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The first direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in more than three years lasted well under two hours, with no apparent sign of progress so far in narrowing the ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that all NATO members will have agreed on a goal of spending the equivalent to 5% of GDP on defense over the ...

President Donald Trump reiterated his desire to take over the Gaza Strip, telling a business roundtable in Qatar that the US would “make it a freedom zone” and arguing there ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that Washington is troubled by the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Rubio, ...

India’s defence minister said on Thursday that the International Atomic Energy Agency should take charge of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, days after the nuclear-armed neighbours ended their worst military ...

Tottenham Hotspur attacking midfielder Dejan Kulusevski will be out for a few months after having knee surgery, said manager Ange Postecoglou, and will miss Wednesday’s Europa League final against ...

Major foreign business chambers in Romania, including the US, UK and Germany, have voiced concern about what they described as a rapid deterioration of the investment climate and the credibility ...

The British government is in talks with unspecified third countries about deals to send them migrants who have been refused the right to stay in Britain and run out of ...

Israeli military strikes killed at least 70 people in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Palestinian medics said, as the United States and Arab mediators pushed for a ceasefire deal and U....

Real Madrid’s Jacobo Ramon scored a dramatic winner in the fifth minute of stoppage time to earn them a 2-1 LaLiga victory over Mallorca on Wednesday that kept Barcelona’...

Bank of England interest rate-setter Catherine Mann said she voted to keep borrowing costs on hold last week – having sought a big 50-basis point cut in February – because Britain’s ...

Bologna manager Vincenzo Italiano said his side earned the Coppa Italia trophy by learning from their recent defeat to AC Milan and delivering a performance worthy of the occasion. Bologna ...

European Central Bank supervisors are asking some of the region’s lenders to assess their need for US dollars in times of stress, as they game out scenarios in which ...

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has probably never held more global sway: he will host the first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks in three years on Thursday, days after his country’...

Russia’s Vladimir Putin spurned a challenge to meet face-to-face with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Turkey on Thursday, instead sending a second-tier delegation to planned peace talks, while Ukraine’s president ...

Global asset managers held their biggest underweight position in the dollar in 19 years in May, as President Donald Trump’s chaotic trade policy cut investor appetite for US assets, Bank ...

Burberry (BRBY.L) shares surged 18 per cent on Wednesday after the British luxury brand announced plans to shed 1,700 jobs or around a fifth of its global workforce to cut costs ...

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of missiles and related elements to Turkey for an estimated $304 million, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The sale approval includes ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday Ukraine was waiting to see who would represent Russia at proposed talks in Turkey before determining Ukraine’s next steps. “I am ...

Third seed Carlos Alcaraz overcame a nervy start to beat Briton Jack Draper 6-4 6-4 on Wednesday and reach the Italian Open semi-finals for the first time. Four-times Grand Slam ...

Agreements signed by US President Donald Trump and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on Wednesday will “generate an economic exchange worth at least $1.2 trillion,” the White House ...

Three British right-wing extremists were convicted on Wednesday of planning to carry out a terrorist attack at mosques or synagogues as part of a “race war”, British police said. Brogan ...

Rory McIlroy, whose Masters triumph last month completed a years-long pursuit of the career Grand Slam, said on Wednesday he has accomplished everything in golf he ever dreamed of and ...

In summer 2023, Dimitris Marinelis spent days on the frontline of Europe’s biggest wildfire in northern Greece, protecting homes and setting up anti-fire zones as flames engulfed a forest. Like ...