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United Nations officials are preparing to launch a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza on Sunday that will rely on a series of limited pauses in fighting between Israeli forces and ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he supported the idea of banning smoking in some outdoor spaces, including pub gardens, as a way of reducing the pressure on the state-run ...

Coastal towns and cities in India and Pakistan braced for a rare August cyclone on Friday, as heavy rains and winds forced authorities to close schools and evacuate thousands. India’...

The British government said on Friday it was “deeply concerned” by Israel’s ongoing operation in the occupied West Bank, warning that risk of instability was serious and that there ...

Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 45% to 41% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Thursday that showed the vice president sparking new enthusiasm among voters and shaking up the ...

Kamala Harris vowed a tougher approach to migration along the U.S. southern border and said she would not withhold weapons to Israel, in her first interview with a major ...

Serbia on Thursday signed a landmark agreement with France’s Dassault Aviation AM.PA for the purchase of 12 new Rafale fighter jets for 2.7 billion euros ($2.99 billion). The agreement, signed by ...

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday he has asked the bloc’s members to consider imposing sanctions on two Israeli ministers for “hate messages” against Palestinians, ...

More than half of Libya’s oil production, or about 700,000 barrels per day, was offline on Thursday and exports were halted at several ports as a standoff between rival political ...

An F-16 fighter jet used by Ukraine crashed on Monday, Kyiv’s military said, the first such loss reported since the long-awaited arrival of the U.S.-made planes in ...

The Israeli military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in the Gaza Strip to allow for the vaccination of some 640,000 children ...

French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Thursday to deepen ties with Britain over defence, security, migration and energy after a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Paris. Starmer and ...

Britain has revived its attempt to give police wider powers to impose conditions on street protests, a decision that a civil rights group said showed a worrying disregard for the ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday reposted a lewd social media remark about Vice-President Kamala Harris, the latest in a volley of demeaning attacks by Republicans against Trump’s ...

Turkey’s foreign minister hopes to make progress on improving Ankara’s rocky ties with the European Union on Thursday when he attends a meeting of EU ministers in Brussels ...

The last time Liana spoke to her husband Husain before he was captured by Ukrainian troops, he said what he always told her: “Everything is fine.” Husain, a 21-year-old conscripted ...

Most Palestinians shopping for hungry families can only stare at the meagre offerings in Gaza City’s street markets, frustrated that soaring prices and shortages of food are pushing essential ...

Millions of people were ordered to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Shanshan lashed southwest Japan with strong winds and torrential rain on Thursday, knocking out power, snarling air traffic and ...

A French judge put Telegram boss Pavel Durov under formal investigation in a probe into organized crime on the messaging app, but granted the entrepreneur bail on condition he pays 5 ...

British retailers reported a third straight month of falling sales in August and they expect another decline in September, prompting them to lower their hiring and investment plans, the Confederation ...

Two Turkish nationals were detained pending trial for people trafficking on Wednesday after a deadly boat chase with the Greek coastguard off the island of Symi on Aug. 23. A 39-year-old ...

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz will campaign together on Wednesday in Georgia, a state that Democrats narrowly won in 2020 and could play a decisive ...

Ukraine’s top diplomat said on Wednesday that the biggest problem faced by Kyiv as it battles Russia is that its allies are afraid of approving new policies to support ...

Britain and Germany’s leaders agreed in Berlin on Wednesday to work on an ambitious treaty covering issues from defence to trade that would be part of a reset of ...