Ukraine launches new attack in Kursk region of western Russia
By Mark Trevelyan and Lucy Papachristou
Russia said on Sunday that Ukraine had launched a new attack in the Kursk region, an area of western Russia from which Russian troops ...
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Israeli strikes kill 14 people in Gaza, mediators strive for a truce deal
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 14 Palestinians in three separate attacks in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, taking the weekend death toll to 102, Palestinian ...
Italy’s Meloni boosts ties with Trump in surprise Florida visit
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made a surprise trip to Florida to meet with Donald Trump late on Saturday, as the key European leader sought to buttress ties with the ...
Austrian conservatives pick new leader after chancellor quits
By Francois Murphy
The leadership of Austria’s ruling conservatives held a crisis meeting on Sunday to pick a successor to Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who announced his resignation on Saturday ...
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Syria’s new Islamist rulers urge US to lift sanctions during visit to Doha
By Nayera Abdallah, Menna AlaaElDin and Andrew Mills
Syria’s new Islamist rulers said on Sunday that U.S. sanctions on Syria were an obstacle to the war-torn country’s ...
Dozens of flights cancelled at Netherlands’ Schiphol due to bad weather
At least 70 flights have been cancelled and several others delayed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport due to wintery weather, a spokesperson said on Sunday.
He said snow plows started clearing ...
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Former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis dies
Former Prime Minister Costas Simitis passed away at dawn in Greece at the age of 88.
Simitis was transferred, without a pulse, at dawn to the Corinth Hospital, from his cottage ...
US plans $8 billion arms sale to Israel
The administration of President Joe Biden has notified Congress of a proposed $8 billion arms sale to Israel, a U.S. official said on Friday, with Washington maintaining support for its ...
Briton killed in New Orleans attack was stepson of former royal nanny
British police have named one of the victims of the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans as Edward Pettifer, a 31-year-old from London whose stepmother was a nanny ...
Russia clears beaches after Black Sea oil spill, declares emergency in Crimea
Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side of ...
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza Strip as new ceasefire talks begin
An Israeli military strike killed 12 people in a house in Gaza City early on Saturday, bringing the death toll from strikes across Gaza to 65 over the last day, Palestinian medics ...
Alcohol cancer risk warning may face tough road
President-elect Donald Trump and his nominee to run the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., do not drink and have been outspoken about the ...
Israel defends Gaza hospital raid, UN rights chief says explanation is vague
Israel on Friday defended its raid on a north Gaza hospital last week while the U.N. human rights chief called the justification unsubstantiated and the World Health Organization urged ...
Trump demands end to North Sea ‘windmills’ in swipe at UK energy policy
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday criticised the British government’s energy policy with a demand the country “open up” the ageing North Sea oil and gas basin and ...
Russia shoots down eight ATACMS, captures eastern Ukraine settlement
Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday that Russian forces had taken control of the village of Nadiya in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region and had shot down eight U....
Faced with Trump’s threats Mexico is weighing retaliatory options
Scott Morgenstern, University of Pittsburgh
Donald Trump has made clear his intent to supercharge his “America First” approach to foreign policy in his second term – and Mexico looks set to ...
UK house prices rise again in December
British house prices surged again in December as the property market upswing continued, surprising economists who had expected to see a slowdown in price growth, mortgage lender Nationwide said this ...
Mike Johnson elected speaker of US House as Trump’s Republicans unite behind him
US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber’s top job on Friday in a lengthy vote that highlighted persistent divisions among Donald Trump’s Republicans ...
US Supreme Court’s Thomas will not be referred to Justice Department
A judicial policymaking body on Thursday rejected a request by Democratic lawmakers to refer conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to the Department of Justice to examine claims ...
SpaceX’s Starship to deploy mock satellites in next test
Elon Musk’s SpaceX said on Friday its upcoming Starship test flight would include the rocket’s first attempt to deploy payloads in space by releasing 10 model Starlink satellites, a ...
US surgeon general urges cancer warnings for alcoholic drinks
Alcoholic drinks should carry a warning about cancer risks on their label, the U.S. Surgeon General said on Friday in a move that could signal a shift toward more ...
Israeli air strikes ramp up Gaza death toll amid new truce push
Israel carried out air strikes on dozens of Hamas targets in Gaza over the past 24 hours, it said on Friday, in attacks that Palestinian health authorities said had killed nearly 100 ...
Wounded Ukrainian soldiers find solace in Greek monasteries
The Ukrainian soldiers arrived in Greece with marks of war – one with a head scar, another with both legs amputated above the knee, some with invisible mental wounds from a ...