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The U.S. will not renew a license set to expire on Thursday that had broadly eased Venezuela oil sanctions, moving to reimpose punitive measures in response to President Nicolas ...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Wednesday it launched missiles and drones at a military facility in northern Israel in retaliation for Israeli strikes that killed Hezbollah members, an incident that ...

Switzerland’s parliament on Wednesday approved a motion to ban the Nazis’ swastika emblem as part of a crackdown on extremist symbols in the neutral country. The lower house of ...

Israel will make its own decisions about how to defend itself, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, as Western countries pleaded for restraint in responding to a volley of ...

The Ukrainian infantryman, call sign “Ray”, said he quickly pulled on his gas mask after a Russian drone flying above his trench on the eastern front dropped a tear gas ...

Britain’s inflation rate slowed by less than expected in March, according to official figures published on Wednesday, adding to signs that a first interest rate cut by the Bank ...

Eighty years on, Normandy’s beaches and fields still bear the scars of violence that erupted during World War Two on D-Day, history’s largest amphibious invasion on June 6, 1944, drone ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plan to ban anyone aged 15 and under from ever buying cigarettes passed its first parliamentary vote, although dozens of his own lawmakers voted against ...

The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), a global shipping giant with offices in Limassol, on Wednesday issued an update regarding the seizure of the MSC Aries in the Strait of Hormuz ...

A Russian missile attack killed at least 13 residents and damaged buildings and municipal infrastructure in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, local officials said. As Russia continues to ...

Israel has clearly decided to retaliate against Iran for missile and drone attacks, Britain’s foreign minister David Cameron said during a visit to Israel on Wednesday, the starkest warning ...

Britain’s labour market lost a bit more of its inflationary heat, data showed this week, offering some relief to the Bank of England, but stubborn underlying problems continued with ...

Thousands of Greek striking workers, students and pensioners marched through central Athens on Wednesday to protest over wages which they are not enough to cope with rising living costs. Ships ...

Authorities and communities across the United Arab Emirates were clearing debris on Wednesday after a torrential downpour killed at least one person and caused damage to homes and businesses. The ...

The US and its allies planned fresh sanctions against Iran over its unprecedented attack on Israel, seeking to dissuade Israel from a major escalation as its war cabinet was set ...

Venture capital investment in UK companies fell in the first three months of 2024, in the worst quarter for UK fundraising since the early months of the COVID pandemic, a report ...

Israeli tanks pushed back into parts of the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday which they had left weeks ago, while warplanes conducted air strikes on Rafah, the Palestinians’ last refuge ...

Donald Trump arrived at a Manhattan courthouse for the second day of his historic hush-money trial on Tuesday, as lawyers try to choose 12 jurors to consider the guilt or innocence ...

By Renee Maltezou Greece is pushing ahead with 21 initiatives worth 780 million euros to protect marine biodiversity and tackle coastal pollution, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday ahead of an ...

Israel’s war cabinet was set to meet for the third time in three days on Tuesday, an official said, to decide on a response to Iran’s first-ever direct ...

Efforts to end wars in the Middle East and Ukraine will dominate this week’s meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers, host Italy’s top diplomat Antonio Tajani said ...

Israel is still imposing “unlawful” restrictions on humanitarian relief for Gaza, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday, despite assertions from Israel and others that barriers have eased. ...

A lack of air defense missiles prevented Ukraine from thwarting a Russian missile attack last week that destroyed the biggest power plant in the region around the capital Kyiv, President ...

Sales of homes in Dubai worth $10 million or more rose 6 per cent in the first quarter versus last year, an industry report showed on Tuesday, as demand from the international ...