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Three people died while trying to cross the English Channel on a ‘taxi-boat’ for migrants near the French port of Dunkirk, the local administration in charge of the Channel and ...

A drone strike on gas vessels in Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta signalled a potential new front in the U.S.-Iran war, raising the prospect of threats to ...

France, Spain and Greece battled major wildfires on Thursday as soaring temperatures, parched vegetation and powerful winds extended a summer of deadly fires, mass evacuations and mounting disruption across Europe. ...

The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Japan toppled houses and split open streets in the small city of Yatsushiro, but town official Akio Matsushita is most worried about the invisible ...

Fire brigade chief Nikos Longinos on Thursday offered his condolences to his Greek counterpart Theodoros Vagias after three Greek firefighters died while battling wildfires on the island of Crete. According ...

Russian air strikes killed at least 13 in Ukraine on Thursday, including one in Kyiv, in attacks extending as far as the western city of Lviv, forcing neighbouring Poland to scramble ...

Three Greek firefighters died battling blazes during high winds on the island of Crete and the mainland as wildfires spread across Europe on Wednesday after days of devastating fires in ...

The U.S. carried out fresh strikes in Iran on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, further intensifying a five-month-old war that was already expanding beyond its main fronts to ...

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed all possible options for curbing Iran’s nuclear programme during their meeting at the White House, including diplomacy, economic pressure ...

Two firefighters died on Wednesday after becoming trapped while battling a wildfire near Rethymno, Crete, as fires and extreme heat continued to affect parts of southern Europe. Greek authorities ordered ...

Turkey will “not abandon” the Turkish Cypriots and will “continue to defend” what it considers their rights in the Levant, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, as UN Secretary-General ...

FIFA’s proposal to sell stakes in a $20 billion commercial subsidiary has drawn strong criticism from soccer’s regional confederations, which said they were blindsided by the world governing body’...

The top U.S. commander for the Middle East has warned troops that cellphone videos shared online can help Iran target American bases, and sources told Reuters some deployed personnel ...

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged on Wednesday to overhaul England’s adult social care system, saying he wanted to work with other parties to better fund a service where ...

Russia said on Wednesday it had charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activity, alleging that his hugely popular messaging app was being used by Ukrainian spies to organise ...

Temperatures were set to soar again in France and Spain on Wednesday in a fourth heatwave of the summer, increasing the threat from wildfires that have forced large-scale evacuations of ...

Associated Newspapers sought an interim payment of £10 million from Prince Harry and other high-profile claimants on Wednesday after they lost their privacy lawsuits against the Daily Mail publisher. Earlier this ...

The United States and Saudi Arabia jointly struck Iran-backed groups in Iraq on Wednesday, and President Donald Trump vowed to “beat the fucking shit” out of Iran for firing on ...

Netflix has edged ahead of the BBC as Britons’ first choice when deciding what to watch on television, media regulator Ofcom said on Wednesday, with 26% of viewers turning first to ...

Ukrainian drones hit oil refineries and logistics facilities in the Russian cities of Perm, Ryazan and Taganrog, as well as the Crimean peninsula overnight, with the country’s top online ...

Rescuers were frantically searching on Wednesday for survivors of a 7.1-magnitude earthquake that shook southern Japan, killing at least 13 people, knocking out power to thousands of homes and rupturing roads ...

Average prices at British retailers rose by an annual 0.9 per cent this month, the ​smallest increase since December 2025, as the ‌men’s soccer world cup triggered supermarket discounts on alcohol ...

Firefighters raced on Tuesday to subdue huge wildfires that have forced unprecedented evacuations of tens of thousands of people across France and Spain, as Western Europe braced for another heatwave. ...

A Canadian woman of Chinese origin accused of spying while working as an intern at NATO’s military headquarters in Belgium will remain in pretrial custody for another month, a ...