Former UK envoy ruffles feathers at UK Cyprus conference
Lord David Hannay, a former UK envoy for the Cyprus issue ruffled some feathers at the Cyprus investment conference in London on Friday, referring to Cyprus as a place of ...
Evidence grows of explosion at collapsed Ukraine dam (updated)
Evidence was growing on Friday that there was an explosion at the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine around the time it collapsed, according to Ukrainian and U.S. intelligence reports ...
Fugitive British-Cypriot forex boss sentenced in absence for $88mln fraud
A British foreign exchange company boss who used investors’ cash to fund his luxury lifestyle was sentenced in his absence to 14 years in jail on Friday over a 70 million pound ($88 ...
Sudan factions agree day’s truce designed to ‘break cycle of violence’
Sudan’s warring sides have agreed a nationwide, 24-hour ceasefire from Saturday morning, U.S. and Saudi Arabian mediators said, following a week of intensified fighting after a previous truce ...
Italy’s former PM Berlusconi in hospital for leukaemia scheduled checks (updated)
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was re-admitted to hospital in Milan for a scheduled medical checkup on Friday, just weeks after being discharged following a long stay.
Berlusconi, 86, left ...
NATO condemns Russia’s withdrawal from conventional armed forces treaty
NATO allies on Friday condemned Russia’s decision to withdraw from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE).
“Russia’s decision to withdraw from the CFE Treaty is ...
Pope ‘progressively improving,’ off I.V. tubes, moving about
Pope Francis’ overall condition is progressively improving and his post-surgical recovery is normal, allowing him to get out of bed, be detached from intravenous tubes and resume handling some Church ...
Toddlers stable after Annecy attack, France lauds ‘backpack hero’
Well-wishers laid flowers on Friday at the site in the French mountain town of Annecy where an attacker stabbed four toddlers, as a shocked nation paid tribute to a backpack-wearing ...
IMF says Lebanon needs urgent economic reforms to stop deepening crisis
Lebanon must take urgent action on comprehensive economic reforms to avoid “irreversible consequences” for its economy, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday.
IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack told reporters that ...
Taiwan’s Acer ships computer hardware to Russia after saying it would suspend business
Taiwan-based computer manufacturer Acer (2353.TW) supplied at least $70.4 million worth of computer hardware to Russia between April 8, 2022 and March 31, 2023, according to customs data seen by Reuters, after saying it would ...
Britain sets price floor on oil and gas windfall tax
Britain’s windfall tax on oil and gas producers will not be applied if prices drop to certain levels for six months in a row, the finance ministry said on ...
Erdogan names Hafize Gaye Erkan to head Turkey central bank, policy pivot expected
President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday appointed Hafize Gaye Erkan, a finance executive in the United States, to head Turkey’s central bank, which is widely expected to reverse course and ...
Canadian smoke blankets US capital, reaches Norway
The shroud of polluted air emanating from Canadian wildfires pushed further down the Atlantic Seaboard, blanketing Washington, D.C., in an unhealthy haze and prompting many residents of the nation’...
EU ministers seal ‘historic’ migration deal
European Union ministers agreed on Thursday on how to share out the responsibility for looking after migrants and refugees, after 12 hours of negotiations got Italy and Greece to sign up ...
China to build spy base in Cuba, WSJ says; US casts doubt on report
China has reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles (160 km) from Florida, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, but ...
US lowers alert for Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano after eruption
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Thursday it was lowering a safety alert for Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, a day after warning that a new eruption had taken ...
Kremlin says ammonia pipeline blast is negative for Black Sea grain deal
The Kremlin said on Thursday that there would be a “negative impact” on the fate of a Black Sea grain deal from a blast which damaged a pipeline used to ...
Sunak, Biden sign new US-UK agreement on clean energy, AI
U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday agreed to deepen close economic ties between the United States and Britain, pledging to accelerate the clean ...
Smoky, dangerous haze parked over US east coast for second day
A smoky yellow haze generated by hundreds of Canadian wildfires hovered over a large swath of the United States on Thursday, threatening to make breathing difficult and disrupting air travel ...
Zelenskiy visits flood-stricken areas to assess scale of disaster
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the flood-stricken southern region of Kherson on Thursday to assess the scale of devastation after the destruction of a huge dam whose waters submerged ...
Pope in good condition after night in hospital, post-op tests good
Pope Francis was in good general condition on Thursday morning after his first night in hospital following abdominal surgery, had rested well and the results of the first post-operation tests ...
Japan ruling on same-sex marriage disappoints but ‘a step forward’
A Japanese court on Thursday said a ban on same-sex marriage was constitutional but it raised concerns about the dignity and human rights of same-sex couples, a ruling short of ...
Turkish lira extends losses as Ankara loosens grip on forex market
Turkey’s lira weakened 0.8 per cent to a record low on Thursday, extending losses after a heavy selloff in the previous session that was seen as a sign of the ...
Eight children injured by knife attack in French town of Annecy
Eight young children and an adult have been injured in a knife attack in Annecy, a town located in the French Alps, French police told Reuters on Thursday.
The children ...