Turkish parliament commission set to study Swedish Nato bid
The speaker of Turkey’s parliament Numan Kurtulmus will send a bill approving Sweden’s Nato membership bid to parliament’s foreign affairs commission on Wednesday, a source from the ...
US House Republicans try again to pick a leader
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowed their options as they tried to fill a leadership vacuum that has paralyzed the chamber for three weeks and ...
Gaza reports record 24-hour death toll from Israeli bombing
The Palestinian health ministry said on Tuesday that Israeli air strikes had killed more than 700 Palestinians in Hamas-run Gaza overnight, the highest 24-hour death toll in Israel’s declared two-week-old ...
Gaza displaced show signs of disease from crowding, poor sanitation
Doctors in Gaza say patients arriving at hospitals are showing signs of disease caused by overcrowding and poor sanitation after more than 1.4 million people fled their homes for temporary shelters ...
Freed Israeli hostage says Hamas treated her well after initial violence
An elderly Israeli hostage who was released by Hamas overnight said she had been beaten by militants as she was taken into Gaza on Oct. 7, but was then treated well ...
Chinese brewer alerts police after worker filmed urinating in tank
Top Chinese beer maker Tsingtao Brewery said it had alerted police and taken steps to prevent contamination after a video apparently showing a worker urinating into a container of beer ...
Kremlin says Putin is healthy, laughs off body double rumours
The Kremlin on Tuesday denied a report that President Vladimir Putin was ill, and laughed off persistent rumours that he used body doubles to cover for him in public appearances.
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Kremlin says Russia ready to endure more Western sanctions
Russia’s economy has adapted well to years of Western sanctions and so it does not fear the prospect of more such measures, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
The European ...
Macron says France stands ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with Israel
French President Emmanuel Macron vowed on Tuesday not to leave Israel isolated in its fight against Islamist militants, but warned against the risks of a regional conflict as he arrived ...
Several missing after freighters collide in German North Sea
Several people are missing after two freighters collided near the German North Sea island of Heligoland, the central command for maritime emergencies said on Tuesday.
The Polesie and Verity vessels ...
Icelandic women, including PM, strike against gender injustice
Tens of thousands of Icelandic women, including the prime minister, are expected to strike from paid and unpaid jobs on Tuesday in a protest against gender inequality, according to labour ...
Israel strikes Hamas target in Gaza refugee camp, military says
The Israeli military said it struck a Hamas target in a Gaza refugee camp that the Palestinian enclave’s health ministry said killed or wounded dozens of people late on ...
Hamas says it releases two female captives for health reasons; source says they are elderly Israelis
The armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas militant group said on Monday it had released two more female civilian captives on health grounds in response to Egyptian-Qatari mediation efforts, and ...
US Senator Menendez pleads not guilty to foreign agent charge
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty on Monday to a new indictment charging him with conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent for the Egyptian government.
Federal ...
Turkey’s Erdogan submits Sweden’s NATO bid to parliament for ratification -presidency
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday submitted a bill approving Sweden’s NATO membership bid to parliament for ratification, his office said, a move welcomed by Stockholm as it clears ...
No direct Iran order for proxies to attack US troops, Pentagon says
The United States has not seen a direct order from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to attack U.S. troops in the region, the Pentagon said on Monday ...
Iran hosts Armenia-Azerbaijan talks, says they offer chance of South Caucasus peace
Iran hosted talks between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday, saying they offered an opportunity to bring peace to the South Caucasus after Baku’s forces last ...
Almost 20,000 displaced in Lebanon as clashes on Israel border escalate
Almost 20,000 people have been internally displaced in south Lebanon and elsewhere since early October, a U.N. agency said on Monday, as violence escalates on the Lebanese-Israeli border following the ...
Missile fired from Gaza caused hospital blast, Britain’s Sunak says
The explosion at a hospital in Gaza City was most likely caused by a missile fired from within Gaza, and not by a rocket from Israel, British Prime Minister Rishi ...
Israeli soldiers skirmish with Hamas inside Gaza amid relentless air strikes (Update)
Israel pounded hundreds of targets in Gaza from the air on Monday while its soldiers fought Hamas militants during raids into the besieged Palestinian enclave where deaths are soaring and ...
EU faces new influx of migrants amid Gaza conflict – Greek minister
The European Union faces the risk of a sudden influx of migrants fleeing the Israel-Hamas war, Greece’s Migration Minister Dimitris Kairidis said on Monday, as he called for vigilance ...
Greek Super League match abandoned after player hit by firework
A Greek Super League match between rivals Panathinaikos and Olympiakos had to be abandoned on Sunday after a player was hit by a firework.
Panathinaikos left back Juan ‘Juankar’ Carlos ...
Kremlin says US can’t build ‘new world order’ that Biden spoke of
The Kremlin said on Monday that it agreed with U.S. President Joe Biden on the need to build a “new world order”, but that it disagreed that the United ...
Philippines says Chinese coastguard ‘intentionally’ collided with its boats
The Philippines on Monday accused Chinese coastguard vessels of “intentionally” colliding with its vessels on a resupply mission in a disputed part of the South China Sea, as ties deteriorated ...