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Britain’s high streets will likely see an acceleration in closures this year as extra costs imposed on businesses by the government’s first budget take their toll, according to ...

Israel’s parliament on Thursday approved the framework for the 2025 state budget and its accompanying economic plan, clearing a political hurdle that likely paves the way for final approval by ...

Israel has warned that its latest onslaught in Gaza is “just the beginning” as its forces pound the enclave with deadly airstrikes and launch new ground operations. But a return ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymr Zelenskiy will be in Paris next week to hold talks with key European leaders and discuss ongoing efforts to end the war, security assurances for Kyiv ...

Israel’s military said it intercepted two missiles launched from Yemen on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to punish Iran over its perceived support for Yemeni Houthi ...

Thousands of Turks ramped up protests despite a ban on street gatherings over what they called the undemocratic detention of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, as the opposition sought to ...

A safety warning system went off in a Delta Air Lines regional jet before it landed and flipped belly-up at Canada’s largest airport in February, indicating a fast rate ...

The Bank of England held interest rates at 4.5 per cent and warned against assumptions that they would be cut over its next few meetings as it grappled with deep uncertainty ...

Millions of lives are at risk from “brutal funding cuts” from donors, the UN refugee chief said on Thursday, warning that women refugees are already at greater risk of rape ...

At least 91 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in airstrikes across Gaza on Thursday after Israel resumed bombing and ground operations, the enclave’s health ministry said, effectively ditching a ...

Germany reopened its embassy in Syria on Thursday, marking a revival of diplomatic ties under a new leadership in Damascus that is facing humanitarian and security problems as it tries ...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged EU leaders on Thursday to pledge €5 billion ($5.4 billion) for artillery shells for Ukraine to strengthen its hand in peace talks, amid divergences ...

Ukraine struck Russia’s Engels strategic bomber base on Thursday with drones, triggering a major blast and fire about 700 km (435 miles) from the front lines of the war, Russian officials ...

Thousands of Turks ramped up protests on Thursday despite a ban on street gatherings over what they called the undemocratic detention of Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, as the opposition ...

European Union leaders will commit on Thursday to do more to make the bloc more competitive with more military muscle in the face of US tariffs and other economic challenges, ...

By Liu Yantao Every March sees the annual meetings of China’s top legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), and the top political advisory body, the National Committee of ...

US President Donald Trump will sign a long-anticipated executive order on Thursday that aims to shut down the Department of Education, acting on a key campaign pledge, according to a ...

Pay increases granted by British employers have fallen back in line with inflation for the first time since October 2023, according to data from human resources data firm Brightmine that is ...

The US State Department on Wednesday denied that data collected in a government-funded program that helps track thousands of abducted Ukrainian children had been deleted, but acknowledged that the effort ...

The ‘Canadian Pacific’, a 1940s steam train that took soldiers and supplies to England’s south coast during World War Two, returned to service on Wednesday, taking on board volunteers ...

The Israeli military said on Wednesday its forces resumed ground operations in the central and southern Gaza Strip, as a second day of airstrikes killed at least 48 Palestinians, according to ...

Turkey’s lira fell as much as 12.7 per cent to an all-time low of 42 to the dollar on Wednesday, with bonds and stocks also tumbling, after authorities detained President Tayyip ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy agreed on Wednesday to work together to end Russia’s war with Ukraine, in what the White House described as ...

Turkey detained Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of President Tayyip Erdogan, on charges of corruption and aiding a terrorist group in what the main opposition party on Wednesday ...