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Three Akeron anti-tank missiles seized at Italian port

Three Akeron anti-tank missiles seized at Italian port

A routine inspection by Italy's Guardia di Finanza at the port of Bari led to the seizure of three Akeron anti-tank missiles and t...
Swiss to vote on whether to tighten neutrality, end peacetime cooperation with NATO

Swiss to vote on whether to tighten neutrality, end peacetime cooperation with NATO

Swiss voters will decide in a referendum next month whether to approve a more restrictive form of neutrality that would block thei...
Brussels mayor demands more police as gun violence grips Saint-Gilles

Brussels mayor demands more police as gun violence grips Saint-Gilles

Brussels’ Saint-Gilles municipality is facing a renewed wave of gun violence linked to suspected drug trafficking, prompting Mayor...
Ukraine wants peace but won’t give in, Zelenskiy says on Independence Day

Ukraine wants peace but won’t give in, Zelenskiy says on Independence Day

Ukraine wants peace but will not just ​give in to Russia at any price, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday in a defiant s...
West Nile virus outbreak kills four in North Macedonia 

West Nile virus outbreak kills four in North Macedonia 

Four people have died from West Nile fever out of 38 testing positive for the disease so far this ​year in North Macedonia, with t...
Serbia to hold snap elections on Oct 18 or 25

Serbia to hold snap elections on Oct 18 or 25

Serbia will hold snap parliamentary elections on October 18 or 25, President Aleksandar Vucic said, more than a month after he ple...
NATO’s northern flank faces mounting disruption from suspected drone activity

NATO’s northern flank faces mounting disruption from suspected drone activity

Military drones straying into the airspace of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are stoking concerns that the war in Ukraine ...
NATO Baltic Air Policing jets shoot down drone over Latvia

NATO Baltic Air Policing jets shoot down drone over Latvia

Fighter jets operating under NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a "foreign drone" in Latvian airspace on Friday, accordi...

World

Lockerbie bombing trial postponed by US judge days before start

Lockerbie bombing trial postponed by US judge days before start

A federal judge on Monday postponed the trial of the man authorities allege built the bomb that blew New York-bound Pan Am flight ...
USA’s ‘economic D-Day’ against Iran begins with a ‘warning shot’

USA’s ‘economic D-Day’ against Iran begins with a ‘warning shot’

American Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday unveiled a sweeping new effort to economically isolate Iran, warning foreign g...
US plans mass visa revocation for asylum seekers

US plans mass visa revocation for asylum seekers

United States President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of foreigners who appl...
Moderna, Merck breakthrough could usher in wave of cancer vaccines

Moderna, Merck breakthrough could usher in wave of cancer vaccines

Merck and Moderna's success with a personalized cancer vaccine designed to keep melanoma at bay opens a ​new avenue of treatment ...
Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating

Ebola virus behind massive outbreak in DRC could be mutating

The virus causing a massive outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be mutating, health officials fear, as...
Libya faces renewed security and oil threats after Benghazi bombing and drone attacks on Zawiya refinery

Libya faces renewed security and oil threats after Benghazi bombing and drone attacks on Zawiya refinery

Libya faced renewed security and economic pressure this week after the killing of a senior eastern military intelligence official ...
Congo’s Ebola infections rise above 4,000 for first time in outbreak

Congo’s Ebola infections rise above 4,000 for first time in outbreak

Democratic Republic ​of Congo's ‌confirmed Ebola cases rose ​above ​4,000 for the ⁠first ​time in ​its current outbreak, governmen...
From Threats to Turnarounds: Seven Trump Reversals on Iran

From Threats to Turnarounds: Seven Trump Reversals on Iran

President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that he had called off planned U.S. strikes on Iran, saying renewed negotiations ha...
Rescuers struggling to reach disaster zone after more than 160 killed in Nepal-Tibet flash floods

Rescuers struggling to reach disaster zone after more than 160 killed in Nepal-Tibet flash floods

Rescue teams are struggling to reach remote areas of Nepal after a devastating flash flood and mudslide killed more than 160 peopl...
China examines new legal tool to pursue graft suspects, assets abroad

China examines new legal tool to pursue graft suspects, assets abroad

Top Chinese lawmakers this week began their first review of a draft cross-border anti-corruption law aimed at beefing up the count...
US cancels joint marine drills with South Korea over Iran war-related force constraints

US cancels joint marine drills with South Korea over Iran war-related force constraints

The United States cancelled a joint amphibious landing drill scheduled for next month with South Korea, ​Seoul's Marine Corps said...
South Korea estimates North Korea has up to 120 nuclear warheads

South Korea estimates North Korea has up to 120 nuclear warheads

South Korea estimates North Korea possesses between 80 and 120 nuclear warheads, its defence minister said, citing a range signifi...
Energy shock adds billions to EU fossil fuel bill

Energy shock adds billions to EU fossil fuel bill

European countries have faced almost €41 billion in additional fossil fuel import costs as disruption in the Middle East drove up ...
Canada’s Carney to attend EU’s State of the Union

Canada’s Carney to attend EU’s State of the Union

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will join European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the most high-profile politic...
EU Steps Up Climate Adaptation as Weather Hits Crops

EU Steps Up Climate Adaptation as Weather Hits Crops

Persistent heat and lack of rainfall in the past two months are affecting summer crops and fodder supply across western and centra...
EU sees Iceland vote as potential boost for enlargement optics

EU sees Iceland vote as potential boost for enlargement optics

European Union officials are hoping a referendum in Iceland on whether to restart membership talks will help boost support within ...

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Swiss to vote on whether to tighten neutrality, end peacetime cooperation with NATO

Swiss to vote on whether to tighten neutrality, end peacetime cooperation with NATO

Swiss voters will decide in a referendum next month whether to approve a more restrictive form of neutrality that would block thei...
NATO’s northern flank faces mounting disruption from suspected drone activity

NATO’s northern flank faces mounting disruption from suspected drone activity

Military drones straying into the airspace of Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are stoking concerns that the war in Ukraine ...
What we know about North Korean forces joining Russia’s war against Ukraine

What we know about North Korean forces joining Russia’s war against Ukraine

North Korea has deployed troops, weapons and now, according to a Ukrainian intelligence official, a missile unit to support Russia...
From Threats to Turnarounds: Seven Trump Reversals on Iran

From Threats to Turnarounds: Seven Trump Reversals on Iran

President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that he had called off planned U.S. strikes on Iran, saying renewed negotiations ha...

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Music world mourns Dolly Parton, queen of country music

Music world mourns Dolly Parton, queen of country music

Dolly Parton was around six when she wrote her first song: "Little Tiny Tasseltop," an ode to her corncob doll with corn-silk hair...
Dutch pull out of ‘no longer neutral’ Eurovision

Dutch pull out of ‘no longer neutral’ Eurovision

Dutch state broadcaster Avrotros said on Monday that the Netherlands will not be taking part in next year's Eurovision Song Contes...
Princess Diana’s brother to publish book about her life

Princess Diana’s brother to publish book about her life

Charles Spencer, the brother of Britain's late Princess Diana, is to publish a book about his sister's life, promising to divulge ...
Leicester City owners looking to sell club for more than £200m

Leicester City owners looking to sell club for more than £200m

Leicester City's owners King Power, who have been in charge of the ​Midlands club since 2010, are looking ‌to sell the third-tier ...
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