Thursday, April 30, 2026

World

Trump expected to be among Nobel Peace Prize nominees

OSLO - Some 287 candidates will be considered for ​the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Thursday, with US President Donald Trump ‌likely...

Kim Jong Un praises troops who ‘self-blasted’ to avoid capture by Ukraine

Kim Jong Un has praised North Korean soldiers who killed themselves by detonating their grenades while fighting for...

Trump says King will be ‘very safe’ during US visit after security talks

Donald Trump has said King Charles III will "be very safe" during his state visit to the US,...

Israeli strikes leave 14 dead, 37 hurt in Lebanon

Israeli strikes killed 14 people and wounded 37 on ​Sunday, Lebanon's health ministry said, as the Israeli military...

US to let Venezuela pay Maduro’s lawyer in drug trafficking case 

The United States has agreed to modify its sanctions ​on Venezuela to allow the South American country's government...

Prince William visits British troops in Kenya, trains with them

NNANYUKI, Kenya – Prince William visited British troops in Kenya on Sunday, participating in a training exercise north of the capital Nairobi.The second in...

Germany uncovers terrorist group which attacked foreigners in Chemnitz

KARLSRUHE − German police detained six men on Monday suspected of forming a far-right militant organisation which assaulted foreigners in the eastern city of...

Musk to resign as Tesla chairman, remain as CEO in SEC settlement

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO – Tesla Inc. and Elon Musk have agreed to pay $20 million each to financial regulators and the billionaire will step down...

Toll seen rising after Indonesian quake, tsunami kills hundreds

PALU, Indonesia – More than 400 people were confirmed killed, many swept away as tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake crashed into the...

Amal Clooney calls on Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to pardon Reuters reporters

UNITED NATIONS − The families of two Reuters reporters imprisoned in Myanmar have asked for a pardon, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney told a...

HBO getting out of the boxing business after 45 years

United States broadcaster HBO said on Thursday it will be dropping live boxing from its programming schedule from 2019 due to dwindling ratings, ending...