World

A Palestinian hunger striker died in Israeli custody on Tuesday, sparking an exchange of fire between Israel and armed groups in Gaza, before three Palestinian officials said the sides had ...

Ukraine’s military vowed on Tuesday not to give up the pulverised eastern city of Bakhmut as it prepares to launch a long-promised counteroffensive against Russian forces. General Oleksandr Syrskyi, ...

Sudan’s warring military factions agreed to a new and longer seven-day ceasefire from Thursday, neighbour and mediator South Sudan said, even as more air strikes and shooting in the ...

The European Commission said on Tuesday it set restrictions until June 5 on imports of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seed to ease the excess supply of these grains in ...

Thousands of film and television writers headed to picket lines on Tuesday for their first work stoppage in 15 years, sending Hollywood into turmoil and disrupting TV production as the industry ...

Can inherently volatile cryptocurrencies become safe-havens? Apparently they can in some parts of the world, such as Argentina and Turkey, where soaring prices and tumbling local currencies have forced people ...

A Texas man accused of killing five neighbours after being asked to stop shooting his assault-style rifle because of the noise had been deported from the U.S. four times ...

Pamela Tawse was 18 and still in her nurse’s uniform and cap when she made her way to central London after her night shift, eager to catch a glimpse of ...

Australia said on Tuesday it will ban recreational vaping and tighten other aspects of e-cigarette laws in the biggest crackdown on the tobacco industry in more than a decade to ...

The White House has estimated that Russia’s military has suffered 100,000 casualties in the last five months in fighting in the Bakhmut region and other areas of Ukraine. White House ...

Over 2,000 foreign nationals have been evacuated to Cyprus from Sudan, foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Tuesday. According to Gotsis a total of 2,350 people have been evacuated, taking into ...

China is seeing a record-high May Day holiday travel rush amid excitement over a sharp rebound in tourism, with pent-up demand released following the end of pandemic curbs late last ...

Khader Adnan, a member of Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad who was accused by Israel of terror charges,died in an Israeli prison on Tuesday after an 87-day hunger strike, ...

The United Nations warned on Monday that the conflict in Sudan could force 800,000 people to flee the country as battles between rival military factions persisted in the capital despite a ...

Ukrainian units have ousted Russian forces from some positions in Bakhmut amid fierce battles, a top Ukrainian general said on Monday, as the White House believes that more than 20,000 Russian ...

Inflation in the euro area is too high for comfort, meaning markets expect the European Central Bank to deliver its seventh straight interest rate hike on Thursday. With some stability ...

A climate activist glued his hand to a TV presenter’s podium during a public election debate in centre of the Swiss city of Geneva on Sunday, sparking jeers and ...

Italy’s right-wing government on Monday approved measures to boost job creation and workers’ pay, amid hostile reactions from unions and opposition parties over accompanying welfare cuts and looser rules ...

E. Jean Carroll returned to the witness stand in her rape and defamation civil case against Donald Trump, after the judge denied a defense request for a mistrial. Trump’s ...

The U.S. Treasury Department is encouraged that First Republic Bank FRC.N was resolved with the least cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund, and believes the U.S. banking ...

JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.N said on Monday it will buy most of First Republic Bank’s FRC.N assets after regulators seized the troubled lender at the weekend, ...

Negotiators for Hollywood writers and film and television studios engaged in 11th-hour contract talks on Monday to try and avert a strike that would disrupt TV production across an industry ...

As foreign states wind down their evacuations from Sudan, the United Nations warned of a humanitarian breaking point with no let up in fighting between rival military factions despite a ...

Workers marched across France in anger at President Emmanuel Macron’s increase in the retirement age on Monday, with police firing tear gas in Paris and the western city of ...