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PKK Declares Ceasefire with Turkey after 40 Years of Armed Struggle

Outlawed Kurdish militants on Saturday declared a ceasefire with Turkey following a landmark call by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan asking the group to disband and end more than four decades of armed struggle. It was the first reaction from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after Ocalan this week called for the dissolution of the group ...

Zelensky Thinks His Relationship With Trump Can Still Be Saved

Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that his relations with the United States can still be repaired, after President Donald Trump shouted at him in an angry White House meltdown accusing the Ukrainian leader of refusing to make peace with Russia. "Of course," Zelensky said when asked in a Fox News interview if the relationship with Trump ...

Could the Agreement on Ukrainian Minerals Be Behind the Trump-Zelensky Clash?

“You're gambling with World War III and what you're doing is very disrespectful to this country (the United States) [...] We gave you through this stupid president (Joe Biden) 350 billion dollars. We gave you military equipment [...] You're either going to make a deal (with Russia) or we're out." On Friday, February 28, Donald Trump and JD ...

Trump Kicks Zelensky Out of White House after Shouting Match

US President Donald Trump erupted at Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, angrily sending the Ukrainian leader out of the White House after an extraordinary Oval Office meltdown because he was "not ready" for peace with Russia. The abrupt exit, cutting short what was meant to be a day of Ukraine-US diplomacy, meant Zelensky left without a ...

Trump to Order English as Official Language in US

President Donald Trump is set to make English the official language of the United States in a bid to bring "cohesion" to a country characterized by immigration from all over the world, according to a White House document seen Friday. "It is long past time English is recognized as the official language of the United States," the document, provided ...

Macron Announces EU Plans for 'Reciprocal' Tariffs on US Steel and Aluminium

The EU will impose "reciprocal" tariffs on US steel and aluminum if President Donald Trump moves ahead with threatened 25 percent duties on European imports, French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday. If the tariffs are confirmed, "Europeans will respond and therefore there will be reciprocal tariffs. Because we must ...

Trump Backs Putin on Ukraine Ceasefire as Starmer Seeks Security Guarantees

Donald Trump said he trusted Russia's Vladimir Putin to stick to any Ukraine ceasefire Thursday, as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer tried to win security guarantees for Kyiv - with the help of a royal invitation to visit Britain. Trump struck a friendly tone as he and Starmer met in Washington and even walked back a comment about Ukrainian ...

Stock Markets Rally with Tech in Focus

Asian and European stock markets rallied Wednesday, helped by renewed positivity over the tech sector, analysts said. Hong Kong closed up more than three percent, with investors snapping up stocks following a poor start to the week sparked by fresh concerns over US President Donald Trump's tariff plans. In Europe, Paris and Frankfurt led the ...

British Artists Unite to Protect Copyright from AI

The British artistic community, including renowned figures like Elton John and Dua Lipa, is speaking out against a government proposal that would make it easier for artificial intelligence (AI) companies to use copyrighted works for training purposes. The proposal introduces a "copyright exception" that would allow AI developers to use certain ...

Ukraine Agrees on US Minerals Deal

Ukraine has agreed on the terms of a minerals deal with the United States and could sign it Friday, the two countries said, a move Kyiv hopes will lead to future security guarantees from Washington. US President Donald Trump, in part of a dramatic shift of policy that includes reaching out to Russia, has demanded that Ukraine give access to its ...