Billionaire Elon Musk and Prince Andrew are named in new files released by Congressional Democrats that relate to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The files turned over to the House Oversight Committee by the Jeffrey Epstein Estate appear to show that Musk had been invited to the financier’s island in December 2014. Separately, […]
The former UK Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair has been involved in discussions about running a transitional authority in Gaza if there is a ceasefire, the BBC understands. Sir Tony, who took the UK into the Iraq War in 2003, has been in high-level planning talks with all parties to end the war and on […]
Athens witnessed a night to remember as world-renowned DJ Solomun brought his signature beats to the Universe Multivenue, delivering a dynamic live performance that electrified the city’s nightlife. The highly anticipated event, organized by Full Circle, drew in a vibrant crowd of mostly young music lovers eager to experience the unique energy of Solomun’s set. […]
Estonia has requested a consultation with other Nato members after Russian warplanes violated its airspace on Friday morning. Three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered the Estonian skies “without permission and remained there for a total of 12 minutes” over the Gulf of Finland, the government said. Italy, Finland and Sweden scrambled jets under Nato’s mission […]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, speaking Friday before a New York audience, defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine, and he denounced the Russian Orthodox Church as giving a “ringing endorsement to the invasion of Ukraine.”
Three Russian warplanes that violated Estonian airspace have been intercepted by Nato, the military alliance has said. Estonia’s foreign ministry condemned the incursion as “brazen”. It said three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered the airspace of a Nato member “without permission and remained there for a total of 12 minutes” on Friday over the Gulf of […]
Israel’s culture minister has threatened to axe funding for the country’s national film awards after The Sea, a story about a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, won its top award. The film, which follows a boy from the occupied West Bank who wants to travel to Tel Aviv to see the sea for the first time, won […]
The Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the World’s Orthodox Christian community, pressed for progress on reopening the Halki Theological School in Turkey during a White House meeting with US President Donald Trump on Monday, describing the encounter as cordial and respectful.
US President Donald Trump has said he would sue the New York Times for $15bn (£11bn) over what the US president calls defamation and libel. “The New York Times has been allowed to freely lie, smear, and defame me for far too long, and that stops, NOW!” Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not ruled out further strikes on Hamas leaders following last week’s attack in Qatar, saying they would not have immunity “wherever they are”. Speaking at a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said every country had the right “to defend itself beyond […]
