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The United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution backing a proposal outlined by President Joe Biden for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas ...

An aircraft carrying Malawi’s vice president, Saulos Klaus Chilima, and nine others has gone missing, the southern African nation’s presidency said on Monday. Chilima, 51, was aboard a military ...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia said its air defences downed an Israeli attack drone over southern Lebanon on Monday, and the Israeli military confirmed the loss of the drone. “A surface-to-air ...

The United Nations Security Council will vote later on Monday on U.S.-drafted resolution backing a proposal outlined by President Joe Biden for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian ...

Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party, led by Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, called on Monday for a £40 billion ($51 billion) tax cut for voters, funded by scrapping the interest paid to ...

Major online streaming services operating in Canada will be required to contribute 5 per cent of their Canadian revenues to support the domestic broadcasting system, the country’s telecoms regulator has ...

 U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden will not testify when his criminal trial resumes on charges he hid his drug use from the government in 2018 to illegally ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken blamed Hamas on Monday for holding up a ceasefire in Gaza, as the top U.S. diplomat conducted a Middle East peace mission ...

Russian politicians gloated on Monday over heavy defeats for the parties of French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in European Parliament elections, and the Kremlin said right-wing ...

Yemen’s Houthi damaged two commercial vessels in missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden in the last 24 hours as part of the militia group’s ongoing campaign against international ...

Israeli minister Benny Gantz announced his resignation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government on Sunday, withdrawing the only centrist power in the embattled leader’s far-right coalition amid ...

Political parties and business leaders alike tried to figure out what a possible far-right win could mean for France following President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call a snap election ...

Japan is set to push for more nuclear power in an energy policy update due next year, seeking stable electricity supply in face of growing demand and heightening geopolitical risks, ...

US private equity giant Blackstone (BX.N) has agreed to buy 1,750 new homes to rent from British housebuilder Vistry (VTYV.L), as institutional investors bet on a shortage of rental ...

Voters in 21 EU countries including France and Germany will conclude a four-day election for the European Parliament on Sunday, which is expected to shift the assembly to the right and ...

British house prices rose in May after falling in the previous two months as the property market withstood high borrowing costs, according to figures from mortgage lender Nationwide. Prices increased ...

Brazil’s economy rebounded in the first quarter from a sluggish second half of 2023 on stronger investments and consumer demand, official figures showed, adding to caution at the central bank, ...

An Israeli air strike on the outskirts of Aitaroun in southern Lebanon killed two people, Lebanese state news agency NNA reported on Saturday. Israel’s IDF said in a statement ...

Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar called on Saturday on tens of thousands of supporters to back his party at Sunday’s European Parliament election, in which Prime Minister Viktor Orban ...

Fresh from commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day, French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden in Paris on Saturday for a state visit marked by pomp as ...

Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas since October in a raid in Gaza on Saturday while over 200 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes in the same area, according to ...

Israel’s centrist war cabinet minister Benny Gantz is scheduled to give a speech later on Saturday in which he is widely expected to announce his resignation from Prime Minister ...

Danish police said on Saturday a 39-year-old man would appear in front of a judge for preliminary questioning in relation to an assault on the country’s Prime Minister Mette ...

By Barbara Erling, Kuba Stezycki and Kacper Pempel Surrounded by lush forests, a dozen people huddled near a razor-tipped fence along the Belarus border, waiting for a chance to scale ...