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A Japanese man said to have spent the world’s longest time on death row was acquitted of murder on Thursday, broadcaster NHK said, ending his family’s search for ...

Israel rejected proposals on Thursday for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, defying calls from allies including the United States for a halt in fighting. Israeli warplanes bombarded Lebanon, including a strike ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he expected to be charged with federal crimes and declared he was innocent, after the New York Times reported he had already been ...

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed hope that a ceasefire can be reached soon to end fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah that has shaken his country and raised fears ...

Turkish households’ expectations for annual inflation 12 months ahead stood at 71.6 per cent in September, the central bank said on Wednesday, down 1.5 points from a month earlier. Market participants’ expectations for ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Wednesday that the international community must urgently implement a solution to stop Israel’s aggression, the Turkish presidency said, ...

 Israel’s military chief told troops on Wednesday that air strikes in Lebanon would continue in order to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure and to prepare the way for a possible ground ...

Racial disparities in some European nations cannot be tackled if legacies of colonialism and slavery are ignored, a report by a EU-wide network of anti-racism groups said on Wednesday. The “...

The United States is spearheading a new diplomatic effort to end hostilities in both Gaza and Lebanon, linking the two conflicts as part of a single initiative, six sources familiar ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s calls for talks with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad are a long shot but meant to send a message of reconciliation in a region increasingly distracted ...

Members of Britain’s Labour party narrowly voted against the government’s decision to limit winter fuel payments to the elderly on Wednesday, a symbolic move piling pressure on Prime ...

NATO plans to coordinate the transport of a large number of wounded troops away from front lines in case of a war with Russia, potentially via hospital trains as air ...

One vice presidential candidate is a best-selling author who coined the term “childless cat ladies” to disparage Democrats and latched onto a made-up story about immigrants eating pets. The other ...

The man accused of staking out Donald Trump’s Florida golf course with a rifle was indicted on Tuesday on a charge of attempted assassination of a political candidate, federal ...

President Vladimir Putin will chair a meeting of Russia’s Security Council on nuclear deterrence on Wednesday as Moscow weighs a response to Ukraine’s requests that the U.S. ...

AFC Wimbledon’s managing director thought he was looking at AI-created images when he saw pictures of flooding at their Plough Lane home that led to more than 100,000 litres of ...

Hezbollah’s flexible chain of command, together with its extensive tunnel network and a vast arsenal of missiles and weapons it has bolstered over the past year, is helping it ...

Greece and Turkey will explore whether they can start talks aimed at demarcating their maritime zones, Greece’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Neighbours Greece and Turkey, both NATO allies ...

Israel widened its airstrikes in Lebanon on Wednesday and shot down a missile that the armed group Hezbollah said it had fired at the Mossad spy agency near Tel Aviv, ...

Britain is moving troops to Cyprus to help its nationals leave Lebanon, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned that the escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah was pushing the ...

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said he had sensed a greater willingness by Iranian officials to engage with the agency in a more meaningful way after talks in ...

The significant geostrategic role of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East in view of the latest developments was highlighted by the US Deputy National Security Adviser in ...

Protesters in some U.S. cities demonstrated against American military support for Israel as risks have risen of a full-fledged conflict in the Middle East, with anti-war activists demanding an ...

British businesses reported a slowdown in growth this month as some firms feared higher taxes, according to a survey that also showed waning price pressures, potentially encouraging the Bank of ...