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The United States will try to remove Iran from the 45-member U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) over the government’s denial of women’s rights and ...

Portugal is likely to scrap its “golden visa” programme giving wealthy foreigners residence rights, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Wednesday, saying that the 10-year-old scheme had already fulfilled its ...

Greek rescuers on Wednesday recovered 20 bodies of migrants who drowned after their small boat capsized while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece, the coast guard said, and dozens more ...

Russia said on Wednesday that avoiding a nuclear clash between the world’s nuclear powers was its first priority, but accused the West of “encouraging provocations with weapons of mass ...

Former British health secretaty Matt Hancock defended his decision to join “I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here” on Wednesday, saying that appearing on the reality TV show ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday his ruling AK Party (AKP) could put a constitutional amendment protecting women’s right to wear headscarves to a referendum if it was ...

UK Cypriot Raphael Kokkinos was sentenced to nine years in prison at the Old Bailey for the murder of Jean Loeike Guei, it emerged on Wednesday. Kokkinos, aged 35, pleaded guilty ...

Europe needs its industrial companies to save energy amid soaring costs and shrinking supplies, and they are delivering – demand for natural gas and electricity both fell in the past quarter. ...

Russia will summon Britain’s ambassador to Moscow over what it said was the involvement of British specialists in a Ukrainian drone strike on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, ...

A group of current and former Iranian sportspeople say they have no choice but to turn on their own country, citing what they called state-sponsored violence and discrimination against ordinary ...

The Qatar Investment Authority plans to raise its stake in Swiss lender Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN.S) by investing in a share sale alongside the Saudi National Bank (1180.SE), ...

The United States and United Arab Emirates have reached an agreement to spend $100 billion on clean energy projects with a goal of adding 100 gigawatts globally by 2035, US Secretary of State ...

Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to return to power in one of the most right-wing coalitions in Israel’s history, causing jitters among Palestinians and Arab ...

Britain’s Royal Mail said on Tuesday that members of its largest labour union, the Communication Workers Union (CWU), will strike in November and December in the run up to ...

Demonstrators protesting Brazil’s election results have disrupted fuel distribution and meat production, as well as the country’s ability to send grains to port, companies and authorities said on ...

Payment-seeking software made by Russian hackers was used in three quarters of all the ransomware schemes reported to a U.S. financial crime agency in the second half of 2021, a ...

Western Balkans leaders are set to sign three agreements on mutual recognition of identity cards, university degrees and professional qualifications at a summit in Berlin on Thursday, German government officials ...

President Vladimir Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Tuesday that Russia could consider resuming a deal allowing grain exports from Ukrainian seaports only after ...

New G7 and European Union sanctions on Russian oil exports will have a muted impact on flows and global prices according to analysts polled by Reuters, as Russia is set ...

The European Union is exploring ways to increase help for Ukraine’s energy sector following “cruel and inhumane” Russian attacks that have caused widespread power cuts, EU Energy Commissioner Kadri ...

The British government is breaching the withdrawal agreement with the European Union by requiring EU citizens to reapply for the right to live and work in the United Kingdom, an ...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared well placed to return to power after exit polls following Tuesday’s election showed his right-wing bloc heading for a narrow majority lifted ...

Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro will not contest his election defeat and will address the nation later on Tuesday, Communications Minister Fabio Faria told Reuters. The presidential address may ...

Britain’s counter-terrorism police are now leading the investigation into an incident in which petrol bombs were thrown at an immigration centre in the southern English port of Dover, police ...