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The Kremlin said on Wednesday it was too early to comment in detail on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s “victory plan,” but that Kyiv needed to “sober up” and realise ...

Oil prices inched higher on Wednesday amid uncertainty over what may happen next in the Middle East conflict, after demand concerns knocked the market to its lowest since early October ...

Allegations of rape against French footballer Kylian Mbappe are “totally false” and “a slanderous rumour”, his representatives said, and his lawyer said he was beyond reproach, following media reports that ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck eastern Turkey’s Malatya province on Wednesday, the country’s disaster and emergency management authority (AFAD) said, adding that there were no immediate ...

In a sign Israel may expand its ground operations against Hezbollah while bolstering its own defences, its troops have cleared landmines and established new barriers on the frontier between the ...

Lionel Messi scored his 10th international hat-trick and had a hand in two more goals as Argentina thrashed Bolivia 6-0 in South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in front ...

British inflation dropped sharply and key price gauges watched by the Bank of England also fell, bolstering bets on an interest rate cut next month and helping finance minister Rachel ...

Greece recovered the bodies of four dead migrants and rescued 27 after their boat sank off the island of Kos in the southeastern Aegean Sea, the Greek coastguard said late on ...

An Italian ship carrying a first group of migrants to be processed in Albania arrived in the port of Shengjin on Wednesday morning, setting in motion a controversial plan to ...

An Israeli airstrike destroyed the municipal headquarters in a major town in south Lebanon on Wednesday, killing 16 people including the mayor, in the biggest attack on an official Lebanese state ...

A rapid divergence between eurozone and US government bond markets is expected to continue, as an increasingly lacklustre European economy adds to the pressure on the European Central Bank to ...

Global investor optimism posted its biggest jump since June 2020 in October due to Federal Reserve rate cuts, stimulus pledges from China and expectations of a soft landing for the US ...

Britain plans to remove redundant reporting requirements for small companies in reforms that will help them save on costs and do business more easily, the government has said. The government ...

Former Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel has signed a contract to become the new England manager, it was widely reported by British media on Tuesday. The Football Association’s chief ...

The United States has warned Israel that it must take steps in the next month to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza or face potential restrictions on U.S. military ...

The United States is “concerned” by reports of North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia in Ukraine, a White House spokesperson on Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy this week accused North ...

Hezbollah’s deputy chief Naim Qassem said on Tuesday the Iran-backed group would inflict “pain” on Israel but he also called for a ceasefire as a conflict rages between them ...

By Gloria Dickie The brutal wind and torrential rainfall of Hurricane Milton that killed 16 people in Florida this week were worsened by human-caused climate change, a team of international scientists ...

UBS Global Research has increased its year-end target for the S&P 500 index to 5,850 points, up from its previous estimate of 5,600. This revision is attributed to corporate profit growth, ...

Britain will study whether the use of Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug can get people back into work and help tackle the high rate of long-term sickness that has ...

Alexei Moskalyov, a Russian man jailed for two years for discrediting the army after his daughter drew an anti-war picture, alleged after his release on Tuesday that he had been ...

Manchester United’s most successful manager Alex Ferguson will step down as a global ambassador after the club’s part-owners INEOS ended his multi-million pound contract. Ferguson, a familiar sight ...

Israel, which began incursions into south Lebanon two weeks ago to battle Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, has issued military evacuation orders affecting more than a quarter of the country, the ...

British pay grew at its slowest pace in more than two years in the three months to August and vacancies fell again, according official data that will probably be welcomed ...