Category: 4. World

Europe’s electric vehicle (EV) market is thriving in 2025, marking a robust recovery. From January to April, over 2.2 million electrified vehicles were registered across the European Union, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland, according to the…

WASHINGTON — The United States is evacuating diplomatic personnel from Iraq, a State Department official told Al-Monitor on Wednesday, amid threats from Iran to strike US bases in the region. 

“President Trump is committed to keeping Americans…

At least 49 people have died in South Africa after heavy rains caused major flooding Eastern Cape province, officials said on Wednesday.

The largely rural region, which stretches from the Indian Ocean into high inland mountains, has been…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is drawing down the presence of people who are not deemed essential to operations in the Middle East due to the potential for regional unrest, the State Department and…

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of sex crimes on Wednesday in a retrial of his landmark #MeToo case from 2020.

A Manhattan jury found Weinstein guilty of sexually assaulting actress Miriam Haley.

However, he was…

With strings attached — that is how almost all the recent foreign aid and assistance into Syria should be seen. After the December 2024 rebel offensive that toppled the country’s decades-long Assad family dictatorship, various neighboring…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faced a major test Wednesday after the opposition submitted a bill to dissolve parliament, with his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners threatening to…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The deadliest attack in Israel’s history happened on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s watch. The country’s economy is struggling under the weight of the ongoing war in Gaza. And…

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined Northern Ireland’s political leaders on Wednesday in condemning violence and racially motivated unrest that left police injured and multiple homes and businesses damaged.

Tensions have flared in Northern…