U.S. Vice President JD Vance has accused Israel of trying to influence U.S. public opinion to prolong the war with Iran. In a conversation with podcaster Joe Rogan, he said that, in his view, some figures within the Israeli government are actively working to undermine U.S. diplomacy.
Thirty years after its sinking, the sunken Soviet submarine Komsomolets continues to cause a stir in the Norwegian Sea. Although recent measurements show that the nuclear-tipped torpedoes are not yet leaking plutonium, the wreck’s nuclear reactor is indeed still emitting radioactive substances.
President Volodymyr Zelensky heeft de chef van de Oekraïense veiligheidsdienst SBU, Jevhen Chmara, aangeduid als waarnemend minister van Defensie. Chmara moet de taken van het ministerie voorlopig overnemen na het ontslag van Mychajlo Fedorov, die de functie slechts zes maanden bekleedde.
Het Japanse parlement heeft een hervorming van de keizerlijke troonopvolging goedgekeurd, maar een vrouwelijke keizer blijft uitgesloten. Daarmee kiest Tokio voor een beperkte modernisering van het eeuwenoude opvolgingssysteem, zonder te raken aan de mannelijke lijn die al generaties lang de basis vormt van de Chrysantentroon.
European highways will be busy on Saturday, with France once again posing the biggest bottleneck for holiday makers.
In the case surrounding the disappearance of Delphine Jubillar, a breakthrough finally appears to be in sight after six years. According to France24, on Thursday morning, French investigators found bones in an abandoned house in the Tarn department, near the spot where the woman was last seen in late 2020.
Volodymyr Zelensky has removed his popular defense minister, Mychajlo Fedorov, in a sweeping cabinet reshuffle. This occurred just on the eve of a visit by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Kyiv.
France is in the grip of an unprecedented wave of wildfires. During a visit to the heavily affected Fontainebleau Forest, President Emmanuel Macron said that the country “hasn't experienced a situation like this since the end of World War II.” According to him, some 35,000 hectares of natural areas have already gone up in flames, including more than 2,000 hectares in the iconic forest southeast of Paris.
Russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin has sharply criticized President Vladimir Putin. According to him, the Kremlin is steering Russia toward chaos—and possibly even a catastrophe. He made these remarks on Wednesday during an interview in Dolgoproedny, a suburb of Moscow. Nadezhdin is one of the few Russian politicians who still speaks out publicly against Putin and the war in Ukraine without ending up in prison or fleeing the country.
The American news network NBC has learned from sources within the Trump administration that the war the United States is waging against Iran is costing far more than has been officially admitted so far.