A fresh crisis has erupted within FIFA after Gianni Infantino‘s senior adviser, Carlos Cordeiro, resigned with immediate effect over the governing body’s controversial proposal to sell a stake in the commercial rights of the FIFA World Cup. Cordeiro, a former president of US Soccer and former Goldman Sachs vice chairman, announced his resignation in a […]
Antonio Guterres says he has witnessed strong commitment to supporting meaningful political transition in Syria UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday said that he met with representatives of Syrian civil society during his visit to Damascus and witnessed a strong commitment to supporting the country’s political transition. “I met with representatives of civil society and […]
Iran vowed on Thursday to keep striking the region so long as it remains under attack, as the Middle East war spread to new fronts with Tehran’s Houthi allies attacking Saudi shipping in the Red Sea. The war resumed following a ceasefire that lasted just a few weeks, throwing the region and global energy markets […]
OpenAI said on Tuesday that an autonomous agent powered by its advanced artificial intelligence models went rogue during a security test and triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of AI startup Hugging Face last week. The ChatGPT creator was testing capabilities of some of its most advanced models in a controlled environment, but the […]
The US and Saudi Arabia are expected to announce a deal that will allow the Gulf kingdom to develop a civilian nuclear programme, according to US media reports. An announcement is expected from US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday, US officials were cited as saying. The agreement could be worth billions of dollars to […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sacked General Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces on Tuesday and named his replacement, following days of mass protests across the nation demanding his removal. It was the second major change he has made under street pressure, after protests last summer forced him to undo a law weakening Ukraine’s […]
Oil scaled back gains after hitting its highest price in a month on Monday as Iran said diplomatic exchanges with the United States were ongoing via mediators despite renewed conflict in the Middle East. Crude has surged over the past week as Washington and Tehran traded fire, raising fears of a sustained disruption in the […]
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un reportedly met with a top Chinese official on Thursday as Pyongyang and Beijing continue to bolster relations. Wang Huning, a member of the Communist Party’s Politburo Standing Committee, led a Chinese delegation that touched down in the North Korean capital earlier this week, North Korea’s KCNA state news […]
China on Friday rejected US President Donald Trump’s allegations that Beijing interfered in American elections, dismissing the claims as fabricated and urging Washington to stop using China as an election issue, amid concerns the latest exchange could weigh on efforts to stabilise bilateral ties. According to PTI, Beijing also maintained that it has never interfered […]
A Russian missile strike hit Odesa late Thursday evening, killing at least two people and wounding eight others, including two children, local authorities reported. Serhiy Lysak, head of the Odesa City Military Administration, confirmed the updated casualty toll on social media as rescue operations continued. The attack damaged residential buildings, a preschool, a religious institution, […]
