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President Donald Trump said on Friday that no US government official would attend the Group of 20 summit in South Africa later this month, because of what he said were “human ...

Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad handed over the body of a deceased hostage on Friday night as part of the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli military said ...

A Polish woman was on Friday convicted of harassing the family of missing British girl Madeleine McCann for more than two years, but was cleared of a more serious charge ...

Stinking mounds of fly-covered garbage lie strewn throughout Gaza amid the rubble from Israel’s devastating military campaign, spilling out along roadsides and between the tents where most of the ...

The European Union has adopted stricter visa rules for Russian nationals in light of what it calls the “weaponisation of migration, acts of sabotage and potential misuse of visas”. Russian ...

Belgium’s Liege airport has resumed flights after a temporary halt due to a drone sighting, the country’s air traffic control service said on Fridayin the second such incident ...

South Africa’s government said on Thursday it will investigate how 17 of its citizens joined mercenary forces in the Russia-Ukraine conflict after the men sent distress calls for help to ...

Britain’s justice minister said on Thursday that a spike in prisoners being wrongly released from jail was unacceptable, as he and the government faced mounting pressure to address a ...

France on Thursday increased pressure on the European Union to launch a formal investigation into Chinese online fast-fashion retailer Shein over the sale of child-like sex dolls and banned weapons ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she filed a complaint against a man who groped her and tried to kiss her as she walked between meetings in the capital city, a ...

Japan deployed troops to the country’s rugged north on Wednesday to help trap bears after local authorities said besieged communities were struggling to cope with an unprecedented wave of ...

EU climate ministers agreed a 2040 climate change target in the early hours of Wednesday after watering down the goal in last-minute negotiations, as they raced to clinch the deal before ...

European leaders are increasingly alarmed by a surge in drone sightings and airspace violations across the continent, incidents many view as part of a growing campaign of “hybrid warfare.” European ...

Brussels Airport is closed after the reported sighting of a drone, said the Belgian air traffic control service and a spokeswoman for the airport. “There are no flights currently landing ...

Online retail platforms Shein, Temu, AliExpress and Wish are being investigated in France for alleged rule breaches that include minors being able to access pornographic content via their marketplaces, the ...

Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will choose their next governors on Tuesday in a pair of races that will serve as an early gauge of the American electorate’s ...

The European Union may need to come up with a bridging solution to keep Ukraine financed in early 2026 if a deal on an EU loan, based on immobilised Russian assets, ...

Jesus may have heard words of wisdom from his mother Mary, but she did not help him save the world from damnation, the Vatican said on Tuesday. In a new ...

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves paved the way for broad tax rises to avoid a return to “austerity” on Tuesday, framing her second annual budget as one of “hard choices” to ...

Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s populist Reform UK, watered down some of his pledges on Monday, saying his party could not immediately implement substantial tax cuts if it won ...

The nuclear weapons testing ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump will not involve nuclear explosions at this time, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday. “I think the tests ...

A British man accused of carrying out a mass stabbing on board a train on Saturday was charged on Monday with 11 counts of attempted murder, including over a separate incident ...

By Geert De Clercq The audacious daytime robbery of historical jewels worth $102 million from the Paris Louvre museum last month was executed by petty criminals, rather than professionals from the ...

A 32-year-old British man was the sole suspect accused of a mass stabbing on a train in England, after another man arrested in the case was released on Sunday with ...