Louvre museum chief resigns after $102m heist
Laurence des Cars, director of the Louvre Museum, has resigned months after thieves stole French crown jewels valued at an estimated $102 million in a...
On Sunday, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that Türkiye is a world leader in drone production and ranks 11th globally in defense industry exports.
Speaking at a meeting of the ruling AK Party in the capital Ankara, Erdogan said: “Türkiye is a world leader in uncrewed aerial vehicle production and ranks 11th globally in defense industry exports.”
He also mentioned that the country is on the brink of a major transformation and an exciting economic breakthrough, noting that “developments in our region will facilitate this process.”
Erdogan added that the government has devised a reform program for the "Century of Türkiye," which he described as “comprehensive" that will "enhance our country's growth potential and productivity."
Italy said a fond farewell to the Winter Olympics on Sunday with an open-air ceremony in the ancient Verona Arena that celebrated art and sporting achievement at a Games lauded as a model for how to stage such events.
The United States and Iran will hold a new round of nuclear negotiations in Geneva on Thursday as part of renewed diplomatic efforts to reach a potential agreement, Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi announced on Sunday.
Further Iran-U.S. nuclear talks are scheduled in Geneva on Thursday (26 February) as diplomacy resumes over Tehran’s nuclear programme following earlier mediation efforts. But will the talks move Iran-U.S. negotiations closer to a deal, and what should be expected from the meeting?
Mexican authorities said on Sunday that Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho and head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was killed during a military operation in the western state of Jalisco.
The European Parliament’s trade chief has urged a temporary suspension of the EU–U.S. trade agreement approval, citing “tariff chaos” following President Donald Trump’s new 15% tariffs and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling invalidating his previous global tariff programme.
Laurence des Cars, director of the Louvre Museum, has resigned months after thieves stole French crown jewels valued at an estimated $102 million in a daylight raid that prompted a parliamentary inquiry.
Twenty-two people have died and hundreds have been displaced in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state on Tuesday (24 February) after relentless, record-breaking rainfall triggered landslides and flash floods.
The military spokesperson for the M23 rebel movement, Willy Ngoma, was killed in an army drone strike in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo early on Tuesday (24 February), according to a regional diplomat, a senior rebel figure and a Western adviser to the government.
Ukraine signalled its readiness for fast-track European Union membership in Kyiv on Tuesday (24 February), as European leaders pledged continued political and financial backing and insisted Russia would gain nothing at the negotiating table.
U.S. military forces have seized a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from Caribbean waters, the Pentagon said on Tuesday (24 February), adding that it was the third such operation.
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