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
Do not slash journalist visas
More than 100 international media groups and industry bodies yesterday urged Washington not to slash the time foreign journalists can stay in the United States, saying the planned change would hurt its image abroad.
11 September 2025, 19:51 PM
Protests grip France as new PM starts job
France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu was set to take office yesterday as protesters took to the streets in a show of grassroots opposition to President Emmanuel Macron, sparking clashes with police and dozens of arrests.
10 September 2025, 18:34 PM
Protesters in France bid to 'Block Everything', scores arrested
Nearly 300 protesters arrested across the country
10 September 2025, 14:45 PM
French PM arrives at Elysee to submit resignation to Macron
The French president's office said in a statement late Monday that Macron "took note" of the outcome and would name a new premier "in the next days", although the identity of the new premier remains subject to frenzied speculation
9 September 2025, 12:35 PM
French PM ousted in parliament confidence vote
France’s parliament yesterday ousted the government of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou after just nine months in office, leaving President Emmanuel Macron scrambling to find a successor and plunging the country into a new political crisis.
8 September 2025, 18:04 PM
Fashion legend Armani dies
Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani, king of a high-end lifestyle empire, has died at the age of 91 “surrounded by his loved ones”, his company said yesterday.
4 September 2025, 18:34 PM
Journalist killings: France issues arrest warrant for Syria’s Assad
French judicial authorities have issued arrest warrants for ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and six other top former officials over the bombardment of a rebel-held city in 2012 that killed two journalists, lawyers said yesterday.
2 September 2025, 19:32 PM
Finland jails Biafra separatist leader for terrorism offences
A Finnish court yesterday sentenced a Nigerian separatist leader to six years in prison for terrorism offences for promoting the Biafra region’s independence by “illegal means”.
1 September 2025, 18:00 PM
France condemns outside interference in Greenland
France considers recent outside interference in Greenland “disrespectful and unacceptable”, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said yesterday, on a visit to the autonomous Danish territory.
31 August 2025, 19:27 PM
‘Strangest’ dinosaur covered in spiked armoury: scientists
A dinosaur dubbed one of the “strangest” ever boasted an elaborate armoury of long bony spikes and a tail weapon, according to findings published in the science journal Nature.
29 August 2025, 18:57 PM
UK vows to speed up asylum claims as hotel protests spread
The UK government vowed on Sunday to overhaul its asylum system after weekend protests broke out across the country at hotels housing migrants, with more planned.
24 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Give up Donbas, no membership to Nato: Putin
Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three sources familiar with top-level Kremlin thinking told Reuters.
21 August 2025, 19:33 PM
Spanish PM says ‘difficult hours remain’ in wildfire fight
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned Tuesday that “difficult hours remain” in the fight against wildfires that have ravaged a record area of land, despite temperatures dropping.
19 August 2025, 18:40 PM
Landmark Swedish church sets off on road trip to survive
Sweden’s landmark Kiruna Church will begin a two-day trip to a new home yesterday, inching down an Arctic road to save its wooden walls from ground subsidence and the expansion of the world’s largest underground iron ore mine.
19 August 2025, 18:28 PM
20 killed, 134 hurt in blast at Russia ‘gunpowder plant’
The death toll from an unexplained blast last week at a factory in Russia’s Ryazan region has jumped to at least 20, with another 134 people injured, emergency services said yesterday.
18 August 2025, 19:24 PM
Spain, Portugal battle wildfires as death toll mounts
Thousands of firefighters backed by the military and water-bombing aircraft yesterday battled dozens of wildfires across Spain and Portugal, as the death toll increased to six since the outbreaks began.
18 August 2025, 19:23 PM
Blast at Russian gunpowder factory kills 11
At least 11 people were killed and dozens more injured in a factory blast in a Russian region outside Moscow, Russian authorities said yesterday.
16 August 2025, 18:28 PM
Spain issues heat alert amid escalating wildfire threat
All of Spain was on a heatwave alert yesterday, while the weather agency warned that much of the country was at “very high to extreme risk” from wildfires.
15 August 2025, 19:17 PM
England faces ‘significant’ water shortfall
England’s water shortfall was classed as “nationally significant” as it experienced its driest first six months of the year since 1976, the Environment Agency said yesterday.
12 August 2025, 18:49 PM
World food prices at 2-yr high on rising meat, oils: FAO
World food commodity prices rose in July to their highest in over two years, as a jump for vegetable oils and record levels for meat outweighed falling cereal, dairy and sugar prices, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said.
8 August 2025, 18:52 PM