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Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez was found guilty on Friday of drug trafficking conspiracy by a U.S. jury, cementing the onetime U.S. ally’s fall from grace. ...

The head of the European Commission said on Friday a maritime aid corridor could start operating between Cyprus and Gaza this weekend, part of accelerating Western efforts to relieve the ...

The Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Moscow on Friday urged Cypriots to avoid crowded areas, citing security concerns. This advisory comes amidst reports of potential terrorist attacks targeting ...

The U.S. embassy in Russia warned that “extremists” had imminent plans for an attack in Moscow, hours after Russian security services said they had foiled a planned shooting at ...

A pro-Palestinian activist slashed a painting of the early 20th-century British foreign minister Arthur Balfour at Cambridge University on Friday, saying his 1917 declaration was the reason the Palestinians had lost ...

Nearly 3,000 pregnant women in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, risk being cut off from essential healthcare if the current gang war-driven paralysis of the city continues, the United Nations said on ...

One in ten women live in extreme poverty globally, the United Nations (UN) reported on Friday. “International Women’s Day is a day that encourages us to recognise the injustices ...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) on Friday condemned the Houthi missile attack on the commercial vessel True Confidence, which resulted in the death of three crew members and the injury ...

A U.N. expert on Friday criticised U.S. efforts to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza, such as plans for a temporary port and recent air drops, which he said ...

Presidential candidate Donald Trump raised concerns about banning TikTok ahead of a vote next week by the U.S. House of Representatives that would give TikTok owner ByteDance about six ...

Ukraine will receive 6 billion euros ($6.6 billion) from the European Union via its four-year Ukraine facility in the next two months, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday. The government expects ...

–Women’s Day? At a tent in Rafah where Um Zaki said she was boiling porridge on an open flame to stave off the hunger of her six children, the ...

The actions of a senior British informer in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) codenamed “Stakeknife” probably cost more lives than they saved in Northern Ireland’s sectarian conflict, an independent ...

Are you a fan of Marilyn Monroe and would like to talk to a very realistic digital version of her? That could now be possible. More than 60 years after her ...

Rupert Murdoch, 92, got engaged to his girlfriend, Elena Zhukova, a spokesman said, which would mark his fifth trip down the aisle. The wedding will be held in California, at Murdoch‘...

Sexually transmitted infections surged across Europe in 2022, with reported cases of gonorrhoea jumping by nearly a half, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said as it released its ...

Dmitry Medvedev, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, called Joe Biden a “mad” disgrace to the United States on Friday and said the U.S. president had no right ...

The United Nations human rights office said on Friday that an Israeli offensive in Gaza’s border town of Rafah could not be allowed to happen because it would cause ...

Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories have expanded by a record amount and risk eliminating any practical possibly of a Palestinian state, the U.N. human rights chief said ...

Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped more than 200 school pupils in the northern town of Kuriga, a teacher, local councillor and parents of the missing children said, in the biggest mass abduction ...

Hamas on Thursday left Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo where there was no sign of progress just days before the start of Ramadan, while the U.S. said the onus ...

President Joe Biden took on Donald Trump in a fiery speech to Congress on Thursday, accusing his election rival of threatening U.S. democracy and kowtowing to Russia, as he ...

British house prices rose for a fifth month in a row in February, climbing by 0.4 per cent from January, according to data from mortgage lender Halifax on Thursday that echoed ...

Dozens of oil tankers used by Russia have stopped sailing under the Liberian and Marshall Islands flags in recent weeks after the United States ramped up sanctions enforcement on ships ...