Rubio urges Qatar to keep helping with Gaza
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday called on Qatar to continue to play a constructive role in resolving the Gaza conflict, speaking in Jeru...
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) adopted a human rights resolution on Belarus, calling for freezing and confiscating the assets and properties owned by President Aleksandr Lukashenko and his inner circle abroad, in order to reallocate them to support victims of repression.
On Thursday, MEPs call for the immediate end to "the political repression" of Lukashenko’s regime, the surveillance of demonstrators, and the release of political prisoners. They condemn how Belarusians abroad are also increasingly the target of "repression by the regime", and call for EU-wide legal support for exiled individuals.
Lukashenko marked three decades in power last year and his political opponents denounced the tightly orchestrated presidential election on 26 January 2025 as a farce.
During the inauguration ceremony, Lukashenko poked fun at those who call him 'Europe's last dictator' by claiming Belarus has more democracy "than those who cast themselves as its models."
"Half of the world is dreaming about our 'dictatorship,' the dictatorship of real business and interests of our people," Lukashenko said in his inauguration speech at the Independence Palace.
Meantime, European Parliament reiterated that it did not recognise Lukashenko as the country’s leader and considered the persecution of Belarusian citizens abroad to be a direct violation of member states’ territorial sovereignty.
MEPs urged the immediate imposition of personal sanctions on officials responsible for transnational persecution and intimidation, including members of the Belarusian Investigative Committee.
They also called for increased support for Belarusian independent media, human rights defenders, and civil society initiatives.
AnewZ has learned that India has once again blocked Azerbaijan’s application for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, while Pakistan’s recent decision to consider diplomatic relations with Armenia has been coordinated with Baku as part of Azerbaijan’s peace agenda.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
A Polish Air Force pilot was killed on Thursday when an F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training flight ahead of the 2025 Radom International Air Show.
Music mega-star Taylor Swift and National Football League player Travis Kelce announced their engagement. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married," the couple wrote in a joint Instagram post, alongside photos of Kelce proposing to Swift in a garden of pink and white flowers.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday called on Qatar to continue to play a constructive role in resolving the Gaza conflict, speaking in Jerusalem on the same day that Arab leaders were meeting in Doha to respond to an Israeli strike.
President Donald Trump has suggested that a deal has been struck over TikTok’s U.S. ownership, days before scheduled talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Senior officials from the United States and China are holding talks in Madrid this week, covering trade disputes, export controls, and the future of TikTok’s US operations. The discussions come as both sides navigate a fragile economic relationship defined by rivalry as much as interdependence.
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an urgent debate in Geneva on Tuesday on Israel's 9 September attack targeting Hamas leaders in Qatar, the Council said on Monday.
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky has urged NATO allies to impose additional sanctions on Russia after a Russian drone violated Romanian airspace during strikes on Ukraine.
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