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Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the world was facing a choice between peace or war at a massive military parade in Beijing on Wednesday, flanked by Russia’s Vladimir Putin ...

The United States military carried out a “lethal strike” on Tuesday in the Caribbean against a vessel from Venezuela that was carrying illegal drugs, officials said. President Donald Trump, who ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Tuesday warned of “consequences” for any “third country” which seeks to obstruct the construction of the Great Sea Interconnector, which, if complete, will link ...

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in California to fight crime. San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued the order ...

Film star Gerard Depardieu, one of the leading faces of French cinema, will face trial on charges of raping actress Charlotte Arnould in 2018, in the latest blow to his reputation ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow had never opposed Ukraine’s potential membership of the European Union, and that he thought it was possible to find a ...

Tens of thousands of reservists started to report for duty on Tuesday ahead of a new Israeli offensive in Gaza City, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to speed up, ...

Nestle has fired its CEO Laurent Freixe after just one year in the job after an investigation into an undisclosed “romantic relationship”, ousting its second CEO in a year and ...

Tens of thousands of reservists started to report for duty on Tuesday ahead of a new Israeli offensive in Gaza City, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to speed up, ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 shook southeastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, sparking fears of further damage and destruction almost two days after a large quake in the same region killed more than 1,400 ...

China’s President Xi Jinping will meet with his Russian and North Korean counterparts in Beijing this week, marking the first such gathering of the three leaders, as Donald Trump ...

Belgium will recognise a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly, Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said on Tuesday, adding to international pressure on Israel after similar moves by Australia, ...

At least 1,000 were killed in a landslide that destroyed a village in the Marra Mountains area of western Sudan, leaving only one survivor, The Sudan Liberation Movement/Army said on ...

British house prices unexpectedly fell in August as buyers struggled to afford high valuations, mortgage lender Nationwide Building Society said on Monday. Property prices slipped by 0.1 per cent last month ...

Ukrainian officials on Monday discussed with NATO representatives Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and Kyiv’s need for better air defences and long-range weaponry, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said. “The ...

The U.N. refugee agency plans to scale back its budget by nearly a fifth next year due to “financial constraints”, even as the war in Sudan and other crises ...

In a brightly lit treatment room at a private hospital in Istanbul, doctor Erdal Dilekci makes dozens of small, quick incisions on a patient’s back as part of a ...

The world’s biggest academic association of genocide scholars has passed a resolution saying the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president ...

Ayia Napa and Greece’s Alexandroupoli have been twinned, the Ayia Napa municipality announced on Monday. It said Alexandroupoli mayor Ioannis Zamboukis had visited Ayia Napa over the weekend, and ...

Greek and German police have dismantled a criminal ring smuggling cocaine hidden in trucks from Spain into Greece and other European countries, police said late on Sunday. Two suspected members ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said he is “satisfied and proud” with progress made on the Cyprus problem in recent months. “The efforts made by the Greek foreign ministry at ...

A man was arrested on Monday after ramming his car into the gates of the Russian consulate in Sydney, Australian police said. The police diplomatic protection unit responded to a ...

One of Afghanistan’s worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800, authorities said on Monday, as helicopters ferried the wounded to hospital after they were plucked from ...

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday that Hamas’ armed wing spokesperson Abu Ubaida had been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said ...