Report says PM Starmer ready to quit on Monday
Observer newspaper said Prime Minister Keir Starmer was expected to resign on Monday and set out a timetable for his departure, though a government source said Starmer remained focused on ...
Vance arrives in Switzerland for Iran peace talks with Hormuz in spotlight
Peace talks led by U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Iranian chief negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf were set to begin on Sunday morning at a Swiss mountaintop resort as ...
At least 30 deaths at Congo camp show Ebola could be spreading fast
At least 30 people have died since the start of May in one camp for displaced civilians in northeastern Congo, a death rate that camp officials said was unprecedented, with some ...
Iran negotiators head for Switzerland but Lebanon fighting continues
A high-level Iranian team departed for Switzerland on Saturday for talks with the United States, Iranian state media reported, while U.S. Vice President JD Vance indicated he would set ...
Europe swelters under heatwave, prompting crisis talks in France
A punishing heatwave sweeping across much of Europe prompted emergency meetings in France, nationwide warnings in Germany and strains on tourists and residents in Italy, as temperatures climbed towards record ...
Israeli strikes kill 16 in Lebanon hours after ceasefire
Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed at least 16 people on Saturday, Lebanese Civil Defence said, hours after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect, with Israel saying it was responding to projectiles ...
Spanish PM’s wife must stand trial on corruption charges, judge rules
The wife of Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez must stand trial on corruption charges and has been banned from leaving the country, a judge ruled on Saturday.
Begoña ...
US, Iran envoys head for talks, Israeli strikes continue after ceasefire
US President Donald Trump’s personal envoy and Iran’s foreign minister were headed to Switzerland for talks, Axios said, although deadly strikes by Israel in Lebanon on Saturday could ...
One killed and dozens injured in train collision north of London
A train driver was killed and dozens more injured in a collision between two commuter services about 60 miles (100 km) north of London on Friday afternoon.
East Midlands Railway, which operated ...
Turkey’s Guler: Cyprus-France military deal violates international law
The signing of a status of forces agreement between the Republic of Cyprus and France, which will, among other things, allow France to station troops on the island violates international ...
Polish president decides to strip Ukraine’s Zelenskiy of top honour over WW2 dispute
Poland’s president has decided to strip Volodymyr Zelenskiy of the country’s top honour after the Ukrainian president caused outrage by renaming an army unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent ...
UK LOCAL ELECTIONS
Starmer vows to fight any challenge after leading rival Burnham wins big
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday he would not walk away, vowing to fight any challenge from his leading party rival Andy Burnham and potentially ushering in a ...
Lebanon ceasefire agreed, US official says after US-Iran talks in Switzerland scrapped
Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire beginning at 4 p.m. (1300 GMT) on Friday, a U.S. official said, after an escalation in hostilities in Lebanon sorely tested the ...
Zelenskiy: best guarantee of Europe’s future is fast-track EU membership for Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told an EU summit on Thursday the future of Europe was being shaped by the defence of Ukraine and the best security guarantee for the bloc’s ...
Iran to lodge FIFA complaint over World Cup travel restrictions
Iran plans to lodge a complaint with football’s world governing body FIFA over travel restrictions its team is facing in the U.S. at the World Cup.
Due to ...
Italy’s Meloni says Trump ‘totally invented’ story that she begged him for photo
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni accused her one-time close ally Donald Trump of fabricating a story about her on Friday, after the U.S. President told an Italian TV channel ...
African lawmakers back push for tougher anti-LGBT laws after Ghana conference
Lawmakers from more than a dozen African countries have pledged to push new bills restricting LGBT rights, after a conference in Ghana that brought together self-described “pro-family” activists from across ...
EU leaders set to clash over bloc’s next seven-year budget
European Union leaders headed for a clash over the bloc’s budget on Friday after both net contributors and beneficiaries criticised an initial proposal on what the EU should pay ...
Obama celebrates opening of his presidential museum with call to citizenship
Former U.S. President Barack Obama, celebrating a new museum and civic center dedicated to his eight years in the White House, called on Americans to resist the forces of ...
Police release man arrested after boy, 3, ends up in UK zoo’s crocodile enclosure
British police said on Friday they had released a man who had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a 3-year-old boy ended up in a zoo’s crocodile ...
Israel strikes in southern Lebanon continue, at least 18 people killed
At least 18 people were killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Friday, Lebanon’s health ministry said, while the Israeli military said four soldiers were killed in one of ...
Exclusive: Iran’s IRGC sets up secret cells in Iraq to launch attacks on Gulf states
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has set up secretive new cells in Iraq to carry out attacks on Gulf countries that host American forces, bypassing established militia networks ...
Iran peace talks in Geneva called off, clouding prospects for lasting truce
Switzerland said U.S. talks with Iranian negotiators on a pact to end the Middle East conflict would not take place on Friday, as Vice President JD Vance dropped plans ...
US Treasury imposes sanctions on Lebanese officials, others for aiding Hezbollah
The U.S. government on Thursday announced sanctions against Lebanese officials it said were aligned with Hezbollah and members of the previously sanctioned Alaa Hassan Hamieh business network, for obstructing ...
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