US President Donald Trump has stirred fresh controversy after sharing an AI-generated image portraying himself as Jesus Christ, intensifying an already strained relationship with Pope Leo XIV. The image, posted on his Truth platform on Sunday, depicts Trump in flowing robes, bathed in radiant light, with his hands outstretched in a pose suggestive of healing. […]

Pope Leo XIV on Monday said he had “no intention to debate” with Donald Trump, after the US president criticised him over his comments on the US-Iran war. “I am not a politician,” the pope told reporters aboard the papal plane as they headed to Algeria for the pontiff’s first visit to Africa. “I have […]

China on Monday called reports it had supplied or intended to supply weapons to Iran “baseless smears”, after several outlets quoted US intelligence sources to that effect. On Sunday, US President Donald Trump threatened Beijing with a “staggering” new tariff of 50 percent if it were to provide military assistance to Tehran. His comments came […]

Operations resumed on Monday at a major gas facility in Iraq’s Kurdish region, the Emirati company running the complex said, after more than a month of disruption due to the US-Iran war. Dana Gas announced “the resumption of production of the Khor Mor gas facility in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, following a period of […]

US President Donald Trump told reporters Sunday that he is “not a big fan” of Pope Leo XIV, after the global leader of Catholics made a plea for peace amid the war in the Middle East. The 70-year-old American pope publicly implored leaders on Saturday to end the violence, telling worshippers at St Peter’s Basilica: […]

Ukraine and Russia renewed overnight drone strikes on Monday, after the end of a 32-hour Orthodox Easter truce marred by accusations of mass violations, both countries said. The Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched 98 drones, adding that its air defence units had downed 87 of them. An infrastructure facility was hit in the […]

Thousands of Iranians paid tribute on Thursday to the late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for nearly four decades until his killing in US-Israeli strikes at the start of the Middle East war. His son Mojtaba Khamenei has succeeded him but he has not been seen in public since before the war, […]

Eligible men in the United States will be automatically registered into the military draft pool by December, as part of efforts to simplify the current self-registration process and reduce costs. The Selective Service System (SSS), which maintains a database of individuals who could be called up in a national emergency, submitted a proposed rule to […]

Spain will reopen its embassy in Iran, which was closed in March due to the war, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Thursday, following the truce reached between the United States, Israel, and Iran. “I have given instructions to our ambassador in Tehran to return, to resume his post and reopen the Spanish […]