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Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci was found guilty of war crimes including murder, torture and illegal detention by the Kosovo war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Wednesday. Thaci, 58, was ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday she wanted to open the door to Canada becoming the EU’s first “associate member,” in a significant policy shift ...

Gaza rescuers on Wednesday combed through the wreckage of a bombed-out apartment building that collapsed overnight, killing at least 12 Palestinians, including five children, and trapping dozens of others beneath the ...

An NBC local news helicopter crashed in the Chatsworth area of Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, killing three people, NBC said during a live television broadcast. NBC Los Angeles anchors ...

Turkish authorities arrested at least 31 people pending trial on Tuesday as part of a government campaign targeting LGBTQ+ groups, while police detained at least 126 people during protests in Ankara and ...

Pop star Ed Sheeran said dropping American rapper Macklemore from his U.S. concert tour was not Sheeran’s decision but that of the tour’s promoter, even as Sheeran ...

Saudi Arabia’s air defences destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca before it entered prohibited airspace over the holy city, a spokesperson for the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Strasbourg on Wednesday, becoming the first foreign head of government to attend the European Commission president’s State of the Union address, ...

The UN refugee agency said on Tuesday that over 100,000 people have been internally displaced by the renewed Yemen conflict and thousands more have fled by sea to Djibouti. “Humanitarian access ...

UN officials said on Tuesday that efforts to curb Ebola in eastern Congo were beginning to show results but stressed that the epidemic remained “massive” and would take months to ...

A Greek far-right politician convicted and jailed for co-leading a once-powerful party later declared a criminal organisation was released on Tuesday and signalled a political comeback ahead of next year’...

Turkish authorities detained at least 150 people on Tuesday after police intervened at a gathering outside Istanbul’s Caglayan courthouse, where demonstrators had planned to protest about recent detentions targeting LGBTQ+ ...

Nairobi has been selected to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, with the Kenyan capital becoming the first African city to stage the event. World Athletics announced the decision on Tuesday ...

The Allianz Arena in Munich and Camp Nou in Barcelona will host Champions League finals in 2028 and 2029 respectively, European football’s governing body Uefa said on Tuesday. The Allianz Arena ...

For a country where baseball reigns supreme and cricket barely registers on the sporting radar, Japan is about to host a fortnight of sport unlike any other in its history. ...

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has assured George Russell he will have the team’s full support to unleash his talent and fight for Formula One championships despite being eclipsed by 20...

Vaccine hesitancy in rich countries means ending measles as a global public health threat is not currently possible, Bill Gates told Reuters in an interview. The Microsoft co-founder turned billionaire ...

Train services were disrupted across the central and northern Netherlands during Tuesday’s morning rush hour by pipes deliberately attached torails, the infrastructure operator ProRail said. Around 20 incidences were reported. ...

A Russian frigate fired two flares towards a Danish military helicopter in international waters off the coast of Denmark, narrowly missing the aircraft on Monday, the Nordic NATO member’s ...

Leeds United climbed to third in the Premier League after a dominant 4-1 victory over Newcastle United on Monday. A devastating 14-minute spell before halftime laid the foundation for Leeds’ ...

A former Google DeepMind employee on Monday became the latest AI researcher to warn that the technology could “kill all humans”, saying time could be running out to avoid the ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an award-winning documentary alleging that mass civilian deaths were routinely built into Israeli targeting decisions in Gaza, accusing its makers of contributing to global antisemitic ...

A drone hit a petrol station in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv early on Tuesday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, just a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said Ukraine ...

The Saudi Arabian Civil Defence sent an all clear on Tuesday after issuing alerts for potential danger in six cities including Yanbu, the kingdom’s main Red Sea oil port, ...