EPA/Shutterstock Hungarian prosecutors have dropped charges against Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony over his role in organising a Pride march last year.
The event took place in June 2025, despite warnings of potential legal repercussions by Hungary's then-Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whose government had passed a law banning public events involving the LGBTQ community.
In a statement issued on Thursday
Getty Images She "captivated a global audience with Persepolis", the palace said, calling her "a leading figure in French culture and an artist devoted to freedom, whose work carried a universal message and earned her immense international renown".
Persepolis, first published in 2000, follows the story of young Marjane growing up amid the Iranian Revolution, also known as the Islamic Revolution.
French Ministry of Culture The 950-year-old Bayeux Tapestry will be as safe "as a baby" when it makes its unprecedented journey to London next month, according to French officials.
The tapestry will be leaving Bayeux for only the third time in its history before being put on display for nine months at the British Museum.
Serious reservations about the journey have been raised by many in France's art world, who
Getty Images The man who disarmed one of the alleged perpetrators of the deadly Bondi Beach shooting has been charged with assault.
Ahmed al Ahmed was hailed as a hero after intervening in the attack at a Jewish event in December, in which 15 people were killed and dozens injured.
The 44-year-old is accused of having assaulted his father in March, Australian media report
Reuters At least 11 Palestinians have been killed, including women and children, and dozens wounded in Israeli air strikes across Gaza City, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses.
Israeli aircraft struck at least four residential buildings in the Sheikh Radwan and Tel al-Hawa neighbourhoods and Shati refugee camp in the early hours of Thursday, causing powerful explosions and panic among residents.
Among videos posted on social media, said to be the aftermath of the attacks,
President Donald Trump has compared the UFC structure being built at the White House to the Eiffel Tower and says he may "never, ever take it down".
The UFC is set to host an unprecedented show on the South Lawn of the home of the United States' leader in Washington DC on 14 June, to mark 250 years of American independence.
Construction has started, with workers assembling domed arches over a staging area which will become the octagon.
Trump says he may choose to leave the arena standing
Reuters Russian-backed authorities in the occupied region of Crimea in Ukraine say at least four people have been killed in the latest wave of Ukrainian strikes on the peninsula.
Three people were killed and seven wounded in one of the attacks on what were described as "non-residential facilities" in the regional capital, Simferopol. It appears to be the first attack resulting in fatalities there. Ukraine said they had hit a fuel depot.
In a separate
Think of it as being like a dinner party where the hosts are in the midst of a tense argument when you arrive.
Football fans travelling to North America for the continent's first co-hosted World Cup will find three host countries who have endured a tense time.
The tournament, which will take place across a sprawling 1
Getty Images A Nepali climbing guide thought to have died on Mount Everest has been found crawling down to Base Camp, six days after he was last seen alive.
Dawa Sherpa was last seen above Camp 3, at around 7,500m (24,600ft), while coming down the mountain after summiting.
Hopes for his survival were slim as the air at that altitude is thin - but on Thursday, a