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SpaceX's 12th Starship test flight took place just two days after Elon Musk announced that he was taking the company public.

The updated accord between the European Union and Mexico removes most remaining barriers to trade and investment. President Sheinbaum said Mexico's respective trade deals with the EU and the US were "not contradictory."

Latest polls suggest the centre-right figure is the only candidate who can defeat Marine Le Pen or Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

Angélique Kidjo is a global music icon, five-time Grammy winner, and unstoppable force for change. The Beninese superstar has just released her powerful new album HOPE!!, a groove-heavy, galvanizing work dedicated to her late mother, featuring collaborations with Pharrell Williams, Ayra Starr, Davido, and more. Fresh from her Hollywood Walk of Fame star and ongoing world tour, Kidjo continues to blend African rhythms with universal messages of resilience and unity. Jean-Emile Jammine speaks to a

Never before has a chair of the US Federal Reserve been so controversial. Who is Kevin Warsh? Can he preserve the Fed's independence, or will he become Donald Trump's puppet?

A federal judge says the Maryland man who was wrongfully deported last year is being prosecuted for political reasons.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged more support for US efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, relaying Trump's "disappointment" at NATO allies and European partners for failing to step up their efforts to end the Iran war.  Rubio made the comments ahead of the arrival of Pakistan’s army chief in Tehran on Friday to advance mediation between Iran and Washington.

The detainees say they were slapped, hit, humiliated and even subjected to sexual violence, but Israel's prison service says the allegations are false.

First, at least 160 lives already feared lost, health workers in the DRC are racing against time to contain a deadly disease that spreads as fast as it kills. Also, a diplomatic rift with the European Union is widening over security funding in Mozambique. The Foreign Ministry has criticised Brussels for halting support for Rwandan troops deployed in Cabo Delgado. And, African animation is stepping out of the margins with bold global ambitions. As studios, streamers, and creators invest in origin

The abrupt policy reversal leaves NATO allies wondering to what extent the United States will defend Europe.

It’s been a week marked by major geopolitical, legal and public health developments across several fronts. In Washington, the Trump administration has indicted 94-year-old former Cuban president Raúl Castro over alleged murder and conspiracy to kill US nationals, linked to the 1990s downing of two civilian aircraft — a move officials describe as long-delayed justice, but which critics see as part of a wider push on regime change. In Beijing, President Vladimir Putin made a rare visit to meet

Judge said Trump administration would not have prosecuted Ábrego García had he not challenged his high-profile deportation Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A US judge dismissed a criminal indictment against Kilmar Ábrego García on Friday, finding that the Trump administration would not have prosecuted him had he not challenged his high-profile deportation. Ábrego García, who had entered the United States without authorization in the past, became a symbol of the Trump administr