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Ukraine is making progress in intensive talks to formalise legally binding security guarantees with the United States and European allies, a key part of its bid to end the war ...

France’s top military space official has warned of intensifying “hostile or unfriendly” activity in space, particularly by Russia, joining a growing chorus of Western powers publicly warning about a ...

With many Arab nations feeling a rising threat from Israel, the Saudi-Pakistan defence pact announced this week brings Pakistan – and its nuclear umbrella – into the region’s security equation. The “...

A British couple who were detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan in February have been released and flown to Doha following Qatari mediation, an official with knowledge of the matter ...

David Howman, chairman of the Athletics Integrity Unit, says his organisation’s anti-doping work is having a tangible impact on the sport and the evidence is to be seen in ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday celebrated the suspension of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves and said TV broadcasters should lose their licenses over negative coverage of his administration, ...

US credit rating agency Moody’s Ratings flagged several potential risks in Oracle Corp’s (ORCL.N) $300 billion of recently signed artificial intelligence contracts, but stopped short of taking ratings ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted this week to approve proposed rule changes by three national securities exchanges, enabling them to adopt generic listing standards for new cryptocurrency and other ...

Two strikers at very different stages of their careers defined the opening games of this seasons Champions league competition. In Manchester, Erling Haaland broke another record as Pep Guardiola’s ...

The World Health Organisation on Thursday said 48 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and 31 people have died. “It has been two weeks since the ...

The Italian Adriatic port of Ravenna on Thursday refused entry to two trucks said to be carrying arms to Israel, as protests mount among Italian dockworkers and other labour groups ...

Albania’s parliament confirmed a fourth four-year mandate for Prime Minister Edi Rama on Thursday, who pledged he would make it his mission for the Balkan country to join the ...

The White House is preparing an executive order on political violence and hate speech, a Trump administration official said this week, as scores of left-leaning non-profits rejected what they described ...

Israel said on Thursday it had launched fresh airstrikes against Hezbollah military targets in southern Lebanon to stop the militant group rebuilding in the area. The U.S. brokered a ...

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ran the fastest women’s 400 metres in 40 years to claim world championship gold in 47.78 seconds on Thursday and complete her transition from the one-lap hurdles in emphatic style. ...

Britain’s economy will see a dramatic decline in job opportunities, particularly at the entry level, the boss of fashion retailer Next (NXT.L) said on Thursday, partly blaming Labour ...

Israeli tanks were seen in two Gaza City areas that are gateways to the city centre, residents said on Thursday, while internet and phone lines were cut off across the ...

Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed the renewal of their nations’ “special relationship” on Thursday, drawing the U.S leader’s unprecedented second state visit to a ...

The Bank of England kept rates unchanged on Thursday and said it was slowing the pace of its quantitative tightening programme and skewing sales away from long-dated gilts to minimise ...

The European Union is discussing ways to use frozen Russian assets to underpin a so-called “reparation loan” to Ukraine to bolster its wartime finances and bypass the risk of a ...

Britain has returned the first migrant to France under a ‘one in, one out’ agreement to remove people who arrive on small boats, the interior ministry said on Thursday. British ...

Greece has suspended the extradition to Moldova of business magnate and former politicianGreece has suspended the extradition to Moldova of business magnate and former politician Vladimir Plahotniuc who is sought ...

Hollywood blasted the White House for targeting free speech after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel’s talk on Wednesday under regulatory threats from Donald Trump’s administration, rallying behind the late-night ...

Teachers, train drivers, pharmacists and hospital staff went on strike and teenagers blocked their high schools in France on Thursday, part of a day of protests against looming budget cuts. ...