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 Israel has identified the remains of the hostage it received from Hamas on Wednesday as Thai agricultural worker Sudthisak Rinthalak, the prime minister’s office said on Thursday. The body ...

The European Union agreed on Wednesday to phase out Russian gas imports by late 2027 as part of an effort to end the bloc’s decades-long dependency on Russian energy, though ...

Euro zone inflation has delivered some “upside surprises” recently, raising some questions about the European Central Bank’s expectations for a dip early next year, the ECB’s chief economist ...

A British nursery worker on Wednesday pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting young children in his care and filming the abuse in what London police described as one of its most ...

The disco legends behind President Donald Trump’s favourite campaign anthem will take centre stage at Friday’s World Cup draw, FIFA has announced, in what promises to be a ...

The Trump administration said it paused all immigration applications, including green card and U.S. citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 non-European countries, citing concerns over national security and public ...

An Italian judge has granted a request by luxury shoemaker Tod’s to postpone a hearing on whether to impose a six‑month blanket ban on its advertising, after the ...

FIFA said it will reveal the updated match schedule for the 2026 World Cup in a live global broadcast from Washington on Saturday, nearly 24 hours after the final draw determines the ...

Double defending champions South Africa were pooled with Italy, Georgia and Romania in the draw for the 2027 Rugby World Cup on Wednesday, while hosts Australia will play New Zealand, Chile ...

Former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and two others have been formally accused of procurement fraud and corruption, conflict of interest and violation of professional secrecy, the European Public ...

Israeli forensic services concluded that remains handed over by Hamas on Tuesday were not those of the last two hostages in Gaza, the office of Israel’s prime minister said. ...

Salvador Nasralla, of the centrist Liberal Party, took a razor-thin lead in Honduras’ presidential election over Nasry Asfura, the conservative candidate backed by U.S. President Donald Trump, in a ...

Arne Slot would not confirm whether Mohamed Salah will return to Liverpool’s team for Wednesday’s Premier League match against Sunderland at Anfield, after the Egyptian was left on ...

Oil prices rose on Monday after OPEC+ members reaffirmed a plan to hold output steady, as the Caspian Pipeline Consortium halted exports after a major drone attack and U.S....

Two draws in three Premier League games have stalled Arsenal’s progress and although they still have a five-point lead at the top, Mikel Arteta has called on his team ...

Russia and the U.S. did not reach a compromise on a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine after a five-hour Kremlin meeting between President Vladimir Putin ...

British store chains last month reported lower inflation in the run up to Black Friday sales but higher costs in 2026 mean retailers might struggle to keep inflation on its downward ...

Samsung Electronics unveiled on Tuesday its first multi-folding smartphone, in a bid to strengthen its position in a sector of the phone market where competition is expected to intensify. The ...

A decade after it began working on a capital markets union, the EU is still struggling to agree a framework that encourages savers to put their cash to work within ...

Warner Bros Discovery has received a second round of bids, including a mostly cash offer from Netflix, in an auction that could conclude in the coming days or weeks, a ...

President Donald Trump, who has cast himself as a relentless foe of illegal drugs, pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, freeing him from a 45-year sentence for conspiring to ...

President Vladimir Putin warned European powers on Tuesday that if they started a war with Russia then Moscow was ready to fight and that the defeat of European powers would ...

Belgian police have raided the EU’s diplomatic service (EEAS) in Brussels and a training college, the College of Europe in Bruges, as part of a probe into suspected fraud, ...

Israel said on Tuesday it was preparing to receive more possible hostage remains from Gaza via the Red Cross and would send them for forensic tests. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’...