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U.S. President Donald Trump has criticised Pope Leo as “terrible” in a rare direct attack on the pontiff, who responded that he had “no fear” of the White House ...

A Russian drone attack killed one person in Ukraine’s frontline eastern Donetsk region on Sunday, Ukrainian police said on Monday, before the expiry of a ceasefire to mark Orthodox ...

Pope Leo set off on Monday for an ambitious 10-day tour of four countries in Africa, in a bid tourge global leaders ​to address the needs on the continent where ...

British house prices slid unexpectedly last month ​as economic uncertainty stemming from the ‌Iran war hurt buyer demand, mortgage lender Halifax has reported. House prices fell by 0.5 per cent month-on-month ​...

The U.S. military said it will begin a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports and coastal areas on Monday, after weekend talks failed to reach ...

Hungary’s veteran nationalist leader Viktor Orban lost power to the upstart centre-right Tisza party in Sunday’s national election after 16 years in office, marking a setback for his allies ...

Benin’s finance minister Romuald Wadagni was expected to coast to victory in a presidential election on Sunday, buoyed by strong economic growth and the absence of a credible challenger ...

Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Sunday of breaching the 32-hour ceasefire in their four-year war, reporting more than a thousand drone and shelling attacks just hours after the ...

Wrapped in bloodied bandages, Aline Saeed, seven, barely survived the Israeli strike on her home in south Lebanon last week. She was there to bury her father as hopes of ...

Israel’s far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on Sunday, saying he was seeking greater access for Jewish worshippers and drawing condemnation from ...

As soon as Johannes Hahn left his post as the European Commission’s envoy for the Cyprus problem, Cypriot government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis was at pains to stress that processes ...

The status of the United Kingdom’s two sovereign bases in Cyprus is “not up for negotiation”, British undersecretary of state for the armed forces Al Carns said on Sunday. “...

British Cypriot singer Isin Karaca said she was denied entry to Greece and deported from Athens airport after having attempted to go on holiday to the country. She posted a ...

Hungarians vote on Sunday in an election that could end Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s 16-year hold on power, rattle Russia and send shockwaves through right-wing circles across the West, ...

The US and Iran failed to reach an agreement to end their war despite marathon talks that concluded on Sunday in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, jeopardising a fragile ceasefire. Each ...

Mykola Maliienko, who farms the rich, black soil of central Ukraine and exports crops to Europe, is sowing 100 fewer hectares of corn this spring. The 70-year-old needs to save money ...

Two Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza on Saturday, killing at least seven people and injuring several others, officials from Gaza’s health ministry said. An airstrike hit a police checkpoint in ...

Ukraine and Russia exchanged 175 prisoners of war each on Saturday in their latest swap, officials from both countries said, as they prepare to start a ceasefire to mark Orthodox Easter. ...

Ukraine can play a useful role in international efforts to secure the Strait of Hormuz, Britain’s armed services minister said, praising its drone technology as among the best in ...

A senior Iranian source said on Saturday the U.S. had agreed to release Iranian frozen assets held in Qatar and other foreign banks, but a U.S. official swiftly ...

Britain’s government said on Saturday it had put on hold its deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands – home to the U.S.-British Diego Garcia air base – ...

The Artemis II capsule and its four-member crew streaked through Earth’s atmosphere and safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday after nearly 10 days in space, capping the ...

Senior U.S. and Iranian officials met on Saturday in Islamabad for the highest-level talks between Washington and Tehran in half a century as they sought to bring an end ...

Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is still recovering from severe facial and leg injuries suffered in the airstrike that killed his father at the beginning of the war, ...