President Javier Milei on Saturday hailed the arrival of Argentina’s first six F-16 jets purchased from Denmark, describing them as “guardian angels” that will strengthen the South American country’s armed forces. The US-built aircraft are among the 24 used supersonic fighters bought last year from Copenhagen for roughly $300 million, an exchange Milei’s government described […]
Read MoreThree days of talks between Ukrainian and US officials produced no apparent breakthrough Saturday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky committing to further negotiations toward “real peace,” even as Russia launched another series of drone and missile strikes on its neighbor. Zelensky said he joined his negotiators for a “very substantive and constructive” call with US envoys […]
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Das BSW bekommt einen neuen Namen: Aus Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht wird Bündnis Soziale Gerechtigkeit und Wirtschaftliche Vernunft. Die Delegierten stimmten am Samstag mehrheitlich für einen entsprechenden Antrag des Parteivorstands. Das Parteikürzel bleibt damit gleich. Zwei andere Anträge mit alternativen Namensvorschlägen – Bürger schaffen Wandel sowie Bündnis Sozialer Weg – bekamen keine Mehrheit. Der neue Name soll […]
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Zum Auftakt seiner ersten Nahost-Reise seit Amtsantritt ist Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) in Jordanien eingetroffen. Der jordanische König Abdullah II. empfing den Kanzler am Samstag in seiner privaten Residenz in der Hafenstadt Akaba am Roten Meer zu einem Gespräch unter vier Augen. Später sollte ein Abendessen in größerem Kreis folgen. Noch am Abend wollte Merz […]
Read MoreA United Nations Security Council delegation on Saturday urged all parties to uphold a year-old ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, expressing support for a state weapons monopoly at the end of a Lebanon visit. A November 2024 ceasefire was supposed to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah militants, but Israel […]
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Efforts to broker peace between Turkey and the Kurdish militant group PKK have had a “positive impact” on Syria’s Kurds who also want dialogue with Ankara, one of its top officials said Saturday. Earlier this year, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) ended its four-decade armed struggle against Turkey at the urging of its jailed founder Abdullah […]
Read MorePopulist politician Nigel Farage rallied supporters Saturday in Scotland, decrying immigration, climate change mitigations and other policies, as he bids to build on unexpectedly strong backing there for his anti-immigration Reform UK party. His rare visit north of the English border came five months before elections to Scotland’s devolved parliament and follows Reform’s surprising rise in […]
Read MoreDisaster-hit Sri Lanka has unveiled a major compensation package to rebuild homes damaged by a deadly cyclone, even as the island prepared on Saturday for further landslides and flooding. The government has confirmed 611 deaths, with another 213 unaccounted for and feared dead, in what President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has called the country’s most challenging […]
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Unterhändler der Ukraine und der USA sind bei Gesprächen im US-Bundesstaat Florida übereingekommen, dass Fortschritte zu einem möglichen Friedensabkommen nun von Russland abhängen. Beide Seiten seien sich einig, dass wirkliche Fortschritte von der Bereitschaft Russlands abhingen, “sich ernsthaft für einen langfristigen Frieden einzusetzen”, erklärte das US-Außenministerium. Die Gespräche sollten am Samstag fortgesetzt werden. Die russische […]
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