Oil refinery in Russia’s Yaroslavl is on fire after Ukrainian drone attack
A major oil refinery in Russia’s Yaroslavl region is on fire after a big Ukrainian drone attack and emergency services are working to put out the blaze, Mikhail Evrayev, ...
Two Israeli soldiers, one Lebanese killed as violence flares in south Lebanon
Two Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon, the Israeli military said on Thursday, while Israeli retaliatory attacks killed at least one person, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
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British new car sales rise nearly 12 per cent in July to post best run since 2019
British new car registrations rose nearly 12 per cent in July, marking their best performance since 2019 as battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales reached another record, industry data showed on Wednesday.
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Four stabbed in apparent mental health-related incident near London’s Covent Garden
Four men were stabbed in a street near London’s Covent Garden district on Wednesday and a woman was arrested in what police said they believed to be a “mental ...
Yemen’s Houthis say they attacked Saudi oil tankers in Red Sea, Gulf of Aden
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Wednesday they had launched a missile attack on a Saudi oil tanker off the coast of the kingdom’s Red Sea port city of ...
Former neo-Nazi withdraws as UK Conservative candidate after backlash
A former neo-Nazi jailed for hate crimes withdrew on Wednesday as a local election candidate for Britain’s Conservative Party, saying he needed to do more to convince the Jewish ...
Austria hits record temperature, Hungary curbs power use as Europe feels the heat
The temperature in Austria climbed to a record high on Wednesday, while Hungarians curbed power use as the latest heatwave and drought took their toll on central and southern Europe.
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Proposed Hormuz deal would give Iran control of inbound traffic, sources say
A proposed deal between Iran and Oman would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian source and two regional officials told ...
Turkey unveils draft law to reintegrate PKK militants, achieve peace
Turkey’s ruling alliance submitted a draft law to parliament on Wednesday meant to achieve peace with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in part by protecting many former militants from ...
Four stabbed in mental health-related incident near London’s Covent Garden
Four men were stabbed in a street near London’s Covent Garden district on Wednesday and a woman was arrested in what police said they believed to be a “mental ...
Piece of SpaceX rocket believed to have crashed into the moon
A SpaceX rocket piece floating in space since last year was expected to have smashed into the moon at high speed early Wednesday morning, though the impact was unlikely to ...
US and Iran having ‘very good discussions’, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration had “very good discussions” with Iran during all-day negotiations on Tuesday, fuelling expectations of an imminent end to the five-month conflict.
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New UK PM Burnham takes to social media to challenge populist parties’ dominance
From discussing the merits of various pub snacks to making fun of his own appearance, Britain’s new prime minister is taking on populist parties such as Reform UK on ...
Russian strikes in Kyiv region kill 14, damage warehouses
Russian strikes around Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv killed fourteen people, injured 27 and damaged warehouses overnight, emergency service officials said on the Telegram messaging app.
Air raid alerts lasted for ...
The viral videos that inspired tens of thousands to swim to Spain’s Ceuta
Last week’s rush of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta began with a trickle.
Encouraged by a handful of viral videos, including some posted by a Spanish news ...
Police looking into reports of ‘missing’ athletes after Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Scottish police are investigating reports of foreign athletes, identified in the media as boxers from Uganda and Pakistan, who failed to return home after competing in the Commonwealth Games that ...
Seventeen migrants believed dead trying to reach Spain’s Balearic Islands
Seventeen migrants died trying to reach the shores of Spain’s Balearic Islands after 15 days of travel, authorities said on Tuesday, citing the testimony of two survivors who were rescued ...
Gazans bury nearly a whole clan found in rubble in mass funeral for 112
The decomposed remains of 112 bodies lay on stretchers shrouded in flags in the sun’s heat: all that could be found of the Al-Hassaynas of Sabra, a Palestinian clan of ...
French coastguards rescue 157 from burning migrant boat in English Channel
French coastguards rescued 157 people from a boat carrying migrants that caught fire in the English Channel on Tuesday near the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, the local administration said in a statement.
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Six years on, families of those killed in huge Lebanon port blast hope for justice at last
Lebanon on Tuesday marked the sixth year since a deadly blast at Beirut port, with victims and Lebanese officials expressing a renewed but cautious hope that justice could finally be ...
Qatar says progress made toward US-Iran talks
Qatar said mediators were making progress in efforts to end the U.S.-Iran war on Tuesday, although Tehran has denied President Donald Trump’s assertion that talks are already ...
Wildfires ease in Greece as people return to gutted homes
Despondent residents returned to gutted homes and fire-scarred landscapes northwest of Athens on Tuesday as wildfires eased across Greece, though hundreds of firefighters were on alert for persistent flare-ups in ...
England and Wales record driest-ever July
England and Wales experienced their driest July on record, the Met Office said on Monday, citing provisional data.
The UK – which comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – received just 35% ...
Ukraine drones kill six, damage warehouses in Russia, authorities say
Ukraine’s overnight attacks on Russia killed six people and injured nine, as they damaged warehouses near the cities of Moscow and St Petersburg, governors said, while Russian strikes killed ...