EU chief vows 'massive' Greenland investments
20 January 2026, 18:43 PM
World
Russia hits energy system in 5 regions of Ukraine
20 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Avoid Iranian airspace
18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
US approves $1.5bn deal for Peru naval base
17 January 2026, 00:00 AM
UK govt retreats on mandatory digital ID to work
15 January 2026, 04:34 AM
kill two near Russian border
15 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Trump says US will deal with Greenland 'easy way' or 'hard way'
10 January 2026, 09:17 AM
Foreign troops in Ukraine to be targets: Russia
9 January 2026, 06:00 AM
Tanker seizure: Russia accuses US of raising ‘military-political tension’
9 January 2026, 04:00 AM
Europe backs Greenland in face of US threat
6 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Europe
French town offers birth bonuses to save local clinic
A small French town is to offer expectant mothers 1,000 euros from next year to give birth at the local maternity ward in a bid to save it from closing.
6 December 2025, 18:43 PM
AI chatbots can influence voters: studies
A brief conversation with a partisan AI chatbot can influence voters’ political views, studies published Thursday found, with evidence-backed arguments -- true or not -- proving particularly persuasive.
5 December 2025, 18:00 PM
No conspiracy in collapse of China spy case: UK inquiry
A high-profile case against two British men accused of spying for China collapsed because of “systemic failures” and not a government conspiracy, a UK parliamentary inquiry concluded yesterday.
3 December 2025, 18:31 PM
Sick young ants invite destruction to save colony
Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.
3 December 2025, 18:26 PM
French pastry chefs auction chocolate sculptures
Chocolate artworks by some of France’s most famous pastry chefs sold at auction Monday for more than 100,000 euros in a charity event that had bidders smacking their lips.
2 December 2025, 18:28 PM
Fraud probe: 3 arrests as EU diplomatic arm raided
Police arrested three people yesterday following raids on EU offices and a prestigious graduate school in a probe into suspected fraud linked to the training of future diplomats, prosecutors said.
2 December 2025, 18:00 PM
'If Europe wants a war, we are ready'
Putin warns European superpowers that their defeat will be swift if they start a war
2 December 2025, 17:27 PM
Russia bans HRW
Russian authorities have outlawed Human Rights Watch as an “undesirable organisation”, a label that, under a 2015 law, makes involvement with it a criminal offence.
29 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Russian threat France’s Macron unveils voluntary military service
France will introduce a voluntary military service of 10 months beginning next summer, President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday, in the face of what he called a growing threat posed by Russia.
27 November 2025, 19:38 PM
Two break out of French jail in 'old-fashioned' bed sheets escape
The pair 'seem to have sawn through bars' and 'fled using bed sheets'
27 November 2025, 16:03 PM
France must not be ‘weak’ against Russia ‘threat’
French President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday that France must not be “weak” faced with the threat from Russia, while emphasising it had no intention of “sending our young people” to fight in the Ukraine war.
25 November 2025, 18:41 PM
What did nations agree to at COP30?
The COP30 climate summit has drawn to a close after two weeks in the Amazonian city of Belem where protests, street marches and even a fire caused unexpected moments of drama.
23 November 2025, 18:00 PM
BBC apologises to Trump over speech edit
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) sent a personal apology to US President Donald Trump on Thursday but said there was no legal basis for him to sue the public broadcaster over a documentary his lawyers called defamatory.
14 November 2025, 19:41 PM
Booker prize: Szalay’s ‘Flesh’ wins 2025 fiction award
David Szalay won the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel 'Flesh' on Monday, becoming the first Hungarian-British author to win one of top awards in the English-speaking world.
11 November 2025, 18:43 PM
Belgium opens first trial linked to Yazidi genocide
A Belgian jihadist accused of acts of genocide against the Yazidi religious minority in Iraq and Syria -- and presumed killed in conflict -- went on trial in absentia yesterday in Brussels.
6 November 2025, 18:47 PM
13 suspects die in shootout with police in Mexico
Thirteen suspected drug cartel members died Monday in a shootout with authorities in the troubled Mexican state of Sinaloa, officials said.
4 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Woman charged over Louvre heist
A woman arrested this week, along with four other suspects over the unprecedented jewel heist at the Louvre, was charged and remanded in custody yesterday.
1 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Finland's crackdown on undocumented migrants sparks fear
As of last year, undocumented migrants are unable to apply for work in Finland
1 November 2025, 02:14 AM
King Charles strips brother Andrew of titles, his mansion
Britain’s King Charles has stripped his younger brother Andrew of his title of prince and forced him out of his Windsor home, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, seeking to distance the royals from him over his links to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
31 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Ireland's Connolly set to be president after rival concedes election
Independent candidate set for landslide win as critics say presidential race offered little real choice amid record spoiled ballots and low turnout
25 October 2025, 14:49 PM