Norway’s Marius Borg Hoiby, son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit. File | Photo Credit: AP An Oslo court on Monday (June 15, 2026) convicted Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s son of two counts of rape, sentencing him to four years in prison in a high-profile scandal that has rocked the monarchy. Fourth alleged rape victim testifies against…
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer. File | Photo Credit: Reuters British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday (June 15, 2026) announced a forthcoming ban on social media for all children under the age of 16. Speaking at a Downing Street press conference, Mr. Starmer said that “the government will ban access to social media for…
Russia fired a barrage of missiles at several major Ukrainian cities, setting Kyiv’s historic Dormition Cathedral on fire and killing nine, while Ukraine strikes claimed three lives south of Moscow. The wave of attacks came as news of a U.S.-Iran deal started to open a path to peace in the West Asia war, highlighting the…
A drone view shows members of military engineering teams working at the site where, according to local authorities, an Iranian missile fell in the countryside near Damascus, Syria, on June 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. and Israel sent a barrage of missiles towards Iran on February 28, 2026 after disagreements over Iran’s…
FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. File | Photo Credit: Reuters UN chief Antonio Guterres has welcomed the announcement of a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran that provides for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Secretary General Guterres on Sunday (June 14, 2026) described it…
Oil and gas supplies could take months to return to normal after Iran deal, energy experts say High oil and gasoline prices and energy supply problems won’t be solved overnight, despite an agreement to end the Iran war and open the Strait of Hormuz announced on Sunday (June 14, 2026). It will likely take months…
A 21-year-old woman who died in dramatic fashion, when two rope jumping instructors threw her from a bridge without first harnessing her to security equipment, was buried on Sunday (June 14, 2026) in Brazil’s Sao Paulo State. Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was going rope jumping on Saturday (June 13, 2026) at Ponte do Esqueleto,…
India has more than 300,000 seafarers working across global shipping fleets, according to government data. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Indian Embassy in Muscat on Sunday (June 14, 2026) said it was working to facilitate the earliest repatriation of the body of an Indian national who died due to medical complications aboard…
An attack by suspected radical militants from a group that was targeted by the United States in December airstrikes has killed 20 people in northwest Nigeria, an intel report showed on Sunday. A confidential security report prepared for the United Nations seen by AFP said militants from the shadowy Lakurawa group raided the Fesken Rafi…
Former President Barack Obama . File. | Photo Credit: AP Barack Obama said it was unrealistic to expect that any deal between U.S. President Donald Trump and Tehran would mark a “significant improvement” over his own nuclear pact 11 years ago. In interview excerpts released Sunday on ABC News talk show “This Week,” the former…