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Israel plans to sue The New York Times and one of its journalists for defamation over an article that said Israeli soldiers, prison guards and settlers had used widespread sexual ...

By Antonio Tajani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy Since the outbreak of the war between Iran and the United States, Italy has acted together with its European partners, the ...

Labour’s Wes Streeting resigned as health minister on Thursday to call for a leadership contest to oust Keir Starmer, accusing the British prime minister of overseeing political drift and ...

A top Philippine politician wanted by the International Criminal Court was no longer taking refuge at the Senate after what his wife called an “escape”, the Senate president said on ...

U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the Iran war with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday, while new attacks on vessels near the Strait of Hormuz brought ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced the increasing prospect of a leadership challenge on Thursday, with his health minister reported to be ready to resign and his former deputy calling on ...

Russia carried out its largest aerial attack over a two-day period since the start of its war in Ukraine, pounding the capital Kyiv and other cities with hundreds of drones, ...

Protests broke out across the Cuban capital of Havana on Wednesday evening as the city confronted its worst rolling blackouts in decades amid a U.S. blockade that has starved ...

A violent storm bringing rain and hail scythed across India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, killing more than 100 people, rescue officials said on Thursday, as the chief minister ...

China’s Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump that trade talks were making progress at the start of a two-day summit on Thursday but warned that disagreement over Taiwan could ...

British consumers, shaken by the widening economic fallout from the Iran war, cut their spending last month for the first time since November 2024 ​as they focused on essentials rather than ...

British Cypriot MP Nesil Caliskan has been appointed to a government post for the first time, being named by the country’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as the parliamentary ...

Gunshots broke out at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday and people ran for cover after a top politician wanted by the International Criminal Court said his arrest was imminent and ...

Turkey lifted some customs restrictions on Armenia on Wednesday, paving the way for direct trade links between the two countries in a further sign of normalising ties after over 30 years ...

Saudi Arabia launched numerous, unpublicized strikes on Iran in retaliation for attacks carried out in the kingdom during the Middle East war, two Western officials briefed on the matter and ...

Reform UK said it was talking to Britain’s parliamentary watchdog after a report its leader Nigel Farage was being investigated over a breach of the rules for accepting a 5 ...

As Toronto gears up for the World Cup, the city wants to help people score safely in the bedroom by offering free football-inspired condoms. With more than 300,000 visitors expected for ...

Israel has escalated its attacks in Gaza in the five weeks since halting its joint bombing with the U.S. in Iran, redirecting its fire back on the ruined Palestinian ...

Keir Starmerwas facing his biggest challenge yet on Wednesday when his health minister was reportedly readying his resignation to try to trigger a contest to replace a British prime minister ...

British police said on Wednesday they had recovered the bodies of three women from the sea in Brighton and were working to establish how the “tragic incident” had happened. Local ...

President Donald Trump picked up Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Alaska en route to a high-stakes Beijing summit with China’s Xi Jinping, while his top trade negotiator Scott Bessent ...

U.S. President Donald Trump headed to China on Wednesday for a high-stakes summit with President Xi Jinping, saying he does not expect to need Beijing’s help to end ...

Hopes for a peace agreement between the United States and Iran faded further on Tuesday after President Donald Trump said the ceasefire was “on life support” following Tehran’s rejection ...

The Eurovision Song Contest began under heightened political tension in Vienna on Tuesday as the first semi-final took place amid controversy over Israel’s participation and broadcaster boycotts linked to ...