Pope Leo XIV will return to Rome from the Canary Islands on Friday on a plane offered by Spanish King Felipe VI after his orginal aircraft suffered a technical glitch, the Vatican said. The flight is scheduled to depart Tenerife at 6:00 pm (1700...
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Friday that the final text of a US-Iran peace deal had been agreed. “We can confirm that a final, agreed upon text of the peace deal has been reached and Pakistan is now working closely with...
Airlines will be banned from charging parents to get seats next to their children under an EU reform of passenger rights agreed on Friday that stopped short of more divisive changes, diplomats said. EU countries had wanted to trim the compensation...
The United States begin their World Cup challenge on Friday, taking on a savvy Paraguay side in a high-stakes match in Los Angeles. The World Cup co-hosts know that they must avoid a banana skin at the futuristic SoFi Stadium in the first World Cup...
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Tehran’s stated version of a proposed U.S.-Iran deal on stopping the war is not what was agreed to. Iran’s description of the proposed agreement “bears no relation to the truth,”...
President Donald Trump has repeatedly declared Iran and the US are on the verge of agreeing a deal to end the Middle East war, but a litany of sticking points have delayed finalizing an accord and will complicate its implementation, analysts say...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that he and US President Donald Trump were in “full agreement” to keep Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, a day after Trump touted an imminent deal with Tehran. “As long as I...
Shares in Elon Musk’s SpaceX jumped 11 percent to $150 on their first day of trading Friday after the biggest initial public offering in history, making the polarizing entrepreneur the world’s first trillionaire as he vowed to take...
Pope Leo XIV’s departure from Tenerife at the end of a week-long visit to Spain was delayed Friday by a technical problem with the plane which led him to disembark, according to an AFP reporter at the scene. Spain’s King Felipe VI, who...
Venezuela said Friday that an oil spill from the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago has spread to its own shores, putting fragile ecosystems at risk. “There is a threat to the marine ecosystems and fishing activities and coastal...
US President Donald Trump accused Iran on Friday of lying about the contents of a proposed deal to end the war, with the White House insisting Tehran would dismantle its nuclear program. The two sides released starkly different accounts of the...
Iran has agreed to dismantle its nuclear program and destroy nuclear material under a deal with the United States, a White House official told AFP Friday, as the two sides gave clashing accounts of the agreement. Tehran also agreed to open the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Ukraine’s increasing drone strikes on Russia aimed to “sow confusion” and damage the country’s economy. Ukraine has hit ever deeper into Russia in recent months, regularly...
A German plan to develop its own satellite network won’t undermine a flagship EU project, the head of German space company OHB told AFP, insisting the constellations can complement each other. The prospect of a renewed bout of tensions over...
Iran’s foreign minister insisted on Friday that a deal with the United States to end the war in the Middle East had never been closer, after US President Donald Trump furiously accused Tehran of negotiating in bad faith. The angry reaction...
