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France heatwave's first major outage leaves 68,000 homes without power
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European leaders to meet for Ukraine talks in Berlin
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Starmer resigns as UK PM
23 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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‘Starmer thinking about quitting’
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Rare manuscript of Mozart found in France
22 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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‘None of your concern’
21 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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UK intercepts a Russian shadow fleet tanker
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Iranian oil sails past Gulf blockade
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Russia, Turkey float plan
Turkey and Russia have prepared an agreement for a ceasefire in Syria, Turkey's foreign minister said, adding Ankara would not budge
28 December 2016, 18:41 PM
Faulty wing flaps to blame
The main flight recorder from the Russian jet that crashed on Sunday has revealed that faulty flaps were to blame, Russian media said.
28 December 2016, 18:35 PM
Turkey opens first trial of coup suspects
The first trial related to Turkey's failed coup started yesterday, with 29 police officers facing charges of disobeying orders on the July
27 December 2016, 18:28 PM
Cafe manager jailed for insulting Turkey's Erdogan
Turkish authorities have arrested the cafeteria manager of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper for insulting the president after he said he would not serve tea to Tayyip Erdogan, one of the manager's lawyers tells Reuters.
27 December 2016, 05:14 AM
Focus is on faults, not terrorism
A pilot error or a technical fault - not terrorism - is likely to be the cause of the plane crash into the Black Sea,
26 December 2016, 18:00 PM
French aid worker kidnapped in Mali
A Frenchwoman who runs an aid group has been kidnapped in Mali's restive north, the French foreign ministry
25 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Russian jets pound Idlib, rural Aleppo
Russian jets stepped up strikes on several towns in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province and rural Aleppo two days after the
25 December 2016, 18:00 PM
WWII bomb forces evacuation of 54,000 in Germany on Xmas
An unwelcome Christmas surprise in southern Germany forced the evacuation of 54,000 people from their homes
25 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Xmas Day typhoon hits Philippines
A powerful typhoon with gusts of up to 235 kilometres (146 miles) an hour hit the Philippines late yesterday,
25 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Xmas 'hostage' to materialism
Pope Francis said that Christmas had been "taken hostage" by dazzling materialism that puts God in the shadows
25 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Ukraine rebels agree to new armistice
A top Ukrainian insurgent said yesterday the rebels had agreed to an indefinite ceasefire negotiated by Russia and Ukraine that would go
23 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Russia-US ties hit new low
The United States yesterday played down Russian reports that already tense ties between the old foes have plunged to chilly new lows.
22 December 2016, 19:04 PM
Anger in Germany grows
German authorities came under fire yesterday after it emerged that the prime suspect in Berlin's deadly truck attack, a rejected Tunisian asylum seeker, was known as a potentially dangerous jihadist.
22 December 2016, 19:03 PM
Russia bids farewell to slain envoy
President Vladimir Putin bade farewell to Andrei Karlov at a packed memorial ceremony in Moscow for the diplomat who was
22 December 2016, 18:48 PM
Kremlin slams new US sanctions
The Kremlin said yesterday that new sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States would damage relations
21 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Modi losing friends
A leading political ally of Narendra Modi has abruptly distanced himself from the Indian prime minister's move to
21 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Manhunt on across Europe
A manhunt is under way across Europe's Schengen states after prosecutors yesterday identified a suspect in the lorry
21 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Muslim prayer hall shooter found dead
Swiss police yesterday said that they had found the body of a man suspected of opening fire and injuring three men at
20 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Missing flight MH370 not in search zone
Missing flight MH370 is almost certainly not in the current search zone in the remote Indian Ocean and may be
20 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Ambassadors killed in the line of duty
Russia's ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, is shot dead by a Turkish policeman crying "Aleppo" and "revenge" at
20 December 2016, 18:00 PM