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Uganda opposition figure Kizza Besigye’s lawyer charged with treason-linked offence

Bobi Wine, a Ugandan opposition politician who fled the country fearing for his life after ​contesting the January presidential election, alleged that Lukwago had been arrested on Kainerugaba’s orders as he was preparing to serve a court summons on the…

Cargo ship’s chief engineer charged in 2024 Francis Scott Key bridge collapse in Baltimore

BALTIMORE — Prosecutors have filed a criminal charge against the chief engineer of a cargo ship involved in the deadly 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing him of failing to notify the U.S. Coast Guard of hazardous…

US and Iranian presidents sign deal aiming to end war

The fate of Iran’s nuclear programme, a key reason cited by the US for starting the conflict, is still to be negotiated. Source link

Jackson Lahmeyer withdraws from Oklahoma GOP House runoff after reports of inappropriate texts

Jackson Lahmeyer, an Oklahoma megachurch minister who founded Pastors for Trump, has withdrawn from a runoff for a U.S. House seat from Oklahoma, following reports that he had sent romantic text messages to a woman who is not his wife….

Moment Trump signs US-Iran agreement at Palace of Versailles

US President Donald Trump has signed an agreement to extend the ceasefire with Iran in France’s Palace of Versailles, just outside Paris. The 14-point agreement, called a Memorandum of Understanding, was signed at a post-G7 dinner in Versailles, where Trump…

Archaeology team unearths ‘prototype’ of world-famous Stonehenge monument just a few miles away

LONDON — Archaeologists revealed Thursday that they have discovered a structure near the prehistoric stone circle of Stonehenge in southern England that may have served as a “prototype” for the 5,000-year-old Neolithic monument. A team from the British firm Wessex…

Ex-Nigeria oil minister cleared in UK bribery trial

Diezani Alison-Madueke had been accused of receiving bribes from oil tycoons but was found not guilty by a jury at Southwark Crown Court. Source link

Feds move to close commercial driver’s license loophole after deadly Virginia bus crash

On May 29th, a tour bus plowed into stopped traffic on I-95 in Virginia at 2:30 in the morning. Five people died, among them an entire family traveling home to Massachusetts. The driver, a Chinese immigrant who officials said did…

Initial US-Iran agreement leaves many key issues to be negotiated

Trump has insisted the deal ensures that Iran will never buy, develop or produce a nuclear weapon. But text of the agreement falls short of that. Source link

Hasan Piker says Israel has no right to exist in its current form

Twitch streamer Hasan Piker said Tuesday that Israel does not have a right to exist in its current form, drawing a comparison between the Jewish state and some of history’s most condemned regimes. Mr. Piker made the remarks during a…