europe’s most…
U.N. nuclear agency will supervise Ukraine’s key power substations, Kyiv says
KYIV – Ukraine and U.N. nuclear agency IAEA have agreed that the agency’s experts will monitor the situation at key Ukrainian substations in addition to nuclear plants, Ukraine’s chief nuclear…
Ukraine says peace summit follow-up meeting tackles food security
KYIV – Ukraine said 75 countries and international organisations have agreed a “shared vision” of measures to ensure the uninterrupted supply of Ukrainian agricultural products and help global food security,…
Conservative challenge to Brazil’s ban on Musk’s X may escalate feud
SAO PAULO – A conservative party in Brazil is seeking to reverse a judge’s ban on Elon Musk’s X platform, potentially escalating the months-long feud over censorship and hate speech…
France’s Macron weighs Barnier option in drawn-out search for prime minister
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron, who has yet to appoint a prime minister two months after a snap election, is considering whether Michel Barnier, the former European Union Brexit…
With super typhoon winds, Yagi whirls towards Southern China
HONG KONG – Southern Chinese provinces and cities braced for the arrival of super typhoon Yagi, shutting schools and postponing flights ahead of its expected landfall along Hainan’s subtropical coast,…