UK’s Reeves says she did not mislead public on the budget
British finance minister Rachel Reeves on Sunday denied she misled the public over official forecasts ahead of this month’s budget, saying she had been honest about the need to ...
Israel’s Netanyahu seeks pardon in years-long corruption trial
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the country’s president on Sunday for a pardon in his years-long corruption trial, arguing that criminal proceedings were hindering his ability to govern ...
Tom Stoppard, playwright who dazzled with verbal gymnastics, dies aged 88
“What’s it about?” was a frequent response from bemused theatre-goers to “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”, Tom Stoppard’s first stage triumph.
Tired of being asked, Stoppard is said ...
Pope Leo takes peace message to Lebanon, target of Israeli strikes
Pope Leo arrived in Lebanon on Sunday, where he is expected to appeal for peace in a country that is a continued target of Israeli air strikes, on the second ...
Trump says Venezuelan airspace should be considered closed
President Donald Trump said on Saturday the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered “closed in its entirety,” but gave no further details, stirring anxiety and confusion in Caracas ...
Four dead after 14 people shot at family gathering in Stockton, California
Four people died after 14 people were shot at a family gathering in Stockton in northern California on Saturday night, police said.
The shooting took place at a child’s birthday ...
Gaza death toll tops 70,000, health ministry says
The number of people confirmed killed in Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip has passed the 70,000 mark, the enclave’s health ministry said on Saturday.
A total of 301 people ...
Hong Kong mourns victims of blaze that killed 128 and counting
Hong Kong on Saturday mourned the 128 people known to have died in a massive fire at a high-rise apartment complex, a toll that is likely to rise with 150 still missing ...
Israeli attack kills two children in Gaza, medics say
An Israeli attack killed two children in Gaza on Saturday, medics and relatives said, in violence that has persisted in the Palestinian enclave despite a fragile ceasefire.
The children’s ...
Indonesia flood death toll climbs to 303 amid cyclone devastation, disaster agency says
The death toll from floods and landslides following cyclonic rains in the Indonesian island of Sumatra has risen to 303, the head of the country’s disaster mitigation agency said on ...
Pope removes shoes but doesn’t pray on visit to Istanbul’s Blue Mosque
Pope Leo visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of the ...
Hezbollah leader leaves open possibility of new war with Israel
The head of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said on Friday it retained the right to respond to Israel’s killing days ago of its top military commander and left open ...
Rubio plans to skip Nato meeting at key moment for Ukraine, sources say
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to skip a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels next week, two US officials said, in a highly unusual absence of the ...
UK to hold fresh pork, other affected Spanish products at border amid African swine fever outbreak
Britain said on Friday it would temporarily stop imports of pork meat from parts of Spain after the country confirmed its first cases of African swine fever in just over ...
UN says Israeli forces’ killing of two West Bank Palestinians looks like ‘summary execution’
The United Nations said on Friday that the killing of two Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank by Israeli security forces the previous day appeared to be a “summary ...
6,000 Airbus A320 jets hit by recall, travel disruptions spread globally
Asian airlines scrambled on Saturday to fix a software glitch on their Airbus A320 jets as a sweeping recall by the European planemaker grounded aircraft across the region after disrupting ...
Blasts hit sanctioned tankers off Turkey’s coast, rescues underway
Blasts rocked two tankers from Russia’s shadow fleet in the Black Sea near Turkey’s Bosphorus strait on Friday, causing fires on the vessels, and rescue operations were launched ...
Pope Leo meets Middle East Christian leaders, condemns religious violence
Pope Leo condemned violence in the name of religion on Friday at a landmark event with Christian leaders from across the Middle East, urging them during his first overseas trip ...
Rescuers step up recovery operations as Southeast Asia flood deaths reach 321
The death toll from floods across large swathes of Southeast Asia rose to at least 321 on Friday, with authorities working to rescue stranded citizens, restore power and communications and coordinate ...
Philippine’s detained ex-leader Duterte loses appeal
The International Criminal Court ruled on Friday that the Philippines’ 80-year-old former President Rodrigo Duterte must remain detained despite a defence appeal for his release on grounds of age and ...
Britain says talks to join EU defence fund have broken down
Britain said on Friday that talks to join the European Union’s defence fund SAFE had broken down, in a major setback to a much-vaunted post-Brexit reset of relations aimed ...
Hong Kong tower fire toll rises to 128, while 200 remain missing
Hong Kong authorities on Friday said rescue operations following a blaze that ripped through a high-rise apartment complex had concluded, with the death toll in the city’s worst fire ...
Paris’ Louvre raises prices for non-EU tourists to fund renovations
The Louvre in Paris is raising ticket prices by 45% for most non-European Union tourists to help finance renovations of the museum, whose deteriorating state was laid bare by the theft ...
Zelenskiy’s ‘man for all seasons’ ensnared in corruption probe
Ask Ukrainians who the country’s most powerful figure is after the president and many will say Andriy Yermak, his chief of staff and a key negotiator during four years ...