Turkey halts transit of sanctioned goods to Russia
Turkey halted the transit of Western-sanctioned goods to Russia this month after a year of war in Ukraine and mounting US and European pressure on Ankara for action, a top ...
‘Climate time bomb ticking’, emissions must urgently be cut -UN chief
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the “climate time bomb is ticking” as he urged rich nations to slash emissions sooner after a new assessment from scientists said there ...
New York braces for Trump indictment after ex-president urges protests
Workers erected barricades around a Manhattan courthouse as New York City braced for a possible indictment of Donald Trump over an alleged hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels during ...
Man who attacked Sevilla keeper handed 40-year stadium ban by PSV
A man who attacked Sevilla goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic during PSV Eindhoven’s Europa League match last month has been banned from entering the club’s Philips Stadium for the next 40 ...
Dozens arrested in French protests after government survives no-confidence vote (video)
Dozens of people were arrested across France after sporadic protests broke out hours after President Emmanuel Macron’s government narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in parliament on Monday over a ...
Ukraine says missiles blown up in annexed Crimea, Russia says civilians targeted
Ukraine‘s defence ministry said on that an explosion in Dzhankoi in the north of the Crimean peninsula destroyed Russian cruise missiles intended for use by Russia’s Black Sea ...
Venezuela oil minister resigns, police arrest officials in corruption sweep
Venezuela’s oil minister Tareck El Aissami said on Monday he will resign and at least six officials were arrested following investigations by police into corruption, including at state-owned oil ...
Israeli minister says ‘no such thing’ as Palestinian people
An Israeli minister with responsibility for administrating the occupied West Bank drew condemnation on Monday after he said there was no Palestinian history or culture and no such thing as ...
JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank ordered to face lawsuits over Jeffrey Epstein ties
A U.S. judge said on Monday JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.N and Deutsche Bank AG DBKGn.DE must face lawsuits accusing them of enabling Jeffrey Epstein’s sex ...
French govt narrowly survives no-confidence vote but faces more challenges (Update)
Protesters set piles of rubbish on fire in central Paris on Monday after President Emmanuel Macron’s government narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in parliament on Monday over a deeply ...
EU-led donors to provide 7 bln euros to help rebuild Turkey after earthquake
Donors at a European Union-led conference on Monday pledged 7 billion euros ($7.5 bln) to help to rebuild Turkey after last month’s devastating earthquakes, while Ankara estimated the costs at more ...
Rupert Murdoch set to marry for fifth time at 92
Fox Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch is engaged to former San Francisco police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith, his spokesperson confirmed on Monday, which will mark the fifth marriage for the 92-year-old ...
‘Dear friends’ Xi and Putin meet in Moscow as Ukraine war rages
Vladimir Putin and his “dear friend” Chinese leader Xi Jinping planned more talks on Tuesday after a Kremlin dinner where the isolated Russian president curried favour with his most powerful ...
80 years on, Thessaloniki Holocaust survivor recalls cart of trampled bodies
Eighty-four-year-old Rina Revah was nearly four when she was sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany with her parents in 1943. She would spend the next two years of ...
Russia opens criminal case against ICC over Putin arrest warrant
Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Monday that it had opened a criminal case against the International Criminal Court prosecutor and judges who on Friday issued an arrest warrant for ...
North Korea’s Kim oversees simulated nuclear counterattack against US, South Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen drills simulating a nuclear counterattack against the U.S. and South Korea in a warning to the allies who are scaling up ...
Possibility of Trump’s arrest builds sympathy among his supporters
The possibility that Donald Trump may be charged for allegedly covering up hush money payments to a porn star during his 2016 campaign is garnering sympathy for the Republican former president, ...
Lawmaker from Northern Ireland’s DUP to vote against new Brexit deal
A member of the British parliament for Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party said he would vote against a central element of the government’s deal with Brussels on post-Brexit ...
Egypt asset sales face obstacles as state maintains grip
Egypt promised to reform under latest IMF programme
Gov’t earmarked more than 30 firms for stake sales
Analysts say military’s economic role has expanded
New security clearance requirement is ...
China condemns British lawmakers for ignoring demand not to visit Taiwan
China’s embassy in Britain on Sunday condemned a visit this week by British lawmakers to Taiwan, saying they were insisting on visiting the island despite China’s strong opposition.
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South Africa aware of legal obligations regarding Putin visit
South Africa is aware of its legal obligation, a spokesperson for President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday, referring to a proposed visit by Vladimir Putin after an international court issued ...
Black Sea drones show U.S. involvement in conflict against Russia, says Kremlin
U.S. drone flights over the Baltic Sea are a sign of direct U.S. involvement in conflict with Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Sunday.
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As economy worsens, Lebanese juggle dizzying rates for devalued pound
When Caroline Sadaka buys groceries in the Lebanese capital Beirut, she keeps her phone in hand – not to check her shopping list but to calculate the spiralling costs of goods ...
Egypt hosts Israeli-Palestinian talks in push for pre-Ramadan calm
Egypt hosts Israeli and Palestinian officials on Sunday in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh in a U.S. and Jordanian backed effort to calm a surge of violence in ...