(BBC News) A second suspect has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist in an upscale Manhattan home for weeks in an effort to steal his cryptocurrency.
William Duplessie, 32, turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday after his alleged accomplice was arrested last week.
Their alleged victim told police he was hung off a roof ledge, shocked with electrical wires, and attacked with a chainsaw as his attackers demanded he reveal his...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) The euro could become a viable alternative to the US dollar as the global standard currency for international trade, according to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde.
In a speech in Berlin, Germany, Lagarde said on Monday that the erratic economic policy of the United States has spooked global investors into limiting their exposure to the dollar in recent months. Many have opted to invest in gold, without seeing a viable alternative.
“The ongoing changes create...
(BBC News) The Kremlin claimed Donald Trump was showing signs of "emotional overload" after he called Vladimir Putin "absolutely crazy" following Moscow's largest aerial assault on Ukraine.
The US president said on Truth Social on Sunday that "something has happened" to Putin, after Russia killed 13 in Ukraine with 367 drones and missiles. "He has gone absolutely crazy," Trump said. "Needlessly killing a lot of people."
Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesman, said the comments were "connected to...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) United States President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have laid out their clearest plan yet for the “Golden Dome” missile defence program, which would include putting weapons in space for the first time.
Speaking from the White House on Tuesday, Trump said he had “officially selected an architecture” for the system, designed to take down “hypersonic missiles, ballistic missiles, and advanced cruise missiles.”
“I promised the American people that I would build...
(BBC News) At just 37 hectares, the Philippines-controlled island of Pagasa – or "hope" – is smaller than Buckingham Palace. There is almost nothing there.
The 300 or so inhabitants live in a cluster of small, wooden houses. They fish in the clear, turquoise waters, and grow what vegetables they can in the sandy ground.
But they are not alone in these disputed waters: just off shore, to the west, lies an armada of ships.
These are...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Israel’s military and the United Nations say a few UN trucks carrying humanitarian aid have been allowed into besieged Gaza, the first such delivery in nearly three months.
The UN on Monday called it a “welcome development” but “a drop in the ocean” when so much more aid is needed to address the humanitarian crisis. It is far short of the more than 500 trucks per day that entered Gaza before the...
(BBC News) US President Donald Trump says Russia and Ukraine will "immediately" start negotiating toward a ceasefire and an end to the war after a two-hour phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Trump, who described the conversation as having gone "very well", also said conditions for peace would need to be negotiated between the two parties.
Putin said he was ready to work with Ukraine on a "memorandum on a possible future peace agreement," but...
(BBC News) Two people have been killed and at least 19 others injured after a tall Mexican Navy training sailing ship crashed into New York City's Brooklyn Bridge.
Police said the Cuauhtémoc, with 277 people on board, lost power on Saturday as the captain was manoeuvring the vessel, forcing it to head for the bridge abutment on the Brooklyn side.
Footage shows the ship's towering masts clip the bridge as it passed under the structure. Crew...
(BBC News) The US has lost its last triple-A credit score from a major ratings firm after being downgraded by Moody's, which cited growing federal debt over the past decade.
In lowering the US rating to 'Aa1', Moody's noted that successive US administrations had failed to reverse ballooning deficits and interest costs.
A triple-A rating signifies a country's highest possible credit reliability, and indicates it is considered to be in very good financial health with a...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Russian and Ukrainian officials met for less than two hours in Turkiye for their first direct talks in more than three years, aimed at ending the war.
The delegations met on Friday at Istanbul’s Dolmabahce Palace in Turkiye, where the two sides failed to agree on a ceasefire despite pressure from United States President Donald Trump to end the war.
But before they adjourned, Kyiv and Moscow agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners...
