Trump says US will give Patriot missile license to Ukraine
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States will give a license to Ukraine for Patriot missiles as he said both Russia and Ukraine want to see the ...
IOC lifts Russia suspension, athletes to return to international competitions
The International Olympic Committee provisionally lifted its suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee on Tuesday, marking a significant step towards Russia’s reintegration into the Olympic fold ahead of the ...
Farage’s election gamble could see him face one challenger – Count Binface
A gamble by Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s populist Reform UK, to trigger an election for his own parliamentary seat could mean the only opponent he will face during ...
Trump says ‘a lot of unity’ at NATO summit after lashing allies
President Donald Trump threw a summit of NATO leaders into disarray on Wednesday as he demanded the United States cut trade ties with Spain and made renewed claims on Greenland, ...
France approves controversial police bill critics call a ‘licence to kill’
French lawmakers have approved a proposed law that would give police officers involved in shootings the benefit of the doubt, which critics have dubbed a “licence to kill”.
The proposition, ...
Ukrainian drones hit industrial, energy targets across Russia in night of major strikes
Ukraine’s overnight drone attacks on Russia killed one person and damaged numerous industrial sites and two empty oil tankers, local authorities said on Wednesday, as Ukraine’s campaign against ...
Thousands march as Khamenei’s funeral procession crosses into Iraq
Mourners marched through Iraq’s holy city of Najaf on Wednesday, following the coffin of slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as his six-day funeral procession, which drew huge crowds ...
Pakistan cargo plane missing after losing contact near Karachi
A Pakistan-registered Boeing BA.N 737 cargo plane with five crew members on board lost contact with air traffic control on Tuesday night after reporting a navigational system problem on its ...
Trump says interim accord with ‘scum’ Iran to end war is over
President Donald Trump said an interim agreement to end the war with Iran was “over” and that the United States was likely to launch new strikes on Wednesday night following ...
Bank of England announces plan to relax bank capital requirements
The Bank of England on Tuesday set out plans to relax rules on how much capital banks have to hold against shocks, aiming to align requirements for British banks more ...
Trump says US will lift sanctions on Turkey, heaps praise on Erdogan
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday he would lift U.S. sanctions imposed on Turkey over its purchase of Russian defense missiles, and signaled a willingness to sell the NATO ...
Angriest-ever’ Farage triggers local election to fight UK ‘establishment’ smears
Nigel Farage, leader of the populist Reform UK party, said on Tuesday he was standing down as a lawmaker to fight a new local election against “the establishment”, which he ...
Le Pen says she will appeal conviction, run for president in 2027
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen announced on Tuesday that she will run for president in 2027 and fight her conviction after an appeals court shortened her ban on holding public ...
Bomb attack rocks Damascus during Macron visit
Two bombs exploded on Tuesday near a hotel in Damascus where French President Emmanuel Macron spent the night, wounding 18 people and overshadowing the first visit to Syria by a European ...
Woman suspected in Monaco bombing found shot dead near Kyiv
The body of a Ukrainian woman suspected of carrying out a bomb attack that targeted a wealthy Ukrainian-born businessman in Monaco last week was found near Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, ...
Tankers hit in Hormuz as millions mourn Iran’s Khamenei
Two tankers were hit in the Strait of Hormuz and Iran said there would be no more peace talks unless Donald Trump halted his repeated threats to restart the war, ...
NATO showcases big arms deals in Ankara before summit with Trump
NATO leaders began unveiling arms deals worth tens of billions of dollars in Turkey on Tuesday, driving home the message that they are heeding U.S. calls to spend more ...
Meloni won’t bite: Italy refuses to feed Trump’s troll habit
Italy will stop responding to President Donald Trump’s provocative remarks, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said in an interview on Tuesday, as NATO leaders prepared to meet in Turkey.
Prime ...
Russian banks face vulnerability as war economy strains resources
Russia risks an “explosive” banking crisis because lenders are shouldering much of the burden of the country’s war economy, a European state intelligence report seen by Reuters has warned, ...
Bank of England set to review leverage rules for government bonds
The Bank of England could give Britain’s government bond market a boost this week and lower public borrowing costs by more than £1 billion ($1.3 billion) a year, banks say — but ...
France’s Macron visits Syria, in first trip by an EU head of state since Assad toppled
French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Syria on Monday, in the first visit to Damascus by a European Union head of state since rebels led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa toppled ...
Hamas dissolves Gaza government, Israel dismisses move as ‘stunt’
Hamas said on Monday it had dissolved its de facto government in Gaza and was ready to hand over to a group of Palestinian technocrats — a move it described as ...
British new car sales hit strongest level since 2019
British new car sales in June climbed 11.4 per cent from year-ago levels to their strongest since 2019, with battery electric vehicles taking a record share of the market as consumer demand ...
UK sanctions Russians it says developed chemical weapons used to kill Navalny
Britain on Monday imposed sanctions on two Russian research institutes and senior staff it said were linked to Moscow’s chemical weapons programme and involved in developing toxins used to ...