UN votes to endorse new map projection that shows Africa’s size more accurately
Africa has long been represented as smaller than its real size in maps, which are largely based on an ancient projection.
U.K.’s Nigel Farage said he “wasn’t listening” during donation scandal conversation filmed covertly
Nigel Farage has downplayed his involvement in the scandal which has seen the Reform party accused of breaking British electoral law.
U.S. ambassador to Israel says “act of terror” cannot continue after weeks of West Bank unrest
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met with about 10 Palestinian American residents who described the impact of the violence on their lives and properties.
Colombia drone attack by suspected guerrillas kills at least 3 soldiers, army says
Recently elected President Abelardo de la Espriella condemned the attack.
“Portrait of a Lady,” Italian painting looted by Nazis, ordered returned to Jewish collector’s heir
The painting was among the artworks looted and sold under duress to Nazi officials from art dealer Jacques Goudstikker after Adolf Hitler's Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940.
Third worker rescued from Nepal tunnel, woman found alive in rubble 10 days after devastating floods
The rescue brings to a total of three workers saved from a hydropower tunnel where roughly 500 people are believed to be trapped.
Trump’s envoys Witkoff and Kushner to visit Moscow, Kyiv with proposal to end war in Ukraine
The visit will mark the envoys' first trip to Kyiv since President Trump returned to office with a pledge to end the war in Ukraine.
Could the AfD become Germany’s first far-right party to lead a state since WWII?
AfD Saxony-Anhalt is a racist extremist group, according to the German state's intelligence agency. The party may well trounce its rivals in this weekend's state election.
Senior aides to U.K.’s Nigel Farage step down in donation scandal where reporter posed as wealthy American’s son
Two senior aides to Nigel Farage, the firebrand leader of the U.K.'s populist Reform party, have stepped down in the wake of an investigative news report.
Ig Nobel prizes go to scientists studying cockroach milk, nose-blowing, buried underwear, more
Ten research teams were honored at a satirical science awards ceremony that was hosted outside the U.S. for the first time due to travel concerns. A study of cockroach milk…