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An Irish state inquiry uncovered a “truly shocking” level of sexual abuse at religious schools, primarily those run by the Catholic Church, over nearly a century with 2,395 allegations, the government ...

A public inquiry into the devastating 2017 London Grenfell Tower blaze that killed 72 people blamed the disaster on failings by the government, construction industry and, most of all, the firms involved ...

A California doctor and a woman charged with illegally supplying the drug ketamine to “Friends” star Matthew Perry before his overdose death will face trial in March, according to court ...

From beneath the shrinking Lake Mornos in central Greece, the muddied remains of homes are reemerging nearly 45 years since the village that once stood here disappeared underwater. After a winter ...

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia was adjusting its nuclear doctrine because the United States and its Western allies were threatening Russia by escalating the war in Ukraine and ...

Swedish police said on Wednesday a teenager had been shot in an attempted murder at a school in Stockholm but that a suspect had been apprehended and the situation was ...

Spanish authorities are encouraging the expansion of luxury hotels as they crack down on a surge in holiday rentals that has triggered anti-tourism protests in places like Barcelona or the ...

An overnight Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s western city of Lviv close to the border with NATO member Poland killed seven people, including three children, local officials ...

The Ukrainian minister in charge of weapons production resigned on Tuesday in anticipation of another defence role and four other ministers stood down in a major government shake-up at a ...

Britain’s decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel was roundly criticised on Tuesday with some British politicians and Jewish groups accusing the Labour government of abandoning Israel, while ...

A 71-year-old man is on trial in France accused of drugging his wife and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her in their home over nearly a decade in a ...

The death toll from floods in Bangladesh rose to 71 on Tuesday with millions of people still stranded in devastated areas and increasing concern about outbreaks of waterborne disease as the ...

At least 47 people were killed and 206 wounded when Russia struck a military institute in the central town of Poltava with two missiles on Tuesday, Ukraine’s first lady said, the ...

At least 12 migrants died on Tuesday after their boat capsized on its way across the Channel to Britain, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said, adding that rescue operations were underway ...

Britain’s chief rabbi criticised the government’s decision to suspend some arms export licences to Israel only a few days after the killing of six Israeli hostages in Gaza. “...

Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red carpet welcome on Tuesday on a state visit to Mongolia, whose failure to arrest him under a warrant from the International Criminal Court ...

Hamas’ armed wing said that since June the group has been operating under new instructions on how to handle hostages should Israeli forces approach their locations in Gaza. The announcement ...

British lenders approved the highest number of mortgages in July since the start of the “mini-budget” crisis in 2022 under former Prime Minister Liz Truss, according to Bank of England data ...

Turkey’s economy expanded by a less-than-expected 2.5 per cent in the second quarter of the year, data showed this week, cooling in the face of a year-long monetary tightening drive. ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected calls to soften his refusal to withdraw troops from the southern Gazan border area as the price for a ceasefire deal, saying ...

Israeli troops turned over to Palestinian health authorities on Monday the body of a Palestinian man who died after his arrest hours earlier in the occupied West Bank as a ...

A Brazilian Supreme Court panel voted unanimously on Monday to uphold the suspension of social media giant X in the country for defying a court order, blocking access to more ...

A rare haul of 27 silver Roman coins dated between 94 and 74 BC has been discovered on the remote island of Pantelleria, the Sicily region said on Monday. The discovery was made ...

Britain will immediately suspend 30 of its 350 arms export licences with Israel because there was a risk such equipment might be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law, Foreign ...