Turkey keeps Sweden waiting on NATO membership as key summit nears
Sweden’s path to NATO membership remains blocked by Turkey and Hungary ahead of a July summit in Vilnius where it hopes to join Nordic neighbour Finland as a full ...
Senior lawmaker: Russia cannot rely on mercenaries, calls for professional army of 7m
A senior Russian lawmaker who has been involved in a number of negotiations related to Moscow’s campaign in Ukraine called late on Monday for a professional army seven-million strong ...
Deutsche Bank tells investors some of their Russian shares are missing
Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) has told clients it can no longer guarantee full access to Russian stocks that belong to them, underlining the challenges global investors face to recover stranded ...
Putin pays tribute to Russian pilots killed fighting mutineers
Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute to pilots killed fighting an aborted mutiny and thanked the nation for showing patriotic unity while confirming for the first time that Russian pilots ...
Shooter in Colorado gay nightclub attack pleads guilty, gets life in prison
A 23-year-old was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty on Monday to killing five people in a 2022 mass shooting at a gay nightclub ...
Turkey’s Erdogan, Greece’s Mitsotakis to meet at July NATO summit
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Vilnius next month, Mitsotakis’ office said on Monday, a day ...
US should apologize to Guantanamo Bay inmates for treatment -UN expert
A United Nations expert said on Monday that U.S. government treatment of Guantanamo Bay inmates was cruel, inhuman and degrading under international law and called for Washington to apologize ...
UK says cost of deporting each asylum seeker to Rwanda to be 169,000 pounds
Britain’s government said on Monday it will cost on average about 169,000 pounds ($215,035) to deport each asylum seeker to Rwanda in the first detailed assessment of a high-stakes promise to ...
Russia checking if Western agencies were involved in mutiny
Russian intelligence services are investigating whether Western spy agencies played a role in the aborted mutiny by Wagner mercenary fighters on Saturday, the TASS news agency quoted Foreign Minister Sergei ...
Prince William launches project seeking to end homelessness
Prince William launched a five-year project on Monday seeking to end homelessness in Britain, saying he was following in the footsteps of his late mother Princess Diana who had alerted ...
Omar Harfouch to address the EU Parliament on the future of Lebanon
In the face of Lebanon’s ongoing turmoil, Omar Harfouch is scheduled to share his insights at a conference entitled “The Role of the European Union in Advancing Human Rights ...
Shoigu appears in video for first time since Wagner mutiny
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was shown speaking to officers in a video released by his ministry on Monday, the first time he had appeared in public since a mutiny ...
Elton John enthralls Glastonbury in possible final UK show
Elton John enthralled a massive Glastonbury crowd on Sunday night in possibly his last show in Britain, delighting loyal fans but disappointing others who had hoped for star guest appearances.
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Turkey’s lira hits new low after bank rules’ rollback
The Turkish lira slid as much as 3% to a record low against the dollar on Monday, after the central bank took steps to simplify policy, while an official and bankers ...
Mitsotakis sworn in as Greek PM, promises ‘big changes’
Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised to rebuild Greece’s credit rating, create jobs, raise wages and boost state revenues after he was sworn in for a second term as prime minister on ...
HSBC to ditch Canary Wharf tower in favour of central London
HSBC has decided to leave its long-standing headquarters in Canary Wharf in east London in favour of a move to a much smaller office in the centre of the city, ...
Rouble pares losses after slumping to 15-month low
The Russian rouble tumbled to its lowest in nearly 15 months against the dollar in early trade on Monday before paring losses, as investors responded for the first time to an ...
Russia calls for unity behind Putin after aborted mutiny
Senior Russian officials rallied around President Vladimir Putin on Monday, with questions still unanswered about a mutiny by mercenaries that appeared to pose the greatest threat to his grip on ...
Is Britain on the edge of a mortgage market meltdown?
Soaring mortgage costs in Britain are fuelling fears among homeowners, investors, charities and policymakers about the growing strain placed on borrowers, but lenders have so far sounded broadly sanguine about ...
The US and euro area must move faster on their digital currencies
By Maria Demertzis and Josh Lipsky
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are becoming a reality around the world, with more than 110 countries now exploring ‘digital cash’. Of the G20 economies, 18 ...
Christodoulides congratulates Mitsotakis
President Nikos Christodoulides has congratulated New Democracy President Kyriakos Mitsotakis for his win in the Greek elections.
In a post on Twitter, Christodoulides said that he communicated with Mitsotakis and ...
UK shoppers boost spending again despite inflation’s squeeze
British retail sales unexpectedly rose in May, boosted by an extra bank holiday to mark the coronation of King Charles but also suggesting most consumers were coping with high inflation’...
Israel praises foiling of Iranian attack against Israeli targets in Cyprus
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday praised the thwarting of what he said was an Iranian attack against Israeli targets in Cyprus.
A statement from Netanyahu’s office did ...
Greek conservatives storm to victory in repeat election
Greece’s conservative New Democracy party stormed to victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday, early official results showed, with voters giving reformist Kyriakos Mitsotakis another four-year term as prime ...