US plans to send Ukraine cluster munitions
The United States plans to send cluster munitions to Ukraine to help it battle Russian invaders, U.S. officials said on, a move opposed by human rights groups but which ...
‘Strategic’ relations highlighted at US Independence Day event
Cyprus-US relations have reached new heights and are no longer viewed solely through the lens of the Cyprus problem, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday.
The president was speaking at ...
Eurozone retail sales flat in May, still down year-on-year
Retail sales in the eurozone were unchanged in May, Eurostat said on Thursday, as increased spending on non-food items offset declines for food and automotive fuel.
Retail sales volumes in ...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seize commercial ship in Gulf – U.S. Navy
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards “forcibly seized” a commercial ship in international waters in the Gulf on Thursday and the vessel was possibly involved in smuggling, a U.S. Navy spokesperson ...
Amazon’s iRobot deal in EU antitrust crosshairs
Amazon’s AMZN.O $1.7 billion acquisition of robot vacuum cleaner maker iRobot IRBT.O may reduce competition and strengthen Amazon’s position as online marketplace provider, EU antitrust regulators warned ...
Britain to target Iranian decision makers with new sanctions regime
Britain said on Thursday it would create a new sanctions regime for Iran, giving the UK greater powers to target decision makers, including those involved in weapons proliferation and threats ...
US’s Yellen lands in China, hopes to thaw icy relations
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday began a four-day visit to China focused on easing tensions between the world’s two largest economies, despite low expectations on both ...
Ukraine says Bulgaria backs its Nato bid during Zelenskiy visit
Ukraine on Thursday said it had secured the backing of NATO member Bulgaria for its membership of the military alliance “as soon as conditions allow” as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy held ...
One child dead after car collision at south London school
British police said one child had died and a woman had been arrested after a car collided with a building at a school in south London on Thursday in an ...
Russia and Ukraine announce prisoner exchange
Russia and Ukraine announced a prisoner of war exchange on Thursday involving the return of 45 soldiers from each side.
Russia’s defence ministry said that 45 Russian servicemen had been returned ...
NATO chief says Swedish alliance membership within reach
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday that Sweden’s membership in the alliance was within reach after a meeting in Brussels to overcome Turkish objections.
Stoltenberg said leaders of ...
Ukraine plans to move to professional army after war ends
Ukraine plans to abandon conscription and move to a professional army after the war with Russia to bring Kyiv closer to NATO standards, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Thursday.
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Raiffeisen delays quitting Russia as Austria defends ties
Raiffeisen Bank International is delaying plans to leave Russia, three people familiar with its position said, as Austria steps up its defence of long-standing ties with Moscow.
Raiffeisen (RBI), the ...
Lukashenko says Prigozhin back in Russia, Wagner deployment unclear
The mutinous head of Russia’s Wagner group is no longer in Belarus and it is not clear if his fighters will move there, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on ...
Families of missing in Greece migrant boat disaster plead for recovery of bodies
Since Matloob Hussain from Pakistan went missing during a deadly shipwreck off Greece last month, his brother Adil has left the door of his Athens home open in the hope ...
Rocket launch at Israel from Lebanon draws Israeli cross-border shelling
Two rockets were fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel on Thursday, prompting cross-border strikes by the Israeli military, sources on both sides said.
The incident came amid heightened Israeli-Arab tensions ...
Top EU court clarifies rules for stripping refugee status over serious crimes
The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday that refugees can be stripped of the protective status in the bloc if they are convicted of a particularly serious crime ...
Russian TV shows mutiny leader Prigozhin’s ‘palace’ in move to discredit him
Russian state TV on Wednesday night launched a fierce attack on Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of an aborted armed mercenary mutiny last month, and said an investigation was still being ...
With UK health service in crisis, Tesco gives staff virtual doctors appointments
Supermarket group Tesco (TSCO.L), Britain’s largest private-sector employer, is to offer its staff virtual appointments with a private family doctor, in another indication of the pressures engulfing the ...
South Africa gas leak kills 17; official blames illegal mining
The death toll from an overnight gas cylinder leak in a South African shantytown rose to 17 on Thursday, as one local official blamed the accident on an illegal mining operation ...
Turkey’s Erdogan says Sweden’s NATO steps undermined by protests
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Sweden has taken steps in the right direction for its NATO bid with anti-terrorism legislation but continued protests there by Kurdish militant sympathisers undermined its ...
Russian missile strikes apartment block in Lviv, kills at least three
A Russian missile attack killed at least three people in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, and rescuers were searching through the debris of a apartment building for survivors and ...
Eurozone business activity contracts in June
Eurozone business activity slipped into contractionary territory last month in a broad-based downturn across the bloc’s dominant services industry and a deepening decline of factory output, a survey showed.
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Russia to decrease daily forex sales in coming month
Russia’s finance ministry said on Wednesday it would sell 1.7 billion roubles’ ($18.9 million) worth of foreign currency a day between July 7 and Aug. 4, a decrease in the volume of daily ...