Gunman fires shots at US Embassy in Lebanon, army says
A gunman fired shots at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday and was injured in an exchange of fire with the army.
The army said the attacker, a ...
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India’s Modi, allies to meet after humbling election verdict, markets down in early trade
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to meet his allies on Wednesday to discuss forming the government, a day after his Hindu nationalist party lost its outright majority in ...
UK Elections
In heated debate, Sunak, Starmer lock horns on the economy
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour challenger Keir Starmer went head-to-head on Tuesday over how to boost Britain’s economy, with the PM accusing the opposition party of wanting to ...
Hamas wants Israel to commit to permanent ceasefire, full withdrawal from Gaza
Hamas cannot agree to any deal unless Israel makes a “clear” commitment to a permanent ceasefire and a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, a senior official from the Palestinian ...
Europe gas supply risks ease as key Norway pipeline due back Friday
An outage affecting Norway’s gas exports to Britain that sent prices soaring on Monday will likely be repaired by Friday, easing supply crunch concerns but still serving as a ...
British sandwich chain Pret abandons plan to open in Israel
British sandwich and coffee chain Pret A Manger said it has given up on a plan to open stores in Israel, blaming travel restrictions on UK staff as a result ...
Russia’s two largest banks to open in annexed regions of Ukraine by July
Russia’s two largest banks expect to open branches and offices in July in the regions of Ukraine that Moscow claimed to have annexed in 2022, the heads of Sberbank (SBER....
Alcaraz steamrolls Tsitsipas to book Sinner semi at French Open
Carlos Alcaraz halted a mid-match fightback by ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas to secure a 6-3 7-6(3) 6-4 win on Tuesday and set up a blockbuster French Open semi-final with incoming ...
Lawmakers brawl in Turkish parliament over pro-Kurdish mayor’s detention
Lawmakers from Turkey’s ruling AK Party and the pro-Kurdish DEM Party brawled in parliament’s general assembly on Tuesday over the detention and replacement of a DEM Party mayor ...
Israel nears decision on Lebanon border offensive, army chief says
Israel is ready for an offensive along the northern border with Lebanon and is nearing a decision, the chief of staff said on Tuesday, as the Hezbollah movement said it ...
US, partners making progress on ways to use frozen Russian assets, Treasury official says
The United States and its G7 partners are making progress on finding ways to provide larger amounts of urgently needed funds to Ukraine by tapping the value of profits earned ...
Oil drops more than $1/bbl as OPEC+ decision spotlights shaky demand
Oil prices fell more than $1 a barrel on Tuesday on scepticism about an OPEC+ decision at the weekend to boost supply later this year into a global market where demand ...
Djokovic pulls out of French Open with knee injury
Defending champion Novak Djokovic pulled out of the French Open ahead of his quarter-final due to a knee injury sustained in his marathon fourth-round win over Francisco Cerundolo, organisers said ...
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India vote count shows Modi alliance winning surprisingly narrow majority
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alliance was headed for a narrow majority as vote-counting in the general election neared completion on Tuesday, with its tally well short of an ...
Hunter Biden criminal trial jury told ‘no one is above the law’
Hunter Biden’scriminal trial on gun charges kicked off on Tuesday witha government lawyer telling jurors that President Joe Biden’s son was being prosecuted for lying on a form ...
Biden says Netanyahu could be prolonging Gaza war for political aims
U.S. President Joe Biden said Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu may be stalling on ending the war in Gaza for political reasons, according to an interview with Time magazine released ...
Innovative Chileans use discarded hair to clean up coasts and waterways
By Rodrigo Gutierrez
Luisana Gil, a dog groomer in Santiago, Chile, has a lot of hair on her hands – she throws away bags and bags of her clients’ hair, which ...
UK D-Day veteran says on 80th anniversary: ‘We were making history’
Royal Navy veteran Fred Ayton was told he was “making history” when he set off across the English Channel 80 years ago on the eve of D-Day, a momentous point in ...
Baby girl found in London related to two other abandoned siblings
A baby girl found earlier this year in a shopping bag in east London is the third child to have been abandoned by the same parents in similar circumstances over ...
European Elections
EU struggles to counter Russian election disinformation
The story peddled recurring pro-Kremlin narratives of Warsaw holding aggressive militaristic intentions and of democratic failings in Poland and the wider EU, the team known as Stratcom said.
It was ...
Gauff overcomes Jabeur to reach French Open semis
American Coco Gauff beat Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur 4-6 6-2 6-3 on Tuesday to become the first player to reach the French Open semi-finals.
Gauff will potentially meet top seed ...
80 years on, UK D-Day veterans set sail for Normandy once again
– Two dozen D-Day veterans were the star passengers of a flotilla which set sail from Portsmouth, England, on Tuesday, bound for the beaches of Normandy where 80 years ago this week ...
Kremlin: Swiss summit on Ukraine is waste of time without Russia
The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was understandable that some countries were declining to take part in a Swiss-hosted peace summit on Ukraine this month because the gathering lacked clear ...
Eze, Palmer make strong cases for inclusion in Southgate’s Euro squad
England manager Gareth Southgate was pleased with several new faces making a solid case for inclusion in his Euro 2024 squad in Monday’s 3-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina, though ...