US prepares to evacuate some embassy staff, families from Niger
The United States is set to evacuate some staff and families from its embassy in Niger after military officers seized power, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, even as ...
Ukraine hopes to hold peace summit this autumn – Zelenskiy
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he hoped a Ukraine “peace summit” could be held this autumn, and that this week’s talks in Saudi Arabia were a stepping stone ...
Turkish ruling party criticises reported decision not to stream Disney+ ‘Ataturk’ series
Turkey’s ruling party has criticised a reported decision by Walt Disney Co’s DIS.N Disney+ not to broadcast a documentary about modern Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk ...
Israel energy minister backs more natural gas exports
Israel’s energy minister said on Wednesday that more of the country’s natural gas reserves should be earmarked for export, amid renewed interest in offshore exploration and an ongoing ...
Russia strikes Ukraine’s Danube port, sending global grain prices higher (Updated)
Russia attacked Ukraine’s main inland port across the Danube River from Romania on Wednesday, sending global food prices higher as it ramps up its use of force to prevent ...
Fitch cuts US credit rating to AA+; Treasury calls it ‘arbitrary’
Rating agency Fitch on Tuesday downgraded the US government’s top credit rating, a move that drew an angry response from the White House and surprised investors, coming despite the ...
Pope vows to keep ‘stirring things up’ as young Catholics gather in Lisbon (Updated)
Pope Francis promised on Wednesday to continue to “stir things up” in the Church as he arrived in Portugal to preside at a mass gathering of young Catholics aimed at ...
Bank of England caught between inflation fight and recession risk
The Bank of England, which looks set to raise interest rates again on Thursday, must weigh up the need to fight an inflation rate running at more than four times ...
Greece offers free holiday to tourists who fled Rhodes fires
Greece said on Wednesday it will offer a week-long free stay on Rhodes in 2024 to tourists whose vacation was cut short by wildfires that burned for days on the island ...
Huge billboard in Lisbon puts spotlight on clergy abuse as pope arrives
A huge billboard raising awareness of sexual abuse by clergymen was put up overnight in Lisbon, just hours before Pope Francis was due to arrive in the Portuguese capital for ...
Turkmen airline suspends Moscow flights over safety concerns
Turkmenistan’s flagship airline has suspended flights to Moscow, it said on Wednesday, citing safety concerns after Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian capital.
“Due to the situation in the ...
Christodoulides in first visit of president to Palestine in eight years (Update 2)
President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday travelled to Ramallah, Palestine, where he met with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and agreed to a trilateral summit with Greece.
According to an official ...
Trump faces federal charges for efforts to overturn 2020 election
Donald Trump was indicted on Tuesday for his wide-ranging attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the third time in four months that the former U.S. president has been criminally charged ...
UK house prices drop by most since 2009
British house prices fell by the most since 2009 in the 12 months to July, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Tuesday, as the drag from rising interest rates on the housing market ...
UK shop price inflation eases in July
Prices in British store chains rose in July at the slowest annual rate this year, industry data showed on Tuesday.
The British Retail Consortium said annual shop price inflation cooled ...
Turkish staff member at Sweden’s consulate in western Turkey shot, seriously injured
A Turkish staff member at Sweden’s honorary consulate in the western city of Izmir was shot and seriously wounded in front of the consulate building, TRT state broadcaster said ...
Leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan say peace possible despite differences
The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia are both hopeful they can secure a lasting peace agreement despite their differences over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, they said in interviews broadcast ...
Lukashenko taunts Poland again over Wagner troops near border
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday taunted Poland over the presence of Russian Wagner mercenaries near the NATO country’s border, saying Warsaw should thank him for keeping them in ...
Pound’s mini-budget dip made UK’s Brexit bill dearer
Sterling’s drop at the time of former Prime Minister Liz Truss’s failed budget plans meant the British taxpayer stumped up tens of millions of pounds extra to fund ...
Myanmar junta grants partial pardon to democracy champion Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s ruling military pardoned on Tuesday jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi on five of the 19 offences for which she was convicted but she will remain under house ...
Russia says thwarts Ukrainian attacks on navy, civilian ships in Black Sea
Russia’s defence ministry said on Tuesday it had thwarted attacks by Ukrainian sea drones on its navy and civilian ships in the Black Sea, in thefirst clash of Ukrainian ...
Tourists flock to Chinese zoo to see ‘human-like’ bear (video)
Visitors are thronging a zoo in eastern China’s Zhejiang province after a video of one of its bears went viral with some netizens suggesting she looked so human that ...
France will start evacuation of French, EU citizens from Niger on Tuesday
France will evacuate French and European citizens from Niger, starting on Tuesday, its foreign ministry said, days after a junta seized power in the west African country.
The overthrow last ...
Velez fans violently attack club’s players at gunpoint
Uruguayan defender Diego Godin’s farewell match ended with his team Velez Sarsfield losing to Huracan, sparking a violent incident on Sunday, as some of the Argentine club’s own ...