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A dual British-Azerbaijani national has been arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of spying on Akrotiri base and passing information to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, London police said on ...

Britain’s Labour Party said on Thursday that it had readmitted the country’s longest-serving female lawmaker Diane Abbott, ending a suspension imposed last year over comments on racism that ...

When Spanish conquistadors arrived in the New World some five centuries ago, they brought muskets, cannons, armor, horses and attack dogs as they set about colonizing the Americas. But the ...

At least 11 coal miners were killed and dozens are missing after an explosion buried parts of a mining complex in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Thursday, an official said. Shoaib ...

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi urged Bulgaria to reconsider its decision to allow the temporary deployment of U.S. military aircraft at the Bezmer air base, Iranian state media ...

The Spanish government said it will deploy military units to reinforce police in the North African enclave of Ceuta after migrants broke through the fences into the city from Morocco ...

UEFA’s member associations have unanimously voted to boycott the World Cup and other FIFA competitions in protest at FIFA’s plan to sell stakes to external investors in a ...

Copenhagen’s famed Noma restaurant is betting on a rapidly shifting seasonal menu to drive its next chapter when it reopens in the Danish capital under new leadership next week. ...

An object that came down in eastern Poland overnight appears to be a Russian missile, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday, after authorities found a crater and scattered ...

The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold as expected on Thursday, but a third policymaker backed a rate hike due to renewed conflict between the United States and ...

Tetiana Lishchynska was overcome with emotion when dozens of residents in one of Kyiv’s districts hardest-hit by Russian strikes gathered this month to press authorities to open a bomb ...

Three people died while trying to cross the English Channel on a ‘taxi-boat’ for migrants near the French port of Dunkirk, the local administration in charge of the Channel and ...

A drone strike on gas vessels in Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta signalled a potential new front in the U.S.-Iran war, raising the prospect of threats to ...

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe has stepped down from his role with immediate effect, BBC and Sky Sports reported on Thursday. The 48-year-old leaves after five years in charge, having ...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino called the plan to sell stakes in the World Cup a proposal but ‘not an obligation’ after the idea provoked a furious response from some football ...

The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ukraine has begun the process of appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to ...

Argentina’s contentious exit from the World Cup could end up having long-term consequences, as FIFA on Monday announced assault charges against two Albiceleste players and an assistant coach. Midfielder ...

The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Japan toppled houses and split open streets in the small city of Yatsushiro, but town official Akio Matsushita is most worried about the invisible ...

Russian air strikes killed at least 13 in Ukraine on Thursday, including one in Kyiv, in attacks extending as far as the western city of Lviv, forcing neighbouring Poland to scramble ...

Three Greek firefighters died battling blazes during high winds on the island of Crete and the mainland as wildfires spread across Europe on Wednesday after days of devastating fires in ...

The U.S. carried out fresh strikes in Iran on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, further intensifying a five-month-old war that was already expanding beyond its main fronts to ...

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed all possible options for curbing Iran’s nuclear programme during their meeting at the White House, including diplomacy, economic pressure ...

Two firefighters died on Wednesday after becoming trapped while battling a wildfire near Rethymno, Crete, as fires and extreme heat continued to affect parts of southern Europe. Greek authorities ordered ...

FIFA’s proposal to sell stakes in a $20 billion commercial subsidiary has drawn strong criticism from soccer’s regional confederations, which said they were blindsided by the world governing body’...