London’s Metropolitan Police yesterday said it had charged comedian and actor Russell Brand with rape and a number of other sexual offences.

German investigators said Wednesday that they had dismantled a major platform for the distribution of child sex abuse images with 1.8 million users worldwide in an international operation coordinated by Europol.

Russia yesterday said that threats of military strikes against its ally Iran were unacceptable and warned that attacking the Islamic Republic could lead to potentially catastrophic results if nuclear installations were bombed.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warned Thursday, as she vowed Brussels was 'prepared to respond'

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said in an interview published yesterday that she would use all possible legal avenues to stand in 2027 elections despite a criminal conviction, hailing a promise to hear her appeal quickly as “very good news”.

Russia and Ukraine yesterday accused each other of launching new attacks against each other’s energy facilities, in violation of a US-brokered moratorium.

Britain yesterday urged health experts and sufferers of tuberculosis (TB) to come forward to help draw up a new five-year action plan as it deals with record rises in the disease.

The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday warned of an “unprecedented crisis” as it faces a 40 percent drop in funding this year, risking life-saving aid for 58 million people.

The number of children living in poverty in the UK reached a new record, according to data published Thursday, as the government faces a storm of criticism over plans to cut welfare payments.

The Ukrainian air force said yesterday that Russia launched 139 drones and an Iskander-M ballistic missile during an overnight attack that injured two people and damaged storage facilities.

New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called a snap election for April 28, saying he needed a strong mandate to deal with the threat posed by US President Donald Trump, who “wants to break us so America can own us.”

Tens of thousands of people in Paris and other French cities rallied against racism and the rise of the far right on Saturday.

Moscow is hoping to achieve “some progress” at talks in Saudi Arabia tomorrow, a Russian negotiator told state media some 48 hours before the United States meets delegations from both Ukraine and Russia in a bid to halt the three-year conflict.

Heathrow Airport said it was “fully operational” yesterday but there were some delays and cancellations as Europe’s busiest air hub resumed operations a day after a power station fire caused travel mayhem.

A court in France is to rule on Friday in the case of a 39-year-old convicted French jihadist charged with holding four journalists captive more than a decade ago in war-torn Syria.

Britain’s Heathrow Airport was shut yesterday after a huge fire at a nearby substation knocked out its power, stranding passengers around the world and angering airlines who questioned how such crucial infrastructure could fail.

The global music industry raked in a record $29.6 billion last year as online streaming propelled revenues to their highest level since records began in the 1990s, new figures showed on Wednesday.

The EU yesterday warned that President Donald Trump’s freeze on US-funded media outlets, including Radio Free Europe, risked “benefitting our common adversaries”. 

Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday launched his term in office with a whole-hearted rejection of US President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to annex his northern neighbor.

Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday his conservatives had struck a deal with the Greens on massively boosting defence and infrastructure spending, paving the way for the plan’s approval in parliament.