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Europe
King Charles becomes first British monarch to reveal tax bill
King Charles has become the first British monarch to publicly disclose his personal tax payments, revealing he paid £12.9 million ...
Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Malta deepen maritime cooperation at Rome summit
Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Malta have reaffirmed their commitment to closer cooperation on shipping following a meeting of their ma...
Ukraine to conduct preemptive attacks on facilities Russia uses for war, Zelenskiy says
Ukraine will carry out preemptive attacks on facilities Russia is using for its war, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his e...
Heatwave grips Western Europe, putting Italian cities on alert and killing poultry in France
Italy placed 16 of its 27 largest cities on red alert on Wednesday as an intense heatwave continued to grip the country and much o...
Romanian parliament rejects nominated prime minister, deepening government crisis
Romania's Prime Minister-designate Adrian Vestea failed to win parliament's vote of confidence late on Monday after the far-right...
Montenegro ready to assume EU membership responsibilities, president tells MEPs
Montenegro is ready to assume the responsibilities of European Union membership and contribute to the bloc's future, President Jak...
Hungary amends constitution to impose eight-year limit on prime ministers
Hungary's parliament approved a constitutional amendment limiting prime ministers to a maximum of eight years in office, a move th...
Sweden adopts tougher immigration law linking residency to ‘good behaviour’
Sweden's parliament passed a law on Monday allowing authorities to revoke immigrants' residency permits based on bad behaviour, s...
World
Vance, Rubio strike different tone on Iran and Israel
President Donald Trump's administration has pushed hard to present a united front on the Iran war, but statements by his vice pres...
Buildings Collapse as Twin Earthquakes Devastate Venezuela
At least 32 people have been killed and more than 700 injured after two powerful earthquakes — measuring 7.2 and 7.5 — struck cent...
Former US Fed chair Alan Greenspan dies aged 100
Former US Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan due to complications from Parkinson’s disease, his family said on Monday. He was 10...
Trump confident on deal but Iran says discussions still ongoing
Iran has stated that no final agreement has yet been reached with the United States, despite comments by Donald Trump suggesting t...
Libya’s eastern government bans entry of nationals from Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia
Libya’s eastern-based government has banned the entry of nationals of four African countries, a decision a government source said...
Libya moves towards elections as rival leaders agree early 2027 timetable
Libya’s three most influential political leaders have agreed on a roadmap to hold simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elec...
US and Iran presidents sign ceasefire agreement, but Trump says he could still resume attacks
The U.S. and Iran released the text of an interim agreement their presidents have signed to end their war on Wednesday, with U.S. ...
Iran and US agree deal to end war as Trump says Strait of Hormuz will be reopened
U.S. and Iranian officials said they had reached an agreement to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a preliminary pac...
Global trade in cocaine, methamphetamine is booming, UN drug report shows
- The global trade in illicit drugs is booming, with cocaine production and seizures of methamphetamine at an all-time high, a Un...
India’s passport clarification fuels questions over citizenship documentation
India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has clarified that an Indian passport is primarily a travel document and should not be ...
Netanyahu to run for re-election, his party says
Benjamin Netanyahu will seek re-election this year, his party announced on Wednesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he w...
Oil falls as Lebanon and Israel agree on a ceasefire
Oil prices fell on Thursday as a ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon boosted hopes for a broader agreement to end the U.S.-...
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MEPs endorse fast-track EU defence innovation programme
European Parliament committees have backed plans to establish a new EU programme aimed at accelerating defence innovation in respo...
Dublin hosts European Parliament leaders before Ireland assumes EU Council presidency
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola and the leaders of the Parliament's political groups met in Dublin this week to disc...
EU names ex-Dutch defence minister as EEAS secretary-general
Former Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren has been appointed secretary general of the European External Action Service, the EU...
Influencers offered access to EU summits — provided they back the European project
Influencers will be able to film content while top EU leaders meet in Brussels — as long as they don’t question the bloc’s values....
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What is the ‘Omega Block’ causing Europe’s intense heatwave?
The intense heatwave engulfing Western Europe, resulting in more than 40 deaths in France alone, is being sustained by a weather p...
What happens next? How the UK will choose Starmer’s successor
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he would resign, with a new leader to be in place by the time parliament returns in S...
Has Trump achieved his goals in the war with Iran?
Shortly after the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran on February 28, U.S. President Donald Trump laid out a host of objec...
How Brexit is estimated to have hit the UK economy
Britain's economy has seen weak growth overall since it left the European Union at the start of 2020, though disentangling the eff...
Other News
Over 210 Athletes Set for Inaugural Tallinja Malta Youth International Athletics Festival
The inaugural Tallinja Malta Youth International Athletics Festival is set to make a strong debut, attracting more than 210 young ...
Adidas edging Nike in World Cup sales boost
As the World Cup brand battle heats up, sportswear giant Adidas appears to be getting a bigger boost than rival Nike, early data s...
All 380 fixtures for 2026/27 Premier League season
The 2026/27 Premier League fixtures have been released and the dates of all 380 matches are below.
The kick-off times of weeken...
US security forces thwart dozens of drone incidents in first days of World Cup
The federal government has seized dozens of drones since the start of the FIFA World Cup earlier this month, according to statisti...
