Robbed, spat at and assaulted, British shopkeepers despair over retail crime
As shopkeeper Ben Selvaratnam recounted how his grocery store in south London was being targeted by shoplifters up to 10 times a day, he had to stop to eject two men ...
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Navy warship near Yemen intercepted projectiles -Pentagon
A U.S. Navy warship on Thursday intercepted three cruise missiles and several drones launched by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement from Yemen potentially toward Israel, the Pentagon said.
Washington is ...
Estonia to probe Sweden cable damage as part of Baltic Sea incident investigation
Estonia said on Thursday it would probe the damage on a Baltic Sea telecoms cable connecting the country to Sweden as part of its ongoing investigation about the rupture caused ...
Rockets, drones hit Iraqi base housing U.S. forces -security sources
Drones and rockets targeted on Thursday evening the Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts U.S. and other international forces in western Iraq, and multiple blasts were heard inside the ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy thanks Biden for ATACM missiles
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he had thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for supplying long-range ATACMS missiles and Kyiv’s foreign minister said the military would be ...
Israelis ink the memory of deadly attacks onto their skin
The date October 7 will be forever etched in Israeli history, marking the day Hamas gunmen rampaged through southern communities, killing 1,400 people, in the country’s deadliest attack since its founding ...
Israel’s Netanyahu says Hamas attack was aimed at derailing peace
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday the Hamas attack on Israel was aimed at preventing the expansion of peace in the Middle East, and called on British Prime ...
EU ministers call for tougher immigration policies after Islamist attacks
Ministers from across the European Union said on Thursday that member states must screen migrants and asylum seekers better and expel those deemed a security risk more quickly, after Islamist ...
Steward, Marler and Martin in for England semi against Springboks
England have recalled fullback Freddie Steward to start Saturday’s World Cup semi-final against South Africa, while Joe Marler and George Martin are drafted into the pack in the team ...
Fractured US House Republicans to try again to elect a leader
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a third vote to elect a speaker on Thursday, in an attempt to overcome divisions that have immobilized the leaderless ...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says it is stronger than before as border clashes rage
Lebanon’s Hezbollah warned its adversaries it was “thousands of times stronger” than before, as its fighters exchanged fire at the border with Israeli forces in violence fuelled by the ...
Airline executives call for new UK rules on passenger compensation
Airline executives on Wednesday called on Britain to draft new rules to allow carriers to share responsibility with air traffic control and airports for any disruptions to flights so the ...
Ryanair fights off European squeeze on its ticket prices
Ryanair is facing challenges at both ends of its price range, with Europe’s largest airline taking aim at proposed minimum fares in France after fending off a cap on ...
Egypt repairing roads at Gaza crossing ahead of aid delivery
Machinery to repair roads has been sent through the Rafah border crossing from Egypt into the Gaza Strip in preparation for the delivery of some of the aid stockpiled in ...
Qatar supplies gas to Europe, vying with US to replace Russia supply
Qatar has agreed to supply Shell (SHEL.L) in the Netherlands with gas for 27 years, the second such deal with a European buyer in a week, as the Gulf state ...
Newcastle confirm Tonali under investigation for illegal betting
Newcastle United’s Italian midfielder Sandro Tonali is under investigation in relation to illegal betting, the Premier League club said on Wednesday.
Tonali joined Newcastle from AC Milan in July ...
England must be ready for South Africa’s ‘dark arts’
Wales coach Warren Gatland said his England counterpart Steve Borthwick must be ready to counter the “dark arts” of South Africa’s Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus ahead of their ...
Netflix raises prices and adds subscribers, despite strikes
Netflix (NFLX.O) increased subscription prices for some streaming plans in the United States, Britain and France on Wednesday as it shattered expectations for new customers, sending its shares surging 13 ...
Neymar to have surgery after rupturing ACL, meniscus – Brazil FA
Neymar will undergo surgery after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee during a World Cup qualifier against Uruguay, Brazil’s FA said, an injury that ...
UK should consider raising BoE inflation target to 3 per cent, think tank says
A future British government should consider raising the Bank of England’s inflation target from 2 per cent to 3 per cent to give it more room for manoeuvre during economic downturns ...
EU migration ministers address militant Islamist attacks, risks from Israel-Hamas war
The European Union’s migration ministers meet on Thursday to discuss improving security in the bloc after deadly attacks in France and Belgium, as well as worries whether the war ...
US reports deal with Egypt to restart aid to Gaza as protests rock Middle East
Egypt agreed to reopen its border crossing with the Gaza Strip to allow aid to reach Palestinians, the U.S. said, as the humanitarian crisis worsened for the 2.3 million people ...
Morgan Stanley profit beats on wealth management strength
Morgan Stanley’s (MS.N) third-quarter profit dropped less than expected as a strong performance in the bank’s wealth management division offset a hit from lethargic dealmaking.
The wealth ...
Egypt rejects displacement of Palestinians into Sinai, says Sisi
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that Egyptians in their millions would reject the forced displacement of Palestinians into Sinai, adding that any such move would turn the Egyptian ...