Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has told national TV that she wishes she had never met late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, breaking seven weeks of silence after the extent of her contacts with him emerged. “I feel so manipulated, and when you are manipulated, you don’t realise it from the start,” Mette-Marit said in a... Read More

The Iranian capital, under near daily bombardment since a joint US-Israeli attack started the war on 28 February, was hit by strikes the Israeli military said were “targeting infrastructure of the Iranian terror regime”. The bombardment came shortly after Mr Netanyahu said the Middle East war had eradicated the Islamic republic’s capacity to enrich uranium... Read More

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez announced a major Cabinet shake-up Wednesday with the appointment of a new defense minister to replace Gen. Vladimir Padrino López, who had been a cornerstone of the military’s long-standing support for former President Nicolás Maduro. Rodríguez announced the transition on her Telegram channel, saying the appointment... Read More

The seven-member group is back with their first album in nearly four years, ‘Arirang,’ a hip-hop heavy, Korean folk-infused experimental exploration of how the biggest group in the world can move forward.It’s been three years and nine months since the last BTS album — don’t bother to ask who’s counting; there’s millions of fans around... Read More

Israel hits Tehran with airstrikes on Persian New Year as war jolts energy marketsIsrael has pounded Tehran with airstrikes as Iranians mark Nowruz, or the Persian New Year Iran kept up its wave of attacks launched at Israel that have sent millions of people to shelters, with sirens sounding across a wide swath of the... Read More

James Gracey, US college student missing in Spain, is found dead, police say Barcelona, Spain (CNN) — James “Jimmy” Gracey, an American college student reported missing in Spain earlier this week, has been found dead, a spokesperson for the Barcelona police told CNN. “Everything points to it being an accident, not a criminal act,” the... Read More

Delta Flight 41 “encountered brief turbulence” as it landed at Sydney Airport, an airline spokesperson told the BBC. Four flight attendants were injured. The New South Wales Ambulance Service said it assessed five patients, and took three to hospital with minor injuries that included back pain and headaches. The patients’ ages ranged from their 30s... Read More

Authorities in Lebanon say more than 1,000 people have been killed in the country since Israeli forces and the Shia Muslim group Hezbollah began their latest round of fighting. The officials said on Thursday that the hostilities have left 1,001 people dead and 2,584 others wounded. The Israeli military said on the same day that... Read More