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Britain’s jobs market showed further signs of cooling last month and employers increased pay more slowly, according to a survey which will form part of the Bank of England’...

Israel on Thursday revoked the accreditation of eight Norwegian diplomats working as representatives to the Palestinian Authority, drawing a sharp response from Norway’s foreign minister who called it “an ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has decided to expel Nicaragua’s ambassador in Brasilia in retaliation following a similar move by Daniel Ortega’s government, a source told ...

The Mexican president on Thursday rejected a request from Ukraine’s government to arrest Vladimir Putin if the Russian leader defies an international arrest warrant and attends the inauguration of ...

Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge of Bangladesh’s caretaker government on Thursday, hoping to help heal the country that was convulsed by weeks of violence, forcing Prime Minister ...

Israeli forces stepped up airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 40 people, Palestinian medics said, in further battle with Hamas-led militants as Israel braced for potential wider ...

Former Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont defied an arrest warrant to appear at a rally in Spain’s Barcelona on Thursday after seven years of self-imposed exile and then vanished, ...

Turkey has blocked access to the popular video game platform Roblox (RBLX.N) over concerns about content that could lead to child abuse, the country’s justice minister said. “Our ...

Summers in New York City are difficult for Anthony Gay and his family. A small, portable air conditioner in his bedroom is the only relief they have from soaring temperatures ...

Last month was the second hottest July for the planet on record, breaking a 13-month period when each month was warmest, which had been in part fuelled by the warming ...

Russian forces were battling Ukrainian troops for a third day on Thursday after they smashed through the Russian border in the Kursk region, an audacious attack on the world’s ...

U.S. military forces have struck at targets in Houthi-controlled Yemen in the past 24 hours, destroying two drones, a Houthi ground control station, and three anti-ship cruise missiles, the U....

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit southwestern Japan on Thursday, triggering tsunami advisories, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, but there were no immediate signs of major damage. There ...

For Liverpool’s biggest mosque, it’s been a week of firsts. Most entrances have been blocked, men in high-vis jackets have been taking turns to patrol and a handful ...

Taylor Swift’s three concerts in Vienna this week were cancelled after the government confirmed a planned attack at the stadium, the organizer announced late on Wednesday, and Austria’s ...

Thousands of police and anti-racism protesters gathered on streets across Britain on Wednesday to challenge expected far-right groups that failed to materialise following more than a week of violent racist ...

The interest rate for the most popular US home loan plunged last week to its lowest level in 15 months, after the Federal Reserve signaled it could start cutting its policy ...

Dubai’s main airport is on track to handle a record number of passengers this year after an 8 per cent year-on-year increase in the first six months, operator Dubai Airports ...

British house prices rose by the most six months in July, according to figures published on Wednesday by mortgage lender Halifax that suggested fresh momentum in the property market. House ...

The head of Venezuela’s Supreme Court said Edmundo Gonzalez, who insists he beat President Nicolas Maduro in the country’s July 28 election, was in contempt of court after refusing ...

Egypt instructed all of its airlines to avoid Iranian airspace for three hours in the early morning on Thursday amid tension between Israel and Iran. The NOTAM, a safety notice ...

Israel’s ambulance service has stocked blood supplies in a fortified underground centre, factories have moved out hazardous materials and municipal authorities are checking bomb shelters and water supplies as ...

Russia said on Wednesday it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces that had penetrated its southern border near a major natural gas transmission hub, in one of the largest ...

The head of the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday an emergency committee will be convened to discuss whether the current mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo represents ...