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U.S. President Donald Trump said he has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone about ending the war in Ukraine, the New York Post reported, the first known ...

British investors yanked a net 640 million pounds ($799 million) from equity funds in January, ending a long run of inflows, as UK-focused funds suffered their sixth-biggest monthly net withdrawals on record, ...

Registrations for new electric vehicles in the UK rose in January but their market share remained short of the 28 per cent mandate for the year, industry data showed. The Society ...

Lebanon formed a new government on Saturday, following unusually direct US intervention in the process and in a step intended to bring the country closer to accessing reconstruction funds following ...

The three Baltic states disconnected their electricity systems from Russia’s power grid on Saturday, the region’s operators said, part of a plan designed to integrate the countries more ...

American-funded aid efforts to tackle diseases such as malaria, as well as preventing newborn baby deaths and treating severe malnutrition, should resume, according to a memo from the United States ...

A federal judge early Saturday temporarily blocked a Trump administration panel led by billionaire Elon Musk from accessing government systems used to process trillions of dollars in payments, citing a ...

Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday, whose gaunt appearance shocked Israelis, while Israel began freeing dozens of Palestinians in the latest stage of a ceasefire ...

Maha Nassar President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the US should “take over” Gaza, displace its current population and turn the enclave into “the Riviera of the Middle East” is ...

The chance of a major earthquake hitting in the Aegean sea at present is “remote”, professor Emmanuel Scordilis of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki said on Saturday. Speaking to the ...

Saudi Arabia’s non-oil business sector expanded at its strongest pace in just over a decade in January, driven by a surge in new orders and robust business activity, a ...

Cyprus was on Friday one of 79 United Nations member states to sign a joint statement expressing their support for the International Criminal Court (ICC). The statement was issued the day ...

Hamas accused Israel on Friday of breaching their ceasefire accord and it delayed announcing the names of three more Israeli hostages due to be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners in the ...

Russia’s foreign intelligence service released an English-language video on Thursday, urging “true American patriots” who care about world peace to get in touch via secure communication in response to ...

The United States has set a “red line” that Shi’ite armed group Hezbollah should not be a member of Lebanon’s next government after itr military defeat by Israel ...

Dozens of countries expressed their “unwavering support” for the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump authorized potentially far-reaching economic and travel sanctions ...

Greek authorities are monitoring increased seismic activity on the island of Santorini, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, urging the public to remain calm and follow the advice of ...

After three decades of wage stagnation, workers in Italy have plenty to protest about, yet strikes over pay are rare and seldom last more than a day, prompting growing questions ...

Turkey’s central bank raised its year-end inflation forecast to 24 per cent on Friday from 21 per cent previously and Governor Fatih Karahan said the bank is “not on autopilot mode” ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel and Arab states in mid-February, a State Department official said, making his first trip to the Middle East after a widely ...

Authorities are searching for a Bering Air passenger plane with 10 people on board that was reported missing while en route from Unalakleet to Nome, Alaska’s Department of Public Safety ...

British lawmakers said on Thursday that the UK markets watchdog should ditch already softened proposals to publicly name some companies under investigation if it cannot properly balance consumer benefits with ...

Russia’s defence ministry said its troops repelled Ukrainian forces who on Thursday mounted a counteroffensive in Russia’s western Kursk region. The Russian report came six months to the ...

The U.S. Justice Department under President Donald Trump is disbanding an effort started after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine to enforce sanctions and target oligarchs close to the Kremlin. ...