Pentagon eyes withdrawing 4,500 troops from Korea, Wall Street Journal reports
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Day: May 23, 2025
Haunting moment Oceangate CEO’s wife hears Titan submersible implode: ‘What was that bang?’
Wendy Rush had just received a text message from Titan when her husband and his fellow passengers were killed in the ‘catastrophic implosion’
Russia is offering Ukrainian POWs to ‘switch sides and occupy Europe together’
Ukraine has submitted a list of POWs to Russia for a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner swap. Many Ukrainian soldiers have now spent over three years in Russian captivity, where they are often being tortured, abused and offered to “join Russian forces to then oc…
Fleet of NATO warships converge in Glasgow
A group of NATO warships has arrived in Glasgow following the conclusion of Exercise Formidable Shield 2025, NATO’s largest live-fire integrated air and missile defence exercise.
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United Kingdom agrees deal over Chagos Islands despite court challenge
Britain has signed an agreement to hand sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The Indian Ocean archipelago is home to a strategically important naval base but the deal has been criticised by some residents, as well as London says t…
Spain pushes forward with tax that will double property price for foreigners
Spain’s Socialist government on Thursday registered in the Congress its draft law for a 100 percent tax on non-resident non-EU property buyers, suggesting it intends to follow through on the proposal made by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez la…
West warns Iran not to hit back as Israel launches revenge strikes
UK and US among nations seeking to keep Middle East from all-out war in wake of Israeli airstrikes on military targets with Tehran saying it is ‘obligated’ to respond
Iran and the US holding nuclear negotiations in Rome with enrichment a key issue
US and Iranian negotiators are meeting in Rome for a fifth round of talks over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme. The discussions, which are being mediated by the Gulf nation of Oman, are aimed at reaching a new deal. For decades there has been…
Dutch synagogues filled with life 80 years after WWII
Europe marked 80 years since World War II’s end. The Netherlands witnessed the decimation of its Jewish population. Amsterdam’s Sephardic Jews built a grand synagogue. Poorer Ashkenazi Jews also established synagogues. The Uilenburger synagogue is now …
Sweden to charge jihadi over Jordanian pilot burned to death
Osama K., a Swedish citizen, faces indictment in Sweden. He is accused of aiding in the 2014 ISIS execution of a Jordanian pilot. Prosecutors claim he helped force the pilot into a cage before the execution. K. was previously sentenced in France for th…