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Pope Leo made a fervent appeal to Lebanon’s diverse communities to unite to solve the crisis-hit country’s myriad problems at a Mass on Tuesday attended by tens of ...

The White House defended a U.S. admiral’s decision to conduct multiple strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling vessel in September, saying he had Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s ...

President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for talks on a possible way to end the deadliest ...

The head of Britain’s fiscal watchdog resigned on Monday after the agency last week inadvertently released key details of the government’s annual tax and spending budget before finance ...

US President Donald Trump has invited Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House in the “near future,” the prime minister’s office said on Monday, shortly after Trump said ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that a recent MRI conducted on President Donald Trump was preventative in nature and revealed that he was in good cardiovascular ...

A Bangladesh court sentenced British lawmaker and former minister Tulip Siddiq in absentia to two years in jail on Monday in a corruption case involving the alleged illegal allocation of ...

Tough issues have yet to be resolved after U.S.-Ukrainian talks in Florida, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, as he and other Ukrainian officials toured Europe to rally ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he was proud of last week’s budget, defending not only what he described as the “fair choices” in it but also ...

A reindeer named Buddy sparked a huge search operation in northern England involving police, the coastguard and Royal Marines after he went on the run from a nearby Christmas event. ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court on Monday for the first time since asking the country’s president for a pardon in his long-running corruption trial, a move ...

Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar as well as European countries moving to withdraw from the ...

Hong Kong authorities said on Monday they had detained 13 people for suspected manslaughter in a probe into the city’s deadliest fire in decades, pointing to substandard renovation materials for ...

Switzerland on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed 50% tax on inherited fortunes of 50 million Swiss francs ($62 million) or more, with over 78% of voters voting against the measure—an even stronger rejection ...

U.S. and Ukrainian officials held what both sides called productive talks on Sunday about a Russia peace deal, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing optimism about progress despite ...

Greek farmers clashed with police on Sunday during protests in central and northern regions over the delayed payment of European Union subsidies prompted by an investigation into a corruption scandal ...

British finance minister Rachel Reeves on Sunday denied she misled the public over official forecasts ahead of this month’s budget, saying she had been honest about the need to ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the country’s president on Sunday for a pardon in his years-long corruption trial, arguing that criminal proceedings were hindering his ability to govern ...

“What’s it about?” was a frequent response from bemused theatre-goers to “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”, Tom Stoppard’s first stage triumph. Tired of being asked, Stoppard is said ...

Pope Leo arrived in Lebanon on Sunday, where he is expected to appeal for peace in a country that is a continued target of Israeli air strikes, on the second ...

President Donald Trump said on Saturday the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered “closed in its entirety,” but gave no further details, stirring anxiety and confusion in Caracas ...

Four people died after 14 people were shot at a family gathering in Stockton in northern California on Saturday night, police said. The shooting took place at a child’s birthday ...

The number of people confirmed killed in Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip has passed the 70,000 mark, the enclave’s health ministry said on Saturday. A total of 301 people ...

Hong Kong on Saturday mourned the 128 people known to have died in a massive fire at a high-rise apartment complex, a toll that is likely to rise with 150 still missing ...