Amnesty International Iran Researcher Raha Bahreini paints a harrowing portrait of a nation under siege by its own government. Amid an internet blackout, reports of systemic, indiscriminate violence h...
France has already deployed "an initial team of soldiers" to Greenland as part of a European military mission, and will send new "land, air and sea resources" to the autonomous Danish territory covete...
The Department of Homeland Security last month said that the Trump administration has deported more than 605,000 people and that 2.5 million others left on their own....
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped plans to make digital ID mandatory for workers after a backlash over “Orwellian” surveillance fears....
A Seoul court says an independent counsel has demanded a death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his imposition of martial law in Decembe...
A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...
Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine’s wife was taken to hospital after soldiers invaded their residence, partially undressed and choked her, the couple said. Wine, a pop star-turned-politician, was n...
Comments come before potential first three-way meeting with US officials since full-scale invasion in 2022...
US President Donald Trump has unveiled his “Board of Peace,” a $1 billion initiative aimed at resolving international conflicts through permanent membership. Initially designed to oversee Gaza’s recon...
Body was originally planned to oversee Gaza but charter’s broad wording suggests it could mediate in other conflicts...
An Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the PJM Interc...
Article URL: https://www.afterbabel.com/p/why-every-country-should-set-16 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46621945 Points: 16 # Comments: 1...
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas held talks in Berlin with German defence minister Boris Pistorius as challenges to the future of European and global security continue to mount....
A court in South Korea confirms that an independent counsel has demanded a death sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his martial law imposition in Decem...
Spain has deployed roughly a dozen EF-18 Hornet fighter jets to Lithuania in support of NATO air policing operations. Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images Spain has deployed a fighter wi...
Venezuela's legislature advanced a bill on Thursday to loosen state control over the country's vast oil sector, the first major overhaul since parts of the industry were nationalized in 2007. (Image c...
MEP and Chair of the Renew Europe parliamentary group Valérie Hayer spoke to Euronews about Trump's threats to seize Greenland and impose new tariffs on European countries saying Europe's response sho...
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Gavin Bade, reporter on trade and economic policy at The Wall Street Journal, says that Donald Trump's tariffs policy may be 'already coming back to bite the US' a...
Air Force One Rebecca Blackwell/AP Any Air Force plane carrying a US president is called Air Force One. President John F. Kennedy was the first to use a jet designed specifically for a US president. P...
New York City's law mandating an option to tip when customers pay for their order takes effect on January 26. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images A New York City law requiring a tip prompt...