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world — 3 min read King Charles III has jokingly told US President Donald Trump that Americans would be speaking French were it not for the UK.

world — 4 min read Kuwait has revoked prominent American-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab Eldin’s citizenship after detaining him for more than seven weeks over social media posts related to the US and Israel’s war in Iran. Ahmed Shihab‑Eldin attend "Palestine 36" red carpet during the Doha Film Festival 2025.

Hungary's anti-LGBTQ law has been found to be illegal under European Union law, after the EU's top court ruled on April 21 that the legislation violates the bloc's founding values, according to apress release from the Court of Justice of the European Union. People march to the parliament building. (Photo by GERGELY BESENYEI/AFP via Getty Images) Hungary amended its constitution in 2011 to define marriage exclusively as between a man and a woman.

world — 3 min read After boycotting Eurovision over Israel’s participation, Slovenia has now said its state broadcaster (RTV) will not air the 2026 Eurovision Contest and will instead broadcast a series of Palestinian films. The contest says it aims to keep pop music separate from geopolitics, but it banned Russia from the competition in 2022 following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and allowed Israel to compete despite multiple petitions and threats of boycotts. On Dec.

world — 3 min read Israel has illegally intercepted 22 of the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels in international waters, abducting about 175 activists on board and confiscating the aid bound for Gaza. The Global Sumud Flotilla formed in July 2025, when several activist groups merged into a single coordinated mission in an effort to try to break Israel’s siege on Gaza, which has been in place since 2007.

world — 3 min read The UK parliament has passed a bill banning smoking for all future generations, and the government is calling it a “historic moment” for public health. The new law bans anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009, from legally buying tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars and rolling tobacco. Instead of keeping the legal smoking age fixed at 18, the age limit will rise by one year every year starting in 2027.

The UAE announced it is leaving OPEC, the group of countries that controls much of the world's oil supply, in a shocking blow to the group after nearly 60 years of membership. OPEC, or the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, was founded in 1960 and includes major state-owned oil producers like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iran. It coordinates how much oil these countries produce in order to control the global price.

FIFA has approved a rule change that will allow Afghan women footballers in exile to compete in official international matches for the first time since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Players of Afghan Women's United pose for a team photograph. (Photo by Mahmoud Khaled - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images) When the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August 2021, women were banned from sport, and the Afghanistan women’s national team effectively stopped existing.

world — 3 min read The Met Gala, fashion's most famous annual party, was met with the biggest protest campaign in years after it named Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and one of the richest people in the world, and his wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos as honorary chairs and lead sponsors of the event.

Syria has begun its first public trial of officials who committed “crimes against the Syrian people” under former president Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime for over 14 years.