Why wouldn’t you write a Steve Jobs opera?
An opera about the Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was an obvious choice for Grammy award winner Mason Bates, composer of “The (R)Evolution of Steve Jobs.”...
ICC convicts Congo’s Ntaganda of war crimes
Judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday convicted Bosco Ntaganda, a former Congolese military leader, on charges of atrocities including murder, rape and conscripting...
U.N.’s Bachelet ‘appalled’ at U.S. treatment of migrants and refugees
U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday that she is appalled at the conditions in which the United States is keeping detained migrants...
EU calls on Iran to stop any steps against international nuclear deal
The European Union is “extremely concerned” about Iran’s announcement on enriching uranium above internationally-approved levels and calls on Tehran to “stop and reverse” any action...
Putin, Erdogan discuss supply of S400s as deal being implemented: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan discussed by phone on July 6 the supply of Russian S-400 defense systems to Turkey as a...
Pope defends migrants after clashes between Italy and rescue ships
Pope Francis said on Monday that “no one is exempt” from helping migrants, in an indirect rebuke of Italy’s hardline interior minister Matteo Salvini who...
Former Erdogan ally Babacan resigns from ruling AK Party
Former Turkish deputy prime minister Ali Babacan said on Monday he was resigning from President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party over “deep differences” with the party’s...
Afghans, Taliban talk in Qatar about a peaceful future as war rages at home
Wary representatives of Afghan society met Taliban officials in Qatar on Monday for a second day of talks, with bloody insurgent attacks back home casting...
UK minister to apologize to Ivanka Trump for ambassador’s leaked memos
Britain’s trade minister said on Monday he would apologize to U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka for a leak of confidential memos in which the...
Ambassador leaks are a ‘matter of regret’, Britain tells U.S.
Britain’s government has told Washington that leaks of memos in which the UK ambassador described U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration as “dysfunctional” were a matter...