Mexico’s government said it was beefing up security at tourist sites after a man opened fire on tourists at pyramids outside of Mexico City less than two months before the FIFA World Cup. The Monday shooting, carried out by a lone gunman on top of one of the Teotihuacan pyramids — a UNESCO Heritage Site […]
Washington and Tehran have both expressed readiness to resume hostilities as Pakistan peace talks remain in limbo after Iran pulled out of the second round of negotiations. The US and Iran both warned they were ready to resume the war as the ongoing ceasefire nears its expiration, as the fate of the second round of […]
Apple Inc. announced on Monday that its senior vice president of hardware engineering, John Ternus (pictured), will become the company’s new CEO, effective September 1, 2026, based on a unanimous approval by the board of directors, APA reports. Apple’s current CEO Tim Cook will remain in his current position during the summer to help Ternus […]
Russian strikes across Ukraine wounded more than a dozen people in at least four regions, at a time when US-led peace talks to end the war have ground to a halt, officials said Tuesday. In the northeastern city of Sumy, Russian drones wounded 15 people and damaged apartment buildings and a medical facility, the head […]
Russia is not participating in the US-Iran negotiations but is ready to assist in achieving a peaceful solution, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, APA’s Moscow bureau reports. He noted that Moscow hopes the negotiations will continue and that there will be no return to a violent scenario in the conflict. According to the Kremlin spokesperson, […]
Iran’s foreign ministry said Monday that the United States was not serious about pursuing diplomacy, citing what it called “violations” of their two-week ceasefire. “While claiming diplomacy and readiness for negotiations, the US is carrying out behaviours that do not in any way indicate seriousness in pursuing a diplomatic process,” said ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei […]
Israel’s foreign minister and military on Monday condemned the desecration of a crucifix smashed by an Israeli soldier in a southern Lebanese village home to Christians. A photo that emerged online over the weekend shows a soldier taking the blunt side of an axe to a fallen sculpture of Jesus on the cross. It was […]
US President Donald Trump said the leaders of Israel and Lebanon will speak on Thursday in what would be a historic first, but there was no confirmation from either side. Trump’s announcement comes as Washington pushes to ease hostilities following the first direct talks between the two countries in decades this week, when their ambassadors […]
US President Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Fox Business on Wednesday that he asked China’s leader Xi Jinping not to supply weapons to Iran, and that Xi replied saying he was not doing so. “I had heard that China’s giving weapons to, I mean — you’re seeing it all over the place […]
Iran’s military warned on Wednesday that it would block trade through the Red Sea, along with the Gulf and Sea of Oman, if the US naval blockade on Iranian ports continues. In a statement carried by Iranian state television, the head of the military’s central command centre said if the US continues with its blockade […]
