Israeli strike kills parents and two children in Gaza, medics say
An Israeli airstrike killed a man, his wife, and their two daughters, aged 8 and 12, in a house in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, health officials said, as the Israeli ...
Iceland moves to permanently ban commercial whaling
Iceland’s government will submit a bill in February to ban whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries in the world to continue ...
Trump promises $5,000 ‘dividend’ if Republicans win midterms
By Nandita Bose, Steve Holland and Nathan Layne
President Donald Trump capped the first day of his Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention by proposing to pay every U.S. ...
With large crowds attending, Norway lays King Harald to rest
Norway’s King Harald V was laid to rest on Wednesday, in a series of ceremonies marking the culmination of 13 days of national mourning following his death at the age ...
EU proposes simpler public tender rules, ‘Buy European’ criteria to cut foreign dependence
The European Commission has proposed new rules for public tenders that would create an EU-wide platform to improve access and slash paperwork for companies, and give EU governments the option ...
Russia says it hopes US-mediated talks with Ukraine will resume soon
Russia hopes that U.S.-mediated peace talks on ending the war in Ukraine will resume soon, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
No such talks between Russia and ...
Holocaust survivor ‘appalled’ by prospect of far-right in power in German state
Eva Umlauf was two years old when she and her mother were freed from the Nazi death camp Auschwitz in January 1945. She says she is horrified to see that more ...
Iran and US hit tankers in biggest wave of attacks on shipping since war began
Iran said on Wednesday it had attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. sank five Iranian oil tankers, in the biggest declared wave of tit-for-tat attacks ...
UK, France and Canada sanction Israeli West Bank settlements, in support for two-state solution
Britain on Tuesday announced a trade ban on goods made in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in coordination with France and Canada, the latest sanctions to target Israel ...
Teen reading slumps to worst this century due to surge in screen time
Teenagers more accustomed to smartphones than Shakespeare are reading at the worst levels seen this century, driving a broader decline in education, a global student assessment found.
The Organisation for ...
Far-right win leaves Germany’s Merz shaken as AfD plots path to power
Chancellor Friedrich Merz ruled out working with the Alternative for Germany on Monday after the far-right party surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, but he conceded the ...
Jamaica ‘encouraged’ by Buckingham Palace’s engagement over slavery reparations
The Jamaican government on Monday formally asked King Charles to seek legal advice on whether Britain should pay reparations for slavery, with the country’s culture minister saying she is “...
AI could pose ‘existential’ risk to humanity
U.N. rights chief Volker Turk warned on Monday that artificial intelligence could pose a threat to humanity, and pledged to press AI firms to reduce risks that his office ...
US envoys make first Kyiv visit amid Ukraine war peace push
By Max Hunder and Anna Voitenko
US peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Sunday as the Trump administration renewed its ...
Nepali woman found alive days after family began mourning rites
By Adnan Abidi
Believing she had perished in Nepal’s deadly floods, the family of Chandika Kumari Shrestha started the ritual of mourning the elderly woman’s death.
Ten days ...
German space rocket reaches orbit in Europe’s first commercial launch
By Terje Solsvik
German startup Isar Aerospace on Sunday said it would rapidly expand satellite deployments after the first orbital launch of its Spectrum rocket from Arctic Norway, a milestone ...
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau eruption halts flights, schools, fishing
By Yuddy Cahya Budiman and Bernadette Christina
An eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau caused six airports to suspend flight operations on Sunday, affecting hundreds of flights at Jakarta’...
Farage and Bardella’s ‘small boats’ pact draws criticism in France
A plan agreed by Britain’s populist Reform UK party and France’s National Rally, aimed at sending asylum seekers who arrive in Britain in small boats back to France, ...
Greek fighter jet crashes during air show near Athens
A Greek two-seat F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed on Saturday during an air show at Tanagra air base north of Athens, killing the pilots, two officials told Reuters.
“Unfortunately the ...
What’s next for Lindsay Clancy after mistrial
The trial of a Massachusetts woman who strangled her three children but argues she is not guilty by reason of insanity ended on Friday with a deadlocked jury. But defendant ...
US pressure on Iran starts to tell, as sanctions and blockade bite
A U.S. campaign to throttle Iran’s economy by blockading its oil exports and stopping sanctions evasion is growing increasingly difficult to withstand, three senior Iranian sources said.
Washington ...
Trump says Britain ‘on the edge of disaster’
U.S. President Donald Trump said Britain was “on the edge of disaster,” voicing concerns in an interview with GB News about the country’s high energy costs, net zero ...
Mitsotakis to unveil €2 billion in tax breaks and pay rises
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to announce more than €2 billion in tax breaks, pay rises and other relief measures on Saturday as his government seeks to tackle cost-of-living ...
Feminist activist Gloria Steinem dies at age 92
Gloria Steinem, the American writer, lecturer, activist and organiser who fought for gender equality and women’s civil and reproductive rights for more than five decades, has died, her foundation ...