Iceland’s voters rejected restarting negotiations to join the European Union in a referendum that pitted concerns about geopolitical stability against keeping national control of Iceland’s prized fisheries. Talks with the EU to join the bloc had begun after the 2008 financial crisis but had been ended by a Eurosceptic government. But why did Icelanders say no? FRANCE 24’s Armen Georgian tells us more.
Over 3,000 people have now died in the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in Congo’s history, according to new government data released Wednesday. Congo’s Ministry of Health has recorded 6,186 confirmed cases, including 3,007 deaths, since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared
The Justice Department (DOJ) is defending the Pentagon’s plan to dismiss three Stars and Stripes staffers for alleged insubordination, pushing back against claims that the decisions were made partially in retaliation for the military outlet’s coverage of conditions aboard the
U.S. Central Command launched a new round of strikes against Iran in retaliation for earlier attacks against American forces in Jordan. Tehran responded by targeting U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf region. President Trump said Tuesday night on Truth Social
