Nashville school shooter had ’emotional disorder’ and small arsenal, police say
The former student of a Christian grade school in Nashville who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults in a shooting spree there was under a doctor’s care for an “...
Russia says it has rerouted all oil exports hit by Western embargo
Russia has successfully redirected all its crude oil exports affected by Western sanctions over Ukraine to “friendly” countries, Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov said on Tuesday, while still a decline in ...
Italy wages war on lab-grown food in drive to protect tradition
Italy’s government on Tuesday approved a bill banning the use of laboratory-produced food and animal feed as it aims to safeguard the country’s agri-food heritage, its agriculture minister ...
Biden sidesteps public dispute with Netanyahu, despite US concerns
Despite tensions between them, President Joe Biden has so far avoided an acrimonious public confrontation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while trying to make clear he opposes a judicial ...
Lineker wins appeal over £4.9 million tax bill
Sports presenter Gary Lineker won his appeal against Britain’s tax authority (HMRC) on Tuesday over a bill that totalled 4.9 million pounds.
Lineker, who presents BBC’s ‘Match of the ...
Britain raises domestic threat level for Northern Ireland to ‘severe’
Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency has increased the threat level in Northern Ireland from domestic terrorism to “severe” – meaning an attack is highly likely.
The move to return the level ...
Russian father whose daughter drew anti-war picture given two years’ jail but flees
A Russian who was investigated by police after his daughter drew an anti-war picture at school was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in a penal colony on charges of ...
Biden calls for assault weapons ban after Nashville shooting
U.S. President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban after six people, including three children, were killed in a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee on ...
Greece to hold national election on May 21 – PM
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called parliamentary elections for May 21, saying he wanted a clean slate to push through further reforms after four years at the helm.
Mitsotakis’s ...
UK’s William Hill given record £19.2 million fine for gambling failures
Britain’s Gambling Commission has handed a 19.2 million pound ($23.7 million) fine to the William Hill betting group, the biggest penalty ever issued by the regulator, after it failed to protect ...
Israel’s ‘fired’ defence chief hangs on as Netanyahu hits pause
The Israeli defence chief whose dismissal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brought the country’s political crisis to a climax is remaining in office until further notice, aides said on ...
More food shortages could add to Britain’s price pressure
Britons already reeling from the biggest rise in food prices since 1977 may have to get used to shortages of fresh vegetables as soaring costs and unpredictable weather hit domestic production.
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Belarus says it decided to host Russian nuclear weapons after NATO pressure
Belarus said on Tuesday it had decided to host Russian tactical nuclear weapons after years of pressure from the United States and its allies aimed at changing its political and ...
New protests against Macron and his pension bill amid warnings of violence
France faces a new nationwide day of strikes and protests on Tuesday after some of the country’s worst street violence in years marred rallies over the past week.
Protests ...
Zelenskiy accuses Russia of holding Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant ‘hostage’
Ukraine’s president said Russian troops were holding the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant “hostage” and its safety could not be guaranteed until they left it, while his forces shut the frontline ...
Ex-student shoots dead 3 children, 3 adults at Tennessee Christian school (Update 3)
A heavily armed 28-year-old fatally shot three children and three adult staffers on Monday at a private Christian school the suspect once attended in Tennessee’s capital city before police ...
U.N. rights mission blasts EU on Libya migrant abuses
European Union backing for Libyan authorities who stop and detain migrants means the bloc has “aided and abetted” rights violations against migrants, an investigator for a U.N. mission said ...
Israeli government delays disputed judiciary bill amid mass protests
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday delayed a decision on bitterly contested plans for a judicial overhaul amid fears that Israel‘s worst national crisis in years could fracture his ...
Burkina Faso suspends France 24 broadcasts in the country after al Qaeda interview
Burkina Faso’s military government on Monday suspended France 24 broadcasts in the country after the TV station reportedon an interview with the head of al Qaeda’s North African wing ...
Prince Harry, Elton John appear at UK court in privacy lawsuit
Britain’s Prince Harry and singer Elton John made a surprise appearance at London’s High Court on Monday as they and five others began a lawsuit against the publisher ...
Putin ally says Russia has weapons to destroy US if existence threatened
An ally of President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia has the weapons to destroy any enemy, including the United States, if its own existence is threatened, accusing Washington of ...
US Senator says FBI briefed him on Trump’s rhetoric over probe
U.S. Senator Mark Warner said on Sunday he was briefed by the FBI on Donald Trump’s rhetoric after the former president verbally lashed out at a New York ...
Ukraine planning response as battle shifts to ‘post-apocalyptic’ Avdiivka
Ukraine’s ground forces commander said on Monday Kyiv was planning its next move after Moscow shifted the focus of its offensive from a flagging assault on the eastern city ...
Israeli government in chaos as judicial reform plans draw mass protests
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition plunged into chaos on Monday, after mass overnight protests over the sacking of his defence chief piled pressure on the government to halt ...