Russia says two crew members from US-seized tanker released
29 January 2026, 05:11 AM
Europe
Spain to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants: Minister
27 January 2026, 15:24 PM
Europe
US withdraws from WHO
24 January 2026, 02:38 AM
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
Bosnia’s new top envoy to use ‘tools’ to help divided nation
Bosnia’s new top international envoy Christian Schmidt said Wednesday he would use the tools at his disposal to make the ethnically-divided country more functional, even as Bosnian Serb leaders rejected his legitimacy.
5 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Belarusian sprinter decided to defect on way to airport over safety fears
Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya decided to defect as she was being driven to a Tokyo airport because her grandmother told her that it was not safe to return home to Belarus.
5 August 2021, 17:57 PM
Covid Booster Shots: WHO calls for moratorium
The WHO yesterday called for a moratorium on Covid-19 vaccine booster shots until at least the end of September to address the drastic inequity in dose distribution between rich and poor nations.
4 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Fully vaccinated one-third as likely to get Covid: study
Fully vaccinated people in England were one-third as likely to test positive for Covid-19, according to an ongoing survey of the population released yesterday.
4 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Munich-Prague train collides with Czech commuter service, three dead
Three people died and eight were seriously injured on Wednesday when a Munich-to-Prague express train ran through a stop signal and collided with a local commuter train in the Czech Republic, Czech authorities said.
4 August 2021, 11:03 AM
4.7m fewer girls to be born over next 10 yrs
An estimated 4.7 million fewer girls are expected to be born globally in the next 10 years because of sex-selective practices in countries with a cultural preference for male offspring, a trend that could undermine social cohesion in the long term, research showed yesterday.
3 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Missing Belarus activist found hanged in Ukraine
A missing Belarusian activist has been found hanged in a park in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, police said on Tuesday, adding they had opened a murder probe. Shishov headed the Belarusian House in Ukraine, an NGO helping his compatriots flee repression in Belarus.
3 August 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1914 - WWI: Britain declares war on Germany.
3 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Quotes of the day
We will seek to lift the tyrannical sanctions imposed by America. But we will not tie the ... economy to the will of foreigners.”
Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s incoming president
3 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Exiled Belarus activist found hanged in Ukraine, police open murder case
A Belarusian activist living in exile in Ukraine was found hanged in a park near his home in Kyiv early on Tuesday, and Ukrainian police said they had launched a murder case.
3 August 2021, 07:57 AM
Poland steps up security at vaccination centres after attacks
Poland yesterday said it was stepping up security at vaccination points following two arson incidents overnight in a single town and an attempt by anti-vaccine activists to break into another.
2 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Bosnia’s new top international envoy takes office
German politician Christian Schmidt yesterday took over as the top international envoy in Bosnia despite opposition from Russia and Bosnian Serbs who consider him “illegal” and say they won’t work with him.
2 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Pegasus spyware found on 3 journalists’ phones
French intelligence investigators have confirmed that Pegasus spyware has been found on the phones of three journalists, including a senior member of staff at the country’s international television station France 24.
2 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Two more Tunisia MPs critical of president arrested
Tunisian security forces have arrested two MPs from an Islamist party opposed to a power grab by President Kais Saied, their party said Sunday.
2 August 2021, 18:00 PM
This day in history
1914 - Germany declared war on France at the start of World War One.
2 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Panda loaned to France gives birth to twins: Beauval zoo
Huan Huan, a giant panda on loan to France, gave birth to twin cubs very early yesterday, according to the Beauval zoo.
2 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Canada officially marks first nationwide Emancipation Day
After years of campaigning by Black legislators and community advocates, Canada on Sunday is officially marking the abolishment of slavery nearly 200 years ago in its first nationwide Emancipation Day.
2 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Nazi camp guard, 100, to stand trial in Germany
A 100-year-old former concentration camp guard will stand trial in Germany in October accused of complicity in 3,518 murders, public prosecutors announced yesterday.
2 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Nazi guard, 100, to go on trial in Germany
A 100-year-old former guard at the Sachsenhausen Nazi concentration camp near Berlin will face trial in the autumn, 76 years after the end of the
1 August 2021, 18:00 PM
New Zealand PM apologises
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern issued a sombre state apology yesterday to the Pacific community for racially targeted immigration raids in the 1970s that resulted in deportations and prosecutions.
1 August 2021, 18:00 PM