NAIROI, Kenya (AP) — France is pitching what it says is a new model of partnership with African countries at a summit that begins Monday in Kenya as it completes a military withdrawal from West African countries that has been widely seen as marking declining influence on the continent. But Paris is expected to use […]
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Home » Videos » Keir Starmer vows to prove ‘doubters’ wrong after local UK election losses (Video) Posted By: Social News XYZ May 11, 2026 Prime Minister Keir Starmer made the pledge Monday, referencing members of his own party and among the electorate as a whole wrong as he tries to fight off demands to
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By Andrew Gray and Lili Bayer BRUSSELS, May 11 (Reuters) – European governments on Monday rejected suggestion by Russian President Vladimir Putin that German former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder could represent them in possible future talks with Moscow on the continent’s security. Putin said on Saturday he believed the war in Ukraine was coming to an
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will attempt a political fightback on Monday (11 May) with a speech promising closer ties with the European Union after Labour suffered heavy local election losses and growing calls for his resignation. Starmer will promise to rebuild ties with the EU and put Britain “at the heart of Europe” in
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KYIV, May 11 (Reuters) – Nearly 20 countries are interested in drone deals with Ukraine and four agreements have already been signed, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday. Since the outbreak of the Iran war in late February, Zelenskiy has managed to leverage Ukraine’s expertise in drone warfare into a series of successful diplomatic
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WARSAW, May 11 (Reuters) – Poland will seek answers about how a former minister wanted on abuse of power charges managed to travel from Hungary to the United States, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, after Warsaw’s hopes of bringing him to trial were thwarted. Former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro and his deputy
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Last Updated:May 11, 2026, 14:16 IST Labour’s crushing local poll losses have triggered growing unease within the party, with some MPs openly discussing a leadership transition even as Starmer insists he will not quit British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (IMAGE: REUTERS) Less than two years after leading the Labour Party back to power in Britain,
Researchers have made the ground shake in southern Switzerland, triggering thousands of tiny earthquakes in a monitored setting, as they seek to discover seismicity insights that could reduce risks. Switzerland’s underground lab sparks thousands of tiny earthquakes in seismicity study (Representative image/Unsplash) “It was a success!” said Domenico Giardini, one of the lead researchers on
Strait of Hormuz, a key energy trade waterway, continues to be in the center of the war between Iran and the United States even as the two countries scramble to find a way to end the conflict. While the US has repeatedly raised objections about Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz, which remains effectively
May 11 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military and regional officials on Monday reported Russian drone strikes and battlefield clashes over the past 24 hours, despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Ukraine and Russia agreed on Friday to a ceasefire from May 9 to May 11 as part of a U.S.-led push for peace under President Donald Trump to
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US President Donald Trump is known for backing leaders he believes should lead their countries. This time, his endorsement appears to be for Iraq, where he is backing lesser-known Iraqi tycoon Ali Al Zaidi, who has emerged as a likely contender for Iraq’s next prime minister. New Iraqi Prime Minister designate Ali al-Zaidi, uses a
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A contemporary art fair has been held in the Ukrainian capital with an unusual premise: that art can help a society come to terms with what war has made normal. “Holding the event during wartime means not waiting for a better moment, but working with reality as it is,” said Anna
Three tankers carrying crude exited the Strait of Hormuz last week and on Sunday with trackers switched off to avoid Iranian attacks, shipping data from Kpler and LSEG showed on Monday, underscoring a rising trend to sustain Middle East oil exports. A cargo ship unloads imported crude oil at the Qingdao crude oil terminal in
More than two months into the Iran war, with ceasefire efforts repeatedly collapsing and tensions over the Strait of Hormuz continuing to dominate global concerns, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued clarification on a report that claimed he convinced the United States that a war with Iran would be easy and could trigger regime change
Oil surged after US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest response to his proposal to end the war in the Middle East, prolonging the effective closure of the crucial Strait of Hormuz. The International Energy Agency says the US-Iran conflict is causing the biggest supply shock in history. (Representational Photo/AFP) Brent crude futures advanced as
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Khamenei, reportedly wounded in strikes on the first day of the Middle East war. Iranian state television said Sunday that the head of the military central command, Ali Abdollahi, had met with the country’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen in public since his appointment in March. Khamenei issued “new directives and
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As the United States and Iran grapple to reach a deal to end the war for good as it enters its 11th week, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu said that war is far from over as there is a lot left to be done. Netanyahu remarks came amid stalled peace talks between the United States and
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TAIPEI, May 11 (Reuters) – Taiwan is “confident” in the stable development of its ties with the U.S. and Washington has repeatedly said its policy towards the island will not change, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Monday of U.S. President Donald Trump’s upcoming China trip. Trump will be in Beijing from Wednesday to Friday
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By Nayera Abdallah, Elwely Elwelly and Idrees Ali DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s swift rejection of Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal sent oil prices surging higher on Monday amid concerns the 10-week-old conflict will drag on, keeping shipping through the Strait of Hormuz paralyzed. Days after the U.S. floated an
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An Iranian proposal delivered to the United States through mediator Pakistan called for demands for compensation for war-related damage and recognition of the Islamic Republic’s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz,local media reported Iranian commuters walks past a large tiled image of Iran’s current leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, at the entrance to the metro in