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French police have detained a man on suspicion of murder following the discovery of four bodies in the River Seine on the outskirts of Paris earlier this month, the man’...

Iran’s supreme leader said the current situation with the United States was “unsolvable”, and that Tehran would never bow to pressure to obey Washington, amid a standoff with Western ...

Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital in Gaza on Monday killed at least 15 people, including four journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said. Cameraman Hussam al-Masri, a ...

US National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C., as part of President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown have begun carrying weapons on Sunday night, two officials said. ...

US federal budget deficits will be nearly $1 trillion higher over the next decade than projected in January by the Congressional Budget Office as a result of tax and spending legislation ...

Hong Kong’s debt-laden developers and their creditors are set to face intensifying financial pressure as bond maturities are slated to jump by nearly 70 per cent next year amid falling ...

Israeli planes and tanks pounded the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City overnight Saturday to Sunday, destroying buildings and homes, residents said, as Israeli leaders vowed to press on ...

Ukrainian drone attacks overnight on several Russia’s power and energy facilities forced capacity reduction at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant and set a fuel export terminal in Ust-Luga on ...

Thousands of Australians joined pro-Palestinian rallies on Sunday, organisers said, amid strained relations between Israel and Australia following the centre-left government’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state. More than 40 ...

The Bank of England will cut interest rates by a quarter-point once more this year and then again in early 2026 as a resilient economy generates persistent inflation, according to most ...

Asking prices for newly advertised British houses and apartments fell in the four weeks to mid-August but the drop was less notable than in the previous two months and sales ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that countries of the ‘Global South’ should push Russia toward making peace in its war with Ukraine, including by helping bring Russian leader ...

Turkish first lady Emine Erdogan has written to U.S. President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, and urged her to contact Israel’s prime minister and raise the plight ...

Former Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage set out plans on Saturday for “mass deportations” of migrants who have crossed the English Channel on small boats if his Reform UK party forms ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the head of the Pentagon’s intelligence agency and two other senior military commanders, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, the ...

Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls, told a top Justice Department official in July that she was not aware ...

A ruling from the United Kingdom’s top court that will likely save car finance companies billions in compensation payouts could clear the way for a wave of consolidation in ...

British grocery inflation nudged down to 5.0 per cent over the four weeks to August 10, data from market researcher Worldpanel by Numerator showed this week, providing limited relief for consumers. The ...

US President Donald Trump renewed a threat to impose sanctions on Russia on Friday if there is no progress toward a peaceful settlement in Ukraine in two weeks, showing frustration ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and his French, British and German counterparts agreed on Friday to resume talks next week on nuclear issues, Iranian state media reported, as a threat ...

Rwanda on Friday rejected accusations that Kigali-backed M23 rebels massacred hundreds of people in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo in July, saying there was no credible evidence to ...

A tour bus rolled over after leaving the roadway of a major highway in western New York, causing multiple fatalities and injuries, including children, the New York State Police said ...

Former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe, who led the country during a devastating economic crisis, was arrested and remanded in custody on Friday over allegations he misused state funds while ...

Foreign ministers from European countries – including Cyprus – Australia and Britain on Friday jointly condemned Israel’s plans to construct a settlement east of Jerusalem. Israel immediately dismissed the statement. The ...