Kremlin critic Navalny in ‘good mood’ on third birthday behind bars
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Sunday he was in good spirits on his third birthday behind bars, despite tougher…
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US averts first-ever default with 11th-hour debt deal
US senators voted to suspend the federal debt limit Thursday, capping weeks of fraught negotiations to eliminate the threat of…
US intensifies diplomatic pressure as Serbs rally in north Kosovo
Ethnic Serbs gathered again in a flashpoint town in north Kosovo on Thursday at the site of clashes earlier this…
Russia ‘thwarts’ attack on border as three killed in Kyiv
Moscow said Thursday it thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to “invade” its southwestern border as Russia pounded Kyiv with missiles, killing…
UN climate agency picks Argentina’s Saulo as first woman leader
The World Meteorological Organization voted Thursday for Argentina’s Celeste Saulo to become its first woman leader and steer the WMO’s…
Macron urges ‘tangible’ NATO security guarantees for Kyiv
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called on the West to offer Ukraine “tangible and credible” security guarantees as it…
Hardliners threaten to sink deal averting US default
US political leaders scrambled Tuesday to push through legislation to suspend the national debt limit and avert economic catastrophe as…
NATO deploys more forces, EU urges calm after Kosovo clashes
NATO said Tuesday it was deploying more forces to northern Kosovo after 30 of its peacekeepers were injured in clashes…
China launches mission with first civilian to space station
China sent three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time…
Zelensky thanks air defence after ‘most powerful’ attack on Kyiv
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday praised his country’s air defence forces, after the capital Kyiv saw the largest drone…
Somalia to introduce direct universal suffrage in 2024
Somalia’s government and federal member states said Sunday that direct universal suffrage would be introduced with local elections set for…
US debt deal faces tough sell in Congress to avoid default
Marathon crisis talks that produced a tentative deal to prevent a cataclysmic US debt default may yet prove the easy…
Erdogan seeks third decade of rule in Turkish runoff
Turkey voted Sunday in a historic runoff that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan entered as the firm favourite to extend two…
Epic Cannes of strong women and ageing icons to decide Palme
It has been a year of Hollywood icons and ground-breaking women’s perspectives, but as an epic edition of the Cannes…
Pope Francis has fever, clears his schedule
Pope Francis has a fever that caused him to clear his schedule on Friday morning, the Vatican said, nearly two…
Sleeping in a closet: Kyiv adapts to Russian night strikes
At the sound of the air raid siren, two little girls quickly unroll a mattress on the ground as their…
Two police, one woman killed in Japan gun and knife attack
A woman and two male police officers were killed in a shooting and stabbing attack at a farm in central…
Syrians abandon babies at mosques, under trees as war grinds on
One cold winter night, Syrian Ibrahim Othman went out to pray and came home cradling a baby girl, abandoned at…
Tina Turner: the raw power of rock and roll
Tina Turner, the growling songstress whose explosive stage presence electrified fans the world over, left an indelible mark on 20th-century rock…
Police search Portugal reservoir in Madeleine McCann case
Police carried out new searches at a reservoir in Portugal on Tuesday connected to the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine…
McCarthy, Biden meet on US debt crisis as time runs short
US President Joe Biden said he was ‘optimistic’ as he met Monday with top Republican Kevin McCarthy for their first…
DiCaprio-Scorsese epic scores rave reviews at Cannes
The Hollywood cavalcade descended on Cannes Saturday for the premiere of Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese’s Native American crime epic,…
Wagner claims Bakhmut captured, Kyiv says fighting ongoing
Russia’s private army Wagner claimed Saturday the total control of the east Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the epicentre of fighting,…
Zelensky huddles with G7 as Ukraine wins access to F-16s
President Volodymyr Zelensky made a landmark visit to Hiroshima for talks with G7 leaders Saturday, after securing long-sought access to…
US Republicans put brakes on debt crisis talks
Republicans have paused crunch US debt talks less than two weeks before a possible catastrophic default, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy…