El Nino to be ‘biggest for over a century’
22 August 2026
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Europe
Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasion
21 August 2026
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Europe
UK PM urges ‘reflection’ after death of Cambridge professor
16 August 2026
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Europe
UK homes burnt, residents evacuated in fires
15 August 2026
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Europe
Explosion rocks ammunition factory near Rome
15 August 2026
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Europe
Europe Heatwave: More than 135m in Europe face 35°C plus
13 August 2026
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Europe
Western Europe logs hottest June–July on record
11 August 2026
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Europe
Ukrainian drone hits Belgorod
10 August 2026
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World
Kremlin critic Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
4 August 2026
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Europe
Spain, Morocco halt deadly rush on Spanish enclave after 49,000 cross in a day
31 July 2026
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Europe
Climate a ‘red line’ at G20
France wants the G20 to issue a statement committing to strong action on climate change and considers the issue a “red line”, President Emmanuel Macron said yesterday ahead of the summit.
26 June 2019
Russia must destroy missile: Nato
Nato yesterday urged Russia to destroy a new missile before an August deadline and save a treaty that keeps land-based nuclear
25 June 2019
World faces ‘climate apartheid’
The world is on course for “climate apartheid”, where the rich buy their way out of the worst effects of global warming while the poor
25 June 2019
Repatriate families of IS fighters: UN rights chief
The UN rights chief yesterday called for countries to repatriate family members of suspected foreign fighters in Syria, including
24 June 2019
Don’t be a coward
Jeremy Hunt, the underdog in a bitter battle with Boris Johnson to become Britain’s next prime minister, yesterday called on his rival
24 June 2019
Istanbul votes in mayoral polls in a test for Erdogan
Istanbul returned to the polls yesterday in a re-run of the mayoral election that has become a test of Turkish democracy as well as
23 June 2019
Johnson domestic ‘row’ rocks UK leadership race
Britain’s leadership contest was rocked yesterday by reports that police were called to a late-night “row” between frontrunner Boris
22 June 2019
No Brexit renegotiation
The EU’s top leaders yesterday fired a Brexit warning to whoever wins the battle to become the next British prime minister, saying the existing divorce deal could not be changed.
21 June 2019
17 stranded Bangladeshis return home
Seventeen of the 64 Bangladeshi migrants, who had been stranded in the Mediterranean off the Tunisian coast of Zarzis for nearly three weeks, return home.
21 June 2019
Hunt, Gove survive, Javid voted out
Two cabinet ministers were left fighting it out yesterday to join Boris Johnson in the run-off vote to become Britain’s next leader, amid fresh warnings of the risk of a “no deal” Brexit.
20 June 2019
Johnson wins key Brexit backing
British leadership favourite Boris Johnson won the endorsement of a key Brexit-backing rival yesterday despite accusations he was softening his rhetoric on leaving the EU.
19 June 2019
‘It remains our brand’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has described beautiful women as part of the country’s “brand”, prompting a furious backlash from activists and on social media yesterday.
18 June 2019
300,000 flee Congo violence in two weeks
Hundreds of thousands of people have fled inter-ethnic violence in northeastern areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past
18 June 2019
Russia says victim of US cyberattacks ‘for years’
The Kremlin yesterday said Moscow had been the victim of US cyberattacks “for years” following a New York Times report that
18 June 2019
UN calls for probe into death of Morsi
The UN yesterday called for an “independent inquiry” into the death of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who died in state custody.
18 June 2019
Russia frees editor after outcry
A Russian court yesterday released a newspaper editor and former lawmaker, who had been held on extortion charges, after an outcry
17 June 2019
Johnson gets boost in race for UK PM’s job
Boris Johnson got a boost in his campaign to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday when one of his former rivals and EU
17 June 2019
US mulls military options
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the United States is “considering a full range of options” regarding rising tensions
17 June 2019
Outbreak not a ‘global’ emergency
The World Health Organization said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo does not qualify as an international threat, despite the spread of the virus to neighbouring Uganda carried by an infected family.
15 June 2019
Britain bans 'harmful' gender stereotypes from ads
Ads featuring "harmful gender stereotypes" which are likely to cause offence will be banned in Britain under new rules that could have a major impact on the industry.
15 June 2019