Helicopter crashes on Madrid ring road, three injured
A helicopter crashed on a Madrid motorway ring road on Friday morning, hitting a car and leaving three people injured, the city’s emergency services said.
Two people were in ...
From trauma to rainbows; Israel festival survivors heal in Cyprus
Deep within the lush mountainous forests of Cyprus, survivors of the Oct. 7 music festival bloodbath in Israel practice yoga, paint and meditate as they try to come to grips with ...
Chelsea named poshest Premier League club
Chelsea holds the title of the poshest Premier League team boasting an impressive overall score of 9.68/10.
Their home stadium, Stamford Bridge, is situated in one of the UK’s wealthiest ...
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says he has been handed new criminal charges
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on social media on Friday that he had been informed of new criminal charges against him.
Navalny, 47, is already serving sentences in a penal colony ...
COP28, the biggest show on earth, has started
COP28 is finally upon us. The biggest show on earth started on Thursday, November 30, in Dubai, attended by 165 heads of state and more than 97,000 delegates from over 200 countries.
For the ...
Israel resumes Gaza assault after rockets fired, heavy fighting reported
Israeli warplanes resumed the pounding of Gaza, Palestinian civilians fled for shelter and rocket sirens blared in southern Israel on Friday as war resumed after a week-long truce collapsed with ...
UK’s Metro Bank eyes axing up to 20 per cent headcount, seven-day banking
Metro Bank (MTRO.L) on Thursday announced sweeping cost-cutting plans aimed at bolstering its finances, which could see the embattled British lender lay off 20 per cent of its staff and ...
Jordan’s king calls on Israel to allow more aid into Gaza
Jordan’s King Abdullah on Thursday urged U.N. aid officials and international groups to pile pressure on Israel to allow more aid into the beleaguered Gaza enclave where the ...
US deports ex-coup leader to crisis-torn Haiti
The United States on Thursday deported former Haitian coup leader Guy Philippe back to his Caribbean homeland after serving some six years in a U.S. prison on charges of ...
US senators to be briefed on Ukraine, Israel aid on Tuesday -Senate aide
A classified briefing for all U.S. senators on Ukraine, Israel and elements of the national security supplemental funding package requested by President Joe Biden will be conducted on Tuesday, ...
ICC prosecutor to visit Israel at request of Oct. 7 Hamas attack victims
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan is visiting Israel at the request of Israeli survivors and the families of victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks from Gaza, the ...
Russia’s Supreme Court bans LGBT movement as ‘extremist’
Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as “extremists”, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests ...
Shane MacGowan, hard-drinking poet of The Pogues, dies at 65
Shane MacGowan, the London-Irish punk who transformed Irish traditional music with The Pogues and penned some of the 1980s most haunting ballads before sinking into alcohol and drug addiction, died ...
Ex-UK Chancellor Darling, who fought financial crisis, dies
Former British Chancellor Alistair Darling, who steered the country’s economy and banking system through the shock of the global financial crisis in 2007-08, has died aged 70 after undergoing treatment ...
COP28 opens with plea to work together on fossil fuels
The incoming COP28 president, Sultan al-Jaber, opened this year’s U.N. climate summit on Thursday by urging countries and fossil fuel companies to work together to meet global climate ...
‘Let us be a lesson’, say Kazakhs wary of return to nuclear testing
As Russia warns of the rising risk of nuclear war, and relations with the United States sink into a deep freeze, communities close to the vast Soviet-era nuclear testing site ...
Hamas hands over two hostages, others expected after truce extended
Two women have returned to Israel after being handed to the Red Cross in Gaza City, Israeli authorities said on Thursday, and further hostages are expected to be released later ...
Towards a brighter tomorrow: India’s G20 Presidency and the dawn of a new multilateralism
By Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
Today marks 365 days since India assumed the G20 Presidency. It is a moment to reflect, recommit, and rejuvenate the spirit of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, ‘...
Lavrov’s plane forced to take detour after Bulgarian authorities deny airspace access, Russia furious
Russia accused Bulgaria of malice and stupidity on Thursday for refusing to allow Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s plane to fly through its airspace.
The plane was forced to take ...
Elon Musk curses out advertisers who left X over antisemitic content
Billionaire Elon Musk told advertisers that have fled his social media platform X over antisemitic content to “Go fuck yourself” in a fiery Wednesday interview.
His profanity-laced remarks followed a ...
‘Measures against Turkish incursion in buffer zone implemented’ (update 1)
By Jonathan Shkurko and Iole Damaskinos
Government’s spokesman, Konstantinos Letymbiotis confirmed the activation of diplomatic and military measures along the UN buffer zone on Thursday, following incursions by the ...
Three killed, 8 wounded in Jerusalem shooting attack (Update 3)
Two Hamas gunmen killed three people at a Jerusalem bus stop during morning rush hour on Thursday, and Israel reiterated its commitment to wiping out the Palestinian Islamist faction, whose ...
President to attend COP28 Dubai summit
President Nikos Christodoulides departs for Dubai on Thursday, to attend the UN COP28 climate summit.
The president will address the effects of climate change in Cyprus as well as in ...
UK regulator to review supermarket loyalty scheme prices
Britain’s antitrust regulator said it would launch a review of loyalty scheme pricing by supermarkets, such as Tesco’s (TSCO.L) Clubcard and Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) Nectar, to ...