Turkish elections to be held on May 14, says Erdogan
President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would hold elections on May 14, a month earlier than scheduled, setting up a tight test of his leadership after two decades in power.
The president’...
Poland seeks coalition to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine
Poland said on Monday it would ask Germany for permission to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine – and would send them whether or not Berlin agreed as long as other countries ...
Pakistan scrambles to restore power after second major grid breakdown
Pakistan’s government said it was scrambling to restore power to millions of people on Monday after a breakdown in the grid triggered the worst electricity outage in months and ...
Wagner boss: My job is to spill the blood of Russia’s enemies
Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin responded to comparisons between himself and the monk Rasputin who treated the son of the last tsar for haemophilia, saying on Sunday his job was ...
California shooting suspect kills himself after Lunar New Year massacre
A 72-year-old gunman killed himself when approached by police on Sunday, about 12 hours after he had carried out a Lunar New Year massacre at a dance club that left 10 people ...
Finnish and French cities chart Europe’s path to clean energy
As Europe strives to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, Turku and Dijon are among a group of cities seeking to reach this goal two decades earlier.
By Gareth Willmer
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American lawmakers urge US to ship Abrams tanks to Ukraine
By Raphael Satter
American lawmakers on Sunday pushed the U.S. government to export M1 Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine, saying that even sending a symbolic number to Kyiv ...
Britain’s former PM Boris Johnson visits Kyiv, pledges help
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Kyiv on a surprise trip on Sunday, meeting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and pledging that Britain would “stick by Ukraine as long as it ...
Stranded Armenians desperate to get home
Humanitarian disaster looms in Nagorno-Karabach due to blockade
By Costas Constantinou
In the backyard of the Mirhav inn, cats take turns climbing up to the windows to stare at the ...
Anti-monarchists plan protests at coronation of Britain’s King Charles
British anti-monarchists said on Sunday that they planned to protest during the coronation of King Charles in May, saying the ceremony was “a slap in the face” for most people ...
Russia claims more progress in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region
Russia’s defence ministry said for the second straight day on Sunday that its forces were improving their positions in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region.
“During offensive operations in the ...
UK says it still wants Ukraine to get German-made tanks
Britain still wants an international deal to provide Ukraine with the German-made tanks that Kyiv says it needs in its fight against Russia but whose transfer needs Germany’s consent, ...
Ten dead in shooting near Los Angeles during Lunar New Year festivities (update 3)
By Jonathan Allen
A man fatally shot 10 people at a ballroom dance venue where people were celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year late on Saturday in a city on the ...
New Zealand chooses ‘Chippy’ Hipkins to replace charismatic Ardern
By Lucy Craymer
New Zealand’s ruling Labour Party chose former COVID minister Chris Hipkins on Sunday to replace the charismatic Jacinda Ardern as its new leader, and become the ...
Putin ally says West’s deliveries of new weapons to Kyiv will lead to global catastrophe
A close ally of President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that deliveries of offensive weapons to Kyiv that threaten Russia’s territories will lead to a global catastrophe and make ...
Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania urge Germany to send tanks to Ukraine
The Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania made a joint call to Germany on Saturday to step up its leadership and send its main battle tanks to Ukraine, putting ...
Chinese pray for health in Lunar New Year as Covid death toll rises
By Alessandro Diviggiano
China rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with its people praying for health after three years of stress and financial hardship under the pandemic, as ...
Our View: Cyprus must choose between Russia and the West
Stern words were uttered by the Russian Federation’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about Cyprus and Greece, in response to a question by the Cyprus News Agency’s Moscow correspondent. ...
Russia’s Wagner to send Kyiv bodies of soldiers killed in Soledar
The private Russian military group Wagner plans to send the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers killed in fighting in the captured town of Soledar to territory held by Ukraine, a website ...
Drone halts play at Southampton v Villa match
Southampton’s home Premier League game against Aston Villa was suspended shortly before halftime on Saturday after a drone was spotted flying over St Mary’s Stadium.
Referee Michael Salisbury ...
Protests in Stockholm draw strong condemnation from Turkey
Protests in Stockholm on Saturday against Turkey and Sweden’s bid to join NATO, including the burning of a copy of the Koran, sharply heightened tensions with Turkey at a ...
Ukraine honours helicopter crash victims
A tearful Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attended a memorial service on Saturday to commemorate seven senior Interior Ministry officials killed in a helicopter crash this week, a fresh blow to ...
Abortion opponents call for stricter bans at first post-Roe Washington march
Thousands of abortion opponents rallied in Washington on Friday for the 50th annual “March for Life,” marking a new chapter for a movement that has organized for decades around overturning ...
Scientists unearth megaraptors, feathered dinosaur fossils in Chile’s Patagonia
Scientists in Chile’s Patagonia region are unearthing the southernmost dinosaur fossils recorded outside Antarctica, including remains of megaraptors that would have dominated the area’s food chain before their ...