Turkish elections to be held on May 14, says Erdogan
President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would hold elections on May 14, a month earlier than scheduled, setting up a tight test of his leadership after two decades in power.
The president’...
Poland seeks coalition to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine
Poland said on Monday it would ask Germany for permission to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine – and would send them whether or not Berlin agreed as long as other countries ...
Britain’s former PM Boris Johnson visits Kyiv, pledges help
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Kyiv on a surprise trip on Sunday, meeting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and pledging that Britain would “stick by Ukraine as long as it ...
New Zealand chooses ‘Chippy’ Hipkins to replace charismatic Ardern
By Lucy Craymer
New Zealand’s ruling Labour Party chose former COVID minister Chris Hipkins on Sunday to replace the charismatic Jacinda Ardern as its new leader, and become the ...
Putin ally says West’s deliveries of new weapons to Kyiv will lead to global catastrophe
A close ally of President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that deliveries of offensive weapons to Kyiv that threaten Russia’s territories will lead to a global catastrophe and make ...
Chinese pray for health in Lunar New Year as Covid death toll rises
By Alessandro Diviggiano
China rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with its people praying for health after three years of stress and financial hardship under the pandemic, as ...
Protests in Stockholm draw strong condemnation from Turkey
Protests in Stockholm on Saturday against Turkey and Sweden’s bid to join NATO, including the burning of a copy of the Koran, sharply heightened tensions with Turkey at a ...
Turkey’s opposition to announce presidential candidate in February
Turkey’s six-party opposition alliance is set to announce in February their presidential candidate to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan’s 20-year rule in elections set for May, an opposition party ...
China says Covid outbreak has infected 80% of population
The possibility of a big COVID-19 rebound in China over the next two or three months is remote as 80% of people have been infected, a prominent government scientist said on ...
World Court says it has received UN request for opinion on Israel occupation
The International Court of Justice on Friday confirmed it had officially received a request from the United Nations General Assembly to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of ...
U.S. Supreme Court report fails to identify abortion ruling leak culprit
The U.S. Supreme Court in an investigative report on Thursday failed to identify who was behind the May 2022 leak of a draft version of its blockbuster ruling overturning the 1973 ...
Allies bolster Ukraine with more weapons pledges; but no sign of U.S., German tank agreement
Western allies pledged billions of dollars in new weapons for Ukraine on Thursday, but the question of whether they would also send German-made tanks remained unanswered, with Berlin yet to ...
Testing times for Macron’s pension reform as French workers down tools (Update)
More than a million people took part in demonstrations across France on Thursday, halting trains and cutting electricity production, in protest against government plans to raise the retirement age by ...
Turkey presses strained retailers for price freezes ahead of elections
Turkey’s unusual request that its retailers partially freeze prices ahead of elections has prompted some supermarkets and industry groups to warn they could only do so for a short ...
Israel not found link between Pfizer Covid shot and stroke
Israel has not identified any evidence linking strokes to an updated coronavirus vaccine made by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, according to a health ministry official.
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Putin ally Medvedev warns of nuclear war if Russia defeated in Ukraine (Updated)
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, an ally of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, warned the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Thursday that the defeat of Russia in Ukraine could trigger ...
Turkey’s Erdogan signals May 14 date for his biggest election test
President Tayyip Erdogan signalled on Wednesday that Turkey would hold elections on May 14, a month earlier than he had earlier flagged, setting the clock ticking on perhaps the most consequential ...
Porn star Ron Jeremy found mentally incompetent to stand trial for rape
Porn star Ron Jeremy was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial in Los Angeles on rape and other sex charges involving 21 women, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District ...
Ukraine interior minister among 18 killed in helicopter crash
Ukraine’s interior minister and a child were among at least 14 people killed on Wednesday when a helicopter crashed into a nursery and set it ablaze in a suburb of ...
China’s first population drop in six decades sounds alarm
China’s population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of decline in ...
Ukraine closer to receiving modern Western battle tanks, more Patriots
Ukraine is a step closer to winning approval for German-made modern battle tanks to confront invading Russian forces and has secured a pledge of more Patriot defence missiles as its ...
More train strikes in the UK as drivers reject latest offer
Britain’s ASLEF train drivers’ union said on Tuesday its members would take fresh strike action on Feb. 1 and 3 after rejecting a pay offer.
Earlier this month, rail industry body ...
London police officer pleads guilty to 24 counts of rape
A serving London police officer has admitted carrying out 24 counts of rape in a near two decade-long campaign of abuse against women, making him one of Britain’s most prolific ...
Death toll from strike on Ukraine apartment block rises to 40
The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 40 on Monday, with dozens more missing, making it the deadliest civilian incident of Moscow’...