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Russia will build up forces at its western borders following Finland’s accession to the U.S.-led NATO alliance, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told the governing board of ...

Forty-one migrants died in a shipwreck last week in the central Mediterranean, the Ansa news agency reported on Wednesday, citing accounts from survivors who have just reached the Italian island ...

Nine bodies were found in the smouldering ruins of a holiday home housing disabled people that caught fire in the early hours of Wednesday in eastern France, a chief firefighter ...

Niger mediation efforts appeared stalled on Wednesday after the leaders of a July coup rejected another diplomatic mission, and neighbouring allies who back the armed takeover appealed to the United ...

Britain said it had struck a deal with Turkey in a bid to slow the flow of illegal immigrants passing through the Mediterranean country on their way to Europe, including ...

US Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Robert Menendez, is expected to visit Cyprus to address the Cyprus diaspora conference to be held in Nicosia. Head of ...

Russia said it had shot down two Ukrainian drones near Moscow on Wednesday, one near a major airport to the south of the city and one to the west of ...

Northern Ireland’s police force accidentally shared the names and work locations of every member of staff on Tuesday in a data breach it said would be of “significant concern” ...

The Amazon rainforest’s eight countries held a summit in Brazil on Tuesday for the first time in 14 years, with plans to reach a broad agreement on issues from fighting ...

Iraq’s official media regulator on Tuesday ordered all media and social media companies operating in the Arab state not to use the term “homosexuality” and instead to say “sexual ...

An Israeli official brushed off on Tuesday the rare U.S. use of the term “terror attack” to condemn the killing of a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, as ...

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan was barred from politics for five years on Tuesday by Pakistan’s election commission after his conviction on graft charges, local media reported. Several TV ...

Thousands gathered outside Sinead O’Connor’s former seaside home on Tuesday to bid farewell to the outspoken Irish rock star, some singing along to hits blasted from a vintage ...

A 29-year old man died on Tuesday after being seriously injured in violent clashes between fans of the AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb football clubs before a scheduled match in ...

Britain on Tuesday imposed sanctions on an Iranian drone maker and a range of other foreign businesses, accusing them of supplying Russian forces with weapons and components for use against ...

Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao was sentenced on Monday to 4-3/4 years in prison for aiding and abetting manslaughter in the 2020 killing of George Floyd, a Black man whose ...

Ukraine’s domestic intelligence agency said on Monday that it had detained a woman who it accused of gathering information about President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s itinerary ahead of a trip ...

British retailers suffered from heavy rain in July on top of the impact of high inflation with sales growth dropping to an 11-month low, a survey showed on Tuesday. The ...

China repeated its call for the Philippines to tow away a grounded warship – a World War Two-era vessel now used as a military outpost – from a disputed shoal on Tuesday ...

Nearly 1,000 firefighters were battling a wildfire in southern Portugal on Tuesday that has been raging for four days, scorching thousands of hectares and forcing the evacuation of around 1,400 people. The ...

Russian missiles struck the centre of Ukraine’s Pokrovsk twice on Monday night killing eight people, including five civilians, regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said in a statement. The second missile ...

British employers reduced the number of new permanent staff they hired through recruitment agencies by the most since mid 2020 last month due to concerns about the economic outlook, adding to ...

Saudi Arabian state oil giant Aramco (2222.SE) on Monday reported a near 38 per cent drop in second-quarter net profit reflecting lower oil prices and thinner margins in refining and chemicals. ...

Ukrainian troops are creating conditions to advance forward step-by-step and have the initiative on the battlefield, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief said on Monday. Kyiv’s defensive lines are stable with troops ...