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The U.S. Supreme Court launches its new nine-month term on Monday with several major cases already on its schedule – involving guns, transgender rights, online pornography and more – and with ...

Two people were found dead in a wildfire which, fanned by strong winds, raged uncontrolled near a rugged mountainous area in the central Greek region of Corinth on Monday, Greek ...

Britain will become the first G7 country to end coal-fired power production on Monday with the closure of its last plant, Uniper’s Ratcliffe-on-Soar in England’s Midlands. It will ...

Iran will not leave any of “the criminal acts” of Israel unanswered, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday, referring to the killing of Hezbollah’s chief and ...

Israel will not be able to safely get people back into their homes in the north of the country by waging an all-out war with Hezbollah or Iran, White House ...

By Guglielmo Mangiapane The mosaics of a mediaeval cathedral in Sicily, built by the island’s last Norman king, are set to regain their golden lustre thanks to careful restoration ...

By Emily Rose and Maya Gebeily Israel struck more targets in Lebanon on Sunday, pressing Hezbollah with new attacks after killing the Iran-backed group’s leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah would be avenged and his path in fighting Israel would be continued by ...

At least nine migrants died and 48 are missing after their boat capsized early on Saturday near the Spanish island of El Hierro, rescue services said, in what threatens to be ...

At least 38 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday as persistent downpours triggered more flooding and landslides, closing major roads and disrupting domestic air travel, officials said ...

The Catholic Church’s failures in responding to sexual abuse by clergy have been in focus again during Pope Francis’ visit this weekend to Belgium, with the pontiff facing calls ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Iran and defended Israel’s attacks on Iranian-backed fighters in Lebanon and Gaza in a United Nations speech on Friday as diplomats raced to ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Friday he would work with both Ukraine and Russia to end their war, as he stood next to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy before ...

British actress Maggie Smith, an award winning Shakespearian actressand double Oscar winner who later appeared in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 89, the BBC reported on Friday. One of ...

British police called on Thursday for anyone with allegations against former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed to come forwardand said it would look to prosecute others after multiple women accused ...

The Kremlin said on Thursday that changes to Russia’s nuclear weapons doctrine outlined by President Vladimir Putin should be considered a signal to Western countries that there will be ...

Israel rejected proposals on Thursday for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, defying calls from allies including the United States for a halt in fighting. Israeli warplanes bombarded Lebanon, including a strike ...

Racial disparities in some European nations cannot be tackled if legacies of colonialism and slavery are ignored, a report by a EU-wide network of anti-racism groups said on Wednesday. The “...

NATO plans to coordinate the transport of a large number of wounded troops away from front lines in case of a war with Russia, potentially via hospital trains as air ...

Israel widened its airstrikes in Lebanon on Wednesday and shot down a missile that the armed group Hezbollah said it had fired at the Mossad spy agency near Tel Aviv, ...

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that people should re-listen toa warning issued by President Vladimir Putin who said the West would be directly fighting with Russia if it allowed Ukraine ...

An Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday killed a Hezbollah commander who was a leading figure in its rocket division, two security sources in Lebanon said, ...

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves ruled out a “return to austerity” on Monday, trying to brighten the gloomy tone her party has adopted since its landslide election victory in July. Labour ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Greek government spokesman said ...