El Nino to be ‘biggest for over a century’
22 August 2026
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Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasion
21 August 2026
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UK PM urges ‘reflection’ after death of Cambridge professor
16 August 2026
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UK homes burnt, residents evacuated in fires
15 August 2026
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Explosion rocks ammunition factory near Rome
15 August 2026
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Europe Heatwave: More than 135m in Europe face 35°C plus
13 August 2026
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Western Europe logs hottest June–July on record
11 August 2026
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Ukrainian drone hits Belgorod
10 August 2026
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Kremlin critic Nadezhdin flees Russia for France
4 August 2026
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Spain, Morocco halt deadly rush on Spanish enclave after 49,000 cross in a day
31 July 2026
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Trudeau red-faced again
The controversy created by an invitation to former convicted Khalistani terrorist Jaspal Atwal for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's dinner
1 March 2018
Angry UK PM rejects EU draft
British Prime Minister Theresa May angrily rejected a draft divorce treaty unveiled by the EU on Wednesday, saying she would never
28 February 2018
'Noah's Ark' gathers a million crop varieties
Norway's 'doomsday' seed bank, which seeks to protect the world's crops from natural disasters, on Monday said it had gathered more than a million varieties as it marked its 10-year anniversary.
27 February 2018
PNG troops respond to major quake
Papua New Guinea sent troops and rescue workers after a powerful earthquake struck the Pacific nation's mountainous
26 February 2018
Corbyn piles pressure on May over Brexit
Britain should stay in a customs union with the European Union even after it leaves the bloc, opposition leader
26 February 2018
UK Labour to back customs union with European Union
Britain's opposition Labour party will back a new customs union with the EU, its Brexit policy chief said - a move that would facilitate trade with the bloc but limit Britain's ability to strike deals with other countries.
25 February 2018
'You can't fight evil with another evil'
Pope Francis yesterday said Syria was being "martyred" by continued attacks killing civilians in the eastern Ghouta district, calling for an immediate end to violence and access to humanitarian aid.
25 February 2018
Rival protests across Italy ahead of vote
Tens of thousands of people marched in rival far-right and anti-fascist demonstrations across Italy on Saturday, with isolated clashes
25 February 2018
'Pure illusion'
EU President Donald Tusk on Friday dismissed plans for post-Brexit relations with London, reportedly devised by the British
24 February 2018
Dutch MPs recognise Armenian 'genocide'
Turkey summoned the Dutch charge d'affaires yesterday to complain about the Netherlands parliament recognising the massacre of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 as genocide. The parliamentary motion, which the Dutch government said would not become official policy, risks further worsening ties between the countries.
23 February 2018
UK PM's key Brexit speech next Friday
Prime Minister Theresa May will make a keynote speech next Friday on Britain's relationship with the EU after Brexit following a "very positive" meeting of her senior ministers, her spokesman said. The full cabinet will discuss the plans at their regular weekly meeting on Tuesday.
23 February 2018
US-Russia ties will be hard to repair
Moscow said yesterday it would be "very difficult" to improve US-Russia relations, which have plummeted to Cold War lows on
21 February 2018
Tensions soar in Afrin
Turkey warned yesterday that pro-Damascus forces would face "serious consequences" for entering Syria's Afrin region to help
21 February 2018
Mueller eyes Kushner contacts
Special counsel Robert Mueller is probing Jared Kushner's efforts to get foreign investors beyond Russia to provide financing for his
20 February 2018
32-year jail term for depraved UK academic
A British academic who blackmailed victims into sending him increasingly depraved images which he shared on dark web forums is jailed for 32 years after admitting 137 offences which included encouraging the rape of a four-year-old boy.
20 February 2018
New anti-Brexit party launches in Britain
A new anti-Brexit centrist political party held its official launch in London yesterday, one of several initiatives by pro-European Union
19 February 2018
Russia probes church killing in N Caucasus
Russia is investigating whether the gunman behind a deadly attack on an Orthodox church in the North Caucasus had extremist ties, the
19 February 2018
Ex-Haiti boss admits paying for sex: report
British aid charity Oxfam yesterday released its internal report into a scandal in Haiti that has shattered its reputation, revealing that a
19 February 2018
Russia says 'no evidence' it meddled in US election
Russia's government yesterday insisted there was no evidence that it meddled in the US elections, after Washington indicted 13
19 February 2018
Aussie politician slammed for Facebook gun photo
A conservative Australian politician who posted a photo of himself on Facebook holding a gun in a jibe at environmentalists was
19 February 2018