Dr. Kevin O’Connor, U.S. President Joe Biden’s former physician, invoked his Fifth Amendment rights during a deposition before the House Oversight Committee, citing physician patient privilege and asserting his right against self-incrimination. Rep James Comer in an outrage wrote on X: “President Joe Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, just pleaded the fifth at his deposition before Congress today. “It’s now clear there was a conspiracy to cover up President Biden’s cognitive decline after Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s physician and family business associate, refused to answer any questions and chose to hide behind the fifth amendment. “The American people demand transparency...

Japan has set a new world record for internet speed, achieving a data transfer rate of 1.02 petabits per second, using a cable the size of a shoelace, enough to download the entire Netflix catalog in one second This breakthrough, accomplished by researchers from Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in collaboration with Sumitomo Electric, utilized advanced multi-core fiber technology.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a post on Wednesday revealed that he had met with the Italian president Sergio Mattarella in Rome to further cement friendship between the two nations, while discussing on a broad range of subjects from sanctioning pressure on Russia federation to the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against his country. Zelenskyy’s post read: “I met with President of Italy Sergio Mattarella in Rome. We had a good and important conversation that reaffirms the sincere friendship between our nations. I thanked him for the support of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed deep gratitude for the warm welcome and ongoing support, and highlighted their urgent discussions about the safe return of Ukrainian children abducted to Russia. Zelenskyy reaffirmed Ukraine’s expectation that the Vatican and the Pope himself play an active role in facilitating a high‑level dialogue to end the war. In response, Pope Leo XIV reiterated his readiness to host peace negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow in Vatican City.

 The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for the Taliban’s supreme leader and the head of Afghanistan’s Supreme Court on charges of persecuting women and girls since seizing power nearly four years ago. The warrants also accuse the leaders of persecuting “other persons nonconforming with the Taliban’s policy on gender, gender identity or expression; and on political grounds against persons perceived as ‘allies of girls and women.'” The warrants were issued against Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhunzada and the head of the Supreme Court, Abdul Hakim Haqqani. The court’s prosecution office called the decision to issue warrants “an important...

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol returned to jail on Thursday after a court approved a warrant sought by prosecutors investigating his attempt to impose martial law last year. The Seoul Central District Court’s decision bolstered the special counsel investigation into allegations that Yoon’s move in December represented obstruction of justice and abuse of power. The court said in a statement it granted the request because of concerns Yoon could seek to destroy evidence. The conservative politician already faces criminal charges of insurrection over his martial law decree, and that could carry a sentence of life in prison or death. The...

Hundreds of thousands of workers across India went on a nationwide strike on Wednesday in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to privatize state-run companies and other economic reforms, partially disrupting public services and manufacturing. A coalition of 10 major trade unions that represent laborers and several other groups that speak for farmers and rural workers called for the one-day industrial action, dubbing it Bharat Bandh,” Hindi for “Shut Down India.” The strikes pose fresh challenges for Modi’s efforts to attract foreign companies by easing labor laws to streamline business operations and boost productivity. Unions that helped organize the strikes say...

Yaqeen was conceived in war. She died in a fireball. An Israeli bomb killed the 5-month-old in her family’s apartment, next to a Carrefour Mall in Tal al-Hawa, a neighborhood in Gaza City. Her father, Ali Aoun Sbeita, 30, and mother, Saja Ammar Sbeita, 25, burned to death in the same strike. The next day, video recorded by an NBC News’ crew on the ground outside the morgue in Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City showed Yaqeen’s grandfather Ammar Shalah, 50, holding her body wrapped in a white sheet — pristine except for patches of blood. “Was she striking Israel?” demanded 45-year-old Nasar Sbeita, Yaqeen’s uncle....