Black Sea grain deal extended, Turkey and Ukraine say
A deal allowing the export of Ukrainian grain from Black Sea ports that was due to expire on Saturday has been renewed, Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said, while a ...
Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday, calls for protests (Updated)
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he expects to be arrested on Tuesday as prosecutors consider charges over a hush money payment to a porn star, and ...
Russia’s private Wagner army targets 30,000 new recruits by mid-May – group founder
Russia’s Wagner mercenary group plans to recruit approximately 30,000 new fighters by the middle of May, its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday.
He said in an audio message on ...
Top Egyptian, Turkish diplomats hold first Cairo talks in a decade
Egypt’s foreign minister said talks with Turkey on the possibility of restoring ties to ambassadorial level would happen at “the appropriate time”, during the first visit to Cairo by ...
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan to appear in court, fearing arrest
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was set to appear in court on Saturday as police were entering his home and after he expressed fear of arrest in a standoff ...
Athens zoo fights to save tiger cub found in garbage
By Deborah Kyvrikosaios and Stelios Misinas
Greek veterinarians are fighting to save a white tiger cub abandoned in a rubbish bin at an Athens zoo, believed to be a victim ...
NATO’s Stoltenberg hails Turkish move on Finland membership, sees Sweden joining soon
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday hailed Turkey’s decision to move ahead with ratifying Finland’s bid for membership of the military alliance and said he was confident Sweden ...
Family of Black man killed in Memphis jail wants guards to be held accountable
The family of a Black man who died while in a Memphis jail on Friday called on authorities to identify the correctional officers involved in the altercation that killed him ...
French unions call for more refinery strikes in pension dispute
French fuel supplies could be put at risk again next week following union calls to extend 10 days of strike action at refineries in protest against the government’s move to ...
Security staff at Heathrow Airport vote for 10-day strike
Security staff at London’s Heathrow Airport voted on Friday to strike for 10 days, trade union Unite said.
The walkout, involving over 1,400 staff, will start on March 31 and end on ...
ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin over war crimes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on Friday against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for war crimes committed in Ukraine.
Moscow has repeatedly ...
UK businesses mull moving cash after SVB chaos
British banks are seeing a pick-up in enquiries to switch cash between institutions after the collapse of US tech lender Silicon Valley Bank, as contagion fears prompt some depositors to ...
England to end pre-departure COVID test rule for arrivals from China
The British government said it would end the requirement for people flying from mainland China to England to provide proof of a negative pre-departure COVID-19 test from April 5.
From Friday, ...
New chief judge in Washington to oversee secret Trump proceedings
A new judge takes over leadership of the U.S. trial court in Washington on Friday, inheriting oversight of secret proceedings involving special counsel criminal investigations into former President Donald ...
Ghana mourns player Atsu killed in Turkey earthquake
Ghanaians gathered outside the country’s parliament building in Accra on Friday for the state funeral of national soccer team winger Christian Atsu, who died during the earthquake in southern ...
Kremlin says Ukraine ‘illegally attacking’ Orthodox Church
The Kremlin said on Friday that Ukraine was “illegally attacking” the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) – which until recently accepted the authority of the patriarch of Moscow – adding that this confirmed ...
Russia says it will destroy fighter jets sent to Ukraine
Russia said on Friday that all fighter jets supplied to Ukraine by Western nations would be destroyed after NATO members Poland and Slovakia pledged to send MiG-29 jets to Kyiv.
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Top Turkish diplomat to visit Egypt after a decade of tension
Turkey’s foreign minister will travel to Cairo on Saturday in a further sign of thawing relations a decade after diplomatic links were cut by the overthrow of Egypt’s ...
Russian defence minister decorates pilots for downing U.S. drone
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has presented awards to the pilots of two Su-27 fighter planes that intercepted a U.S. drone near the airspace around Russia’s military campaign ...
Greece to increase minimum wage, third rise in just over a year
The Greek government will raise the minimum wage next month, the third rise in more than a year, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, months before its term ends.
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Pressure mounts on Macron after violent unrest over pensions
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday faced the gravest challenge to his authority since the so-called Yellow Vest protests after his government’s decision to push through a contested pension ...
China’s Xi to visit Moscow after US-Russia clash over Ukraine
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia next week, officials from both countries said on Friday, weighing into the Ukraine conflict just as relations between Moscow and Washington hit a ...
After Britian, New Zealand to ban TikTok on devices linked to parliament (Updated)
New Zealand said on Friday it would ban TikTok on devices with access to the country’s parliamentary network due to cybersecurity concerns, becoming the latest nation to limit the ...
US says video shows Russian jet intercepted spy drone near Ukraine
The Pentagon released a video on Thursday that it said provided evidence a Russian fighter jet clipped the propeller of a U.S. spy drone and caused it to crash ...