Authorities in Southern California on Friday were racing to figure out how to prevent the explosion of a storage tank that has been leaking a hazardous chemical used to make plastic parts, as some 40,000 people were under evacuation orders in the area. A storage tank holding between 6,000 and 7,000»»»

Dubai: The world could be heading towards a dangerous oil supply crunch as the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz drains emergency reserves and rattles global energy markets, the head of the International Energy Agency has warned. As the disruption stretches into its fourth month following t»»»

The new and upgraded SpaceX Super Heavy launches Starship on its twelfth test flight on Friday from the new Orbital Launch Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo May 22 (UPI) -- SpaceX successfully launched an updated version of its Starship on Friday evening, meeting all»»»

US President Donald Trump has abruptly canceled plans to attend his son Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding this weekend, saying he must remain in Washington due to unspecified “circumstances pertaining to government." The Trump administration was preparing for a fresh round of military strikes against Iran»»»

Tunis, May 22 (TAP) - The Criminal Division specialising in financial corruption cases handed down its verdict on Thursday evening in the appeal hearing of the case involving former First President of the Court of Cassation Taïeb Rached and several...»»»

The Trump administration was preparing Friday for a fresh round of military strikes against Iran, sources with direct knowledge of the planning told U.S. TV network CBS, even as diplomacy continued. No final decision on strikes had been reached as of Friday afternoon Washington time. "Circumstances»»»

'Speed, money and compassion' - lessons from an Ebola survivor and other experts Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleThomas MukhwanaAfrica correspondent AFP via Getty ImagesWest Africa experienced the world's worst and most complex Ebola epidemic more than a decade ago "I saw the burial team»»»

KYIV, Ukraine: Hundreds of Ukrainians marched through the capital Friday to demand that the government repeal a recent law that families of missing soldiers say could lead to their loved ones being prematurely declared dead. The protesters gathered In Kyiv to oppose legislation passed in February o»»»

Precipitation for Utah, pictured here in 1999, has been half to three-quarters of the historical average since April 1. File Photo by Michael J. Miller/UPI | License Photo The governor of Utah declared a state of emergency Thursday as worsening drought threatens a broader water crisis affecting pub»»»

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Friday announced that the agency has opened the public comment period on a petition from Disney and the ABC network to maintain an equal time exemption for its news analysis program "The View." File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo May 22 (UPI) -- The Federal Co»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not attend the wedding of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, because he has to stay in Washington for government business. “While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the newest memb»»»

President Emmanuel Macron endorsed repealing centuries-old royal decrees that codified slavery in French colonies on Thursday, calling their continued existence “an offence” to the Republic. Marking 25 years since France recognised slavery as a crime against humanity, Macron also reopened debate on»»»

NEW YORK CITY: Shortly after the UN Security Council met to discuss the first report by the Board of Peace and the implementation of Resolution 2803 in the language of diplomacy, international aid leaders stood before reporters to describe a far harsher reality in Gaza. Speaking at UN headquarters »»»

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, May 22: Some 13 candidates are vying to defeat Karen Bass next month for the Los Angeles mayorship. Among them is former reality TV villain Spencer Pratt, whose social media savvy and debate skills have garnered support. Also, the controversial pro-doping Enhanced Games »»»

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the NATO Foreign Ministers' meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden, Friday. Photo by Johan Nilsson/EPA May 22 (UPI) -- The United States and Iran implied Friday that there was progress in peace talks but Tehran's uranium and tolls for the Strait of Hormuz were stick»»»

BOGOTA: Colombian security forces Friday flooded into the southwestern municipality of Silvia following a violent territorial dispute between two Indigenous groups the day before that left at least seven people dead and more than 100 injured. The army said on social media that more than 500 soldier»»»

Speculation swirled Friday over the last-minute collapse of President Donald Trump's planned executive order on powerful AI models, with fingers pointing at the president's allies in Silicon Valley who oppose government oversight of the technology. A draft of the shelved order leaked to US media sh»»»

Questions over the appointment in 2020 of Teodora Georgieva as Bulgaria's European Prosecutor and backstage influence on Bulgarian politics and the judiciary again moved into the spotlight on Friday after opposition lawmakers called for further scrutiny of the selection process and alleged ties to »»»

RIO DE JANIERO: Police in football-mad Brazil seized World Cup contraband including counterfeit jerseys and some 200,000 Panini stickers in Rio de Janeiro, authorities said Friday. Images published by the police show piles of Panini World Cup album stickers stacked on a table, as well as a collecti»»»

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Police in football-mad Brazil seized World Cup contraband including counterfeit jerseys and some 200,000 Panini stickers in Rio de Janeiro, authorities said Friday. Images published by the police show piles of Panini World Cup album stickers stacked on a table, as well as a »»»

Trump is putting pressure on Cuba - why and to what end? 10 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GooglePascal Fletcher,Latin America specialist, BBC Monitoring,Duncan WalkerandAlicia Curry ReutersSince returning to the White House, US President Donald Trump has made clear his desire to change Ha»»»

Beirut, May 22 (SANA) Lebanese Information Minister Paul Morcos said Friday that Lebanon is seeking to open a new chapter in its relations with Syria based on state-to-state cooperation and shared interests, stressing efforts to strengthen bilateral coordination across multiple sectors. During a pr»»»

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that “slight progress” was made during talks with Iran as Pakistan's army chief traveled to Tehran in a renewed effort to mediate a peace deal and uncertainty loomed over whether war will resume. Rubio spoke days after US President Donald Trump said he »»»

Citizens from various sectors in at least five regional capitals across Bolivia took to the streets Thursday to demand an end to the roadblocks organized by peasant unions and groups aligned with former Bolivian President Evo Morales, who are calling for the resignation of the Bolivian President Ro»»»

BELGRADE - Reigning ABA League champions Partizan Belgrade defeated arch-rivals Red Star 89-78 on Thursday evening to advance to the final of the regional basketball competition's playoffs. Partizan thus won a best-of-three semi-final series against Red Star 2-0. Bruno Fernando led Partizan to vict»»»

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., stands during an executive order signing event in the Oval Office on April 30. Trump will do a campaign visit in Lawler's district Friday. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo May 22 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump will visit Rockland County, N.Y., Friday alongside »»»

Tunis, May 22 (TAP) - A working session was held Thursday between Tunisia's Embassy in Rome and Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) Marco Riccardo Rusconi to follow-up on technical cooperation projects between Tunisia...»»»

Kericho: Kenya has pledged to diversify its tea export markets and expand its range of tea products as part of efforts to boost export earnings and reduce dependence on traditional buyers. Mutahi Kagwe, cabinet secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development, said on Thursday that the governmen»»»

Idris al-Ridah wept as he carried the lifeless body of his 6-year-old son Amir, wrapped in a yellow and brown blanket, in northwest Syria. The father collapsed to the ground as he laid his son to rest, his small body lowered into a grave next to two other young children who were siblings, Aya al-Fa»»»

Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to bring aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, organizers said on Friday, with several hospitalized with injuries and at least 15 reporting sexual assaults, including rape. Israel's prison service denied the allegation»»»

RABAT: The death toll from a building collapse in the Moroccan city of Fes has risen to 15 people, a source from the public prosecutor’s office told AFP on Friday. The building collapse also injured five people, while two children were among those killed, the source said. It was unclear how many pe»»»

PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi, who is facing trial for alleged rape, will bid to have the case dismissed in court on Friday, AFP learned from a source close to the case. A hearing before the Versailles appeals court, west of Paris, will examine the case of the 27-year-old Morocc»»»

MONTEVIDEO: Marcelo Bielsa hinted on ‌Thursday that he may not remain as manager of Uruguay beyond July, saying that his job with the team ends with the World Cup. “Our job ends with the World Cup,” Bielsa said at an event organized by the Uruguayan Football Association. Although he did not elabora»»»

ATHENS: The head of a far-left Greek militant group that killed 23 people — among them industrialists, diplomats and a CIA station chief — has been released from a maximum-security prison, officials said Friday. The decision is now being reexamined by a senior prosecutor. Alexandros Giotopoulos, th»»»

BELGRADE - The wife of Aleksandar Nesovic, a man believed to have been killed in a restaurant in Belgrade's Senjak district, appeared for a hearing at the Higher Public Prosecutors' Office in Belgrade on Friday. Testifying as the injured party, the woman confirmed that her husband had had no confli»»»

Honduran President Nasry Asfura described the killings as “another wound Honduras does not deserve” and vowed that those responsible would face justice. File Photo by Ailen Diaz/EPA May 22 (UPI) -- Honduras has ordered an immediate large-scale military and police deployment across the country's nor»»»

Consumer sentiment is at a record low, the University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers said Friday. File Photo by Michael Reynolds/EPA May 22 (UPI) -- American consumer sentiment in May hit a new historical low, thanks to higher oil prices and the war with Iran, the University of Michigan's Surve»»»

CAIRO: Preparations for “Glory in Giza” continued on Thursday night in Cairo as the the boxers gathered at the Grand Egyptian Museum for the press conference in the presence of Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority. Speaking at the event sponsored by Riyadh Sea»»»

KABUL: Heavy rain and floods have killed at least 24 people in the past 48 hours across Afghanistan, local and disaster officials said on Friday. In the last 24 hours, 15 people were killed in the northern province of Baghlan, two in northeastern Badakhshan and one in central Wardak due to flash fl»»»

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon Friday killed 10 people, including six paramedics and a Syrian girl, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said, the latest in near-daily attacks from both sides that have not stopped despite the fragile, US-brokered ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war. The first strike»»»

President Donald Trump speaks to the press about the new East Wing next to the construction site at the White House in Washington on Tuesday. The project to demolish and replace the East Wing with a 90,000-square-foot ballroom has caused jitters among many members of Congress.. Photo by Samuel Coru»»»

French investigators have searched the Elysee presidential palace as part of a probe into alleged favoritism and corruption, prosecutors said Friday, after a previous attempt was refused. The search at the official residence of President Emmanuel Macron, carried out on Thursday, is linked to a prob»»»

Ukrainian drones struck a college dormitory in the Russian-occupied region of Lugansk early Friday, killing six people and wounding dozens of others, Russian officials said. As many as 15 others remained missing as of Friday afternoon, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in televised comments, de»»»

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei on Friday sharply rejected characterizations of the recent US-Israeli strikes on Iran as merely “an unnecessary war,” insisting the attack amounts to a clear act of military aggression in violation of the UN Charter. Responding to German President F»»»

Police in England are asking the public for more information about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's alleged misconduct in public office. File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo May 22 (UPI) -- British police are asking the public for more information about the former Prince Andrew as they inves»»»

Alberta provnce took a first step toward a separation referendum after a citizen-led petition was signed by well in excess of the 300,000 people required to trigger a vote on seceding from the federation. File photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo May 22 (UPI) -- Canada's oil-rich Alberta pro»»»

Trust in institutions as a prerequisite for economic growth, contemporary geopolitical challenges and energy security were among the topics discussed at a meeting in Parliament between Deputy Parliament Chair Ivan Angelov and economist James Smith, the National Assembly press office said on Friday.»»»

Ukrainian drone flyovers over NATO members’ territory could lead to uncontrollable military escalation if Western leaders continue to refuse direct dialogue with Russia, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has warned. Since mid-March, Ukrainian long-range drones have repeatedly crossed Baltic and Nor»»»

Syria's General Authority for Borders and Customs has signed an agreement with French shipping and logistics group CMA CGM to operate two dry ports within the free zones of Adra, in Damascus' outskirts, and Aleppo, Syrian state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday. The deal covers the management an»»»

LONDON: Britain’s Prince William on Friday said his wife Catherine, popularly known as Kate, was “edging herself back into doing more” overseas trips following her cancer diagnosis in 2024. William, 43, told Heart radio’s breakfast show that the Princess of Wales was “buzzing” after her visit to It»»»