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Japan has lodged protests with South Korea over military drills by the latter on disputed islands, calling the move “extremely regrettable.” Japan’s foreign ministry in a statement on Friday ...

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will hand in the resignation of his cabinet after failing to agree on measures to curb immigration, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Friday. ANP ...

A federal judge on Friday sentenced a white supremacist to 90 consecutive life terms in prison for a 2019 shooting in which he killed 23 people and wounded 22 others at a Texas Walmart ...

St. John Coombes has received the honour of being made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s first Birthday Honours list. ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will discuss the Cyprus issue with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the upcoming Nato summit despite it not being on the official agenda, ...

The head of NATO said on Friday the military alliance would unite at a summit next week on how to bring Kyiv closer to joining, while Ukraine’s president drummed ...

Deputy premier Saade Chami said on Friday that deputy governors of Lebanon’s central bank should run it if no governor is appointed by the end of the month, calling ...

Nadine, a social robot powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) with human-like gestures and expressions, could have an important future role to play in tending to the sick and elderly, according ...

Last month was the hottest June globally on record, with abnormally high temperatures recorded on both land and sea, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said. Last month ...

The presidents of Ukraine and Turkey will discuss on Friday the potential extension of the Black Sea grain deal and a possible prisoner exchange between Moscow and Kyiv, a senior ...

British house prices fell last month in annual terms at the fastest rate in 12 years and soaring interest rates are likely to herald more weakness in the housing market, mortgage ...

Ukrainian troops have advanced by more than a kilometre in the last day against Russian forces near the eastern city of Bakhmut, a military spokesperson said on Friday. His comments ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that he would have a veto over any use of the tactical nuclear weapons that Russia is stationing on his territory, and goaded the West’...

Six people have died and at least 68 have been injured following an overnight fire in a retirement home in Milan, Italian emergency services said on Friday. Luca Cari, spokesman for ...

The United States plans to send cluster munitions to Ukraine to help it battle Russian invaders, U.S. officials said on, a move opposed by human rights groups but which ...

Cyprus-US relations have reached new heights and are no longer viewed solely through the lens of the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday. The president was speaking at ...

Retail sales in the eurozone were unchanged in May, Eurostat said on Thursday, as increased spending on non-food items offset declines for food and automotive fuel. Retail sales volumes in ...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards “forcibly seized” a commercial ship in international waters in the Gulf on Thursday and the vessel was possibly involved in smuggling, a U.S. Navy spokesperson ...

Amazon’s AMZN.O $1.7 billion acquisition of robot vacuum cleaner maker iRobot IRBT.O may reduce competition and strengthen Amazon’s position as online marketplace provider, EU antitrust regulators warned ...

Britain said on Thursday it would create a new sanctions regime for Iran, giving the UK greater powers to target decision makers, including those involved in weapons proliferation and threats ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday began a four-day visit to China focused on easing tensions between the world’s two largest economies, despite low expectations on both ...

Ukraine on Thursday said it had secured the backing of NATO member Bulgaria for its membership of the military alliance “as soon as conditions allow” as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy held ...

British police said one child had died and a woman had been arrested after a car collided with a building at a school in south London on Thursday in an ...

Russia and Ukraine announced a prisoner of war exchange on Thursday involving the return of 45 soldiers from each side. Russia’s defence ministry said that 45 Russian servicemen had been returned ...