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William Hague, a former British foreign minister and onetime leader of the Conservative Party, was elected on Wednesday as the next chancellor of the University of Oxford, a largely ceremonial ...

NATO members on Tuesday reaffirmed their support for Ukraine during talks with the country’s officials held in response to Russia’s launch of an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile last ...

Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said on Wednesday the group “appreciates” Lebanon’s right to reach an agreement that protects its people and it hopes for a deal to end ...

Calin Georgescu, who has stunned Romania and its European allies by leading the first round of the eastern European country’s presidential election, is a far-right, self-styled outsider critical of ...

Donald Trump’s pledge to slap tariffs on imports to the U.S. from Mexico could be more damaging for European car makers like Volkswagen and Stellantis and their suppliers ...

Britain’s government has announced that it plans to increase access to mental health support and to reform job centres as part of its push to get more people back ...

An alleged animal-rights extremist on the US most-wanted terrorist list since 2009 in connection with the bombing of a California biotechnology firm has been arrested in the United Kingdom, the FBI ...

A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah held on Wednesday after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the U.S. and France, a rare victory for diplomacy ...

US President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has signed a memorandum of understanding with the White House on preparations for Trump to take office on January 20, Trump’s incoming chief ...

British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday in favour of plans to introduce some of the world’s strictest anti-smoking rules, giving the green light for the bill to progress to ...

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro directly planned and acted in a criminal conspiracy that aimed to carry out a coup after his failed 2022 re-election bid, a formal accusation from Brazil’...

An Israeli air strike killed at least 13 Palestinians at a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, medics said on Tuesday. They said that dozens of people were also wounded ...

United Nations evacuation flights are set to land in Panama City this week as the international organisation removes staff from Haiti due to a sharp escalation in violence by armed ...

The United Arab Emirates foreign ministry announced on Tuesday that Turkish authorities assisted in the arrest of the suspects accused of murdering an Israeli rabbi in the UAE. In a ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday warned US President-elect Donald Trump of dire economic consequences for both countries from tariffs and suggested possible retaliation following his threat of across-the-board tariffs ...

Police in Albania’s capital Tirana fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse hundreds of opposition protesters blocking roads, who accused the government of corruption and demanded it ...

Italy on Tuesday said there were “many doubts” about an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying it was not feasible to arrest him ...

Israel mounted waves of pounding airstrikes in Beirut on Tuesday as its security cabinet discussed a ceasefire deal in Lebanon with its Hezbollah foes that could take effect as soon ...

The main UK stock indexes eased from multi-week highs on Tuesday after US President-elect Donald Trump’s latest tariff proposal for some of the country’s biggest trading partners sparked ...

Initial reports indicate that an Israeli “aggression” targeted two villages in northern and western areas of Syria’s Homs province, the Syrian state news agency said on Tuesday. Earlier, Syrian ...

John Tinniswood, an Englishman born the same year the Titanic sank and who survived two world wars and two global pandemics, has died aged 112, Guinness World Records said on Tuesday, ...

The European Union’s foreign policy chief urged the Israeli government on Tuesday to back a proposed ceasefire deal in Lebanon which he said has all the necessary security guarantees ...

The Startup Universe Greece 2024 returns for its 4th consecutive year, continuing its mission to support and empower Greek startups. The programme connects a new generation of Greek startup founders with ...

Russia said on Tuesday it was expelling a British diplomat for alleged spying, in the latest blow to the already dire state of relations between the two countries. The FSB ...