NATO chief confirms North Korean troops are in Russia’s Kursk
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed on Monday that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia and military units have been deployed to its Kursk region, while Ukraine urged ...
Starmer says tax rises are needed to avoid austerity
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said taxes needed to rise to rebuild public services and fix the foundations of the economy, and he challenged his critics to spell out how ...
Palestinians say 100,000 residents trapped in Israel’s north Gaza assault
Israeli tanks thrust deeper on Monday into two north Gaza towns and a historic refugee camp, trapping around 100,000 civilians, the Palestinian emergency service said, in what the military said were ...
West demands probe into reports of Georgia vote violations
Georgia’s president called for protests in Tbilisi on Monday evening after the ruling party declared victory in a parliamentary election marred by reports of voting violations that Western countries ...
Iran will ‘use all available tools’ to respond to Israel’s attack
Tehran will “use all available tools” to respond to Israel’s weekend attack on military targets in Iran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday.
Iran previously played ...
Labour MP suspended after punching passerby on night out
A lawmaker from the governing Labour Party was suspended from the party on Sunday after he appeared to punch a passerby who he said had been threatening him after a ...
Japan’s government in flux after election gives no party majority
The make-up of Japan’s future government was in flux on Monday after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s scandal-tainted ruling coalition in a weekend election, leaving no party ...
UK pay growth stagnates as firms predict slower wage rises ahead
Growth in pay awards by British employers stagnated during the three months to September and firms expect average wage rises to cool over the coming 12 months, according to a survey ...
us election: racism
Trump headlines Madison Square Garden rally after vulgar, racist remarks from allies
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump headlined a rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday that began with a series of vulgar and racist remarks by allies of ...
EU joins up with venture capital firms to boost region’s tech sector
The European Union said this week it had joined forces with leading venture capital firms from the region to boost investment in tech innovation in Europe, amid concerns that Europe’...
London commercial properties lure global investors
Britain’s commercial property market is returning to life after its post-pandemic freeze, albeit largely at much lower prices.
Some big-ticket office properties now on sale will show just where ...
Lloyds downplays bank tax fears as profits hold steady
Lloyds Banking Group shrugged off fears of a bank tax hike in the UK budget next week, with CFO William Chalmers saying Britain’s biggest mortgage lender would play its ...
Roblox plans to open office in Turkey if access to platform restored
Video game platform Roblox (RBLX.N) has said that it plans to open an office in Turkey in line with local laws if access is restored to the platform, which ...
Bolivia’s Morales says vehicle hit by gunfire as political tension flares
By Daniel Ramos and Monica Machicao
Bolivia’s Evo Morales said on Sunday his vehicle was hit by gunfire captured in a video, reflecting how political tensions have turned violent ...
Washington Post reports Elon Musk briefly worked illegally in US in 1990s
South African-born billionaire businessman Elon Musk worked illegally in the United States during a brief period in the 1990s while building a startup company, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.
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Netanyahu says Israel hit Iran hard; Khamenei says damage should not be exaggerated
By Ari Rabinovitch and Adam Makary
Israel’s airstrikes “hit hard” Iran’s defences and missile production, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, but Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...
UN Security Council to meet Monday over Israel’s strike on Iran
The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss Israel’s attack on Iran, council president Switzerland said on Sunday.
The Swiss U.N. mission said the meeting ...
British lawmakers accuse Starmer of ‘colonial mindset’ in slavery reparations debate
By Catarina Demony
Some British Labour lawmakers on Sunday accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer of having a “colonial mindset” and trying to silence nations pushing for discussions on reparations for ...
Japan voters punish PM Ishiba, election result unclear
By Sakura Murakami, John Geddie and Tim Kelly
Japan’s ruling coalition is set to lose its parliamentary majority, exit polls for Sunday’s general election suggested, raising uncertainty over ...
Bulgaria holds another snap election, no stable government in sight
By Georgi Slavov
Bulgarians were voting on Sunday in their seventh snap election in four years, but opinion surveys suggest it is unlikely to break a political deadlock that has ...
Israeli strikes kill dozens in north Gaza, medics say, as ceasefire talks resume
Israeli military strikes killed at least 45 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, most of them in the north of the enclave, Palestinian health officials said, as efforts to secure ...
Germany’s far right stirs up culture war over Bauhaus legacy
By Thomas Escritt
It shaped modern industrial design and continues to inspire architects and product designers the world over, but to some on Germany’s far right, Bauhaus is nothing ...
One killed, dozens injured in truck ramming at Israeli bus stop
One person was killed and dozens were injured on Sunday when a truck struck a bus stop at a major intersection near Tel Aviv in central Israel in what police ...
Iranian officials to determine how to respond to Israel, Supreme Leader says
Iranian officials should determine how best to demonstrate Iran’s power to Israel after the Israeli attack on Iran two nights ago, Iran’s official IRNA news agency cited the ...