UK intercepts a Russian shadow fleet tanker
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Europe
Iranian oil sails past Gulf blockade
6 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Europe
European aid fuels Ukraine drone boom
5 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Europe
Musk ‘trying to whip up division’
5 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Europe
Mosquitoes can learn to love common repellent
30 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Europe
Belgium train collides with school bus, killing several people
26 May 2026, 15:52 PM
Europe
UK net migration halves in 2025 to 171,000
22 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Europe
Berlin launches trash-for-treats scheme
15 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Europe
UK PM defiant amid growing calls to quit
13 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Europe
Germany wants to put TikTok 'in European hands'
12 May 2026, 21:24 PM
Europe
Ceasefire would only benefit Moscow
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday that a ceasefire in Russia’s war against Ukraine would not lead to political dialogue, and would only benefit Moscow.
11 January 2024, 18:00 PM
US, UK repel major Houthi attack in Red Sea
US and UK forces have shot down more than 20 drones and missiles over the Red Sea launched by Yemen’s Houthis, in what London branded yesterday the “largest attack” yet by Iran-backed rebels.
10 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Over 6,000 migrants vanished trying to reach Spain in 2023
At least 6,618 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2023, when record numbers headed for the Canary Islands, a migrants rights group said yesterday.
9 January 2024, 18:00 PM
2023 was world’s hottest year on record
Last year was the planet’s hottest on record by a substantial margin and likely the world’s warmest in the last 100,000 years, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said yesterday.
9 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Gabriel Attal picked as France’s youngest PM
French leader Emmanuel Macron yesterday picked Gabriel Attal as prime minister in a bid to give new momentum to his presidency, with the 34-year-old becoming France’s youngest and first openly gay head of government.
9 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Italian junior culture minister probed over stolen painting
Italian prosecutors said yesterday they were investigating a junior culture minister over allegations a painting he owned and exhibited had been stolen and modified to hide its origins -- claims he denies.
9 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Gabriel Attal picked as France's youngest PM
French leader Emmanuel Macron today picked Gabriel Attal as prime minister in a bid to give new momentum to his presidency, with the 34-year-old becoming France's youngest and first openly gay head of government
9 January 2024, 14:36 PM
France to build ‘beyond’ planned 6 new nuke plants
France is set to build eight new nuclear plants on top of six already announced, the energy minister has said, arguing more reactors are needed to hit carbon reduction targets.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Italian FM calls for formation of EU army
The European Union should form its own combined army that could play a role in peacekeeping and preventing conflict, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia launches 28 drones, 3 missiles at Ukraine
Russia launched 28 attack drones and three cruise missile at Ukraine overnight, Ukraine’s air force said yesterday, adding that its air defence systems destroyed 21 of the drones.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
‘They are not soldiers’
Wives of Russians mobilised to fight in Ukraine symbolically laid flowers Saturday at the flame of the unknown soldier right beneath the walls of the Kremlin and demanded the return of their husbands from the front.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
New aircraft glitch for Canadian PM
Canada said on Friday an aircraft was sent this week to Jamaica to address a maintenance issue with the plane that took PM Justin Trudeau on a visit to Caribbean, enabling him to fly back home.
6 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia fires North Korean missiles at Ukraine
Russia has hit Ukraine with missiles supplied by North Korea for the first time during its invasion, Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said yesterday, corroborating an earlier assertion by Washington.
5 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Russian strikes kill two in central, eastern Ukraine
Russian strikes killed two people in Ukraine after several days of deadly attacks that claimed dozens of lives, officials said yesterday.
4 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Mexican officials rescue 31 kidnapped migrants
Mexican authorities have rescued 31 migrants, including women and children, who were kidnapped over the weekend in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, officials announced on Wednesday.
4 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Doctors in England start longest strike in NHS history
Hospital doctors in England yesterday began their longest consecutive strike in the seven-decade history of Britain’s National Service (NHS).
3 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Sweden sees coldest weather in 25 years
Sweden yesterday recorded its coldest January night in 25 years, with a reading of minus 43.6 degrees Celsius in the far north as a cold snap hit the country and neighbouring Finland.
3 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Ukraine attacks Belgorod region with missiles
Ukraine launched 12 missiles and several drones in the early hours of yesterday on Russia’s southern region of Belgorod, Russia’s defence ministry and local authorities said.
3 January 2024, 18:00 PM
30,000 crossed the Channel to UK last year
Nearly 30,000 migrants crossed the Channel to Britain from mainland Europe in small boats in 2023, an annual drop of more than a third, government figures released yesterday showed.
1 January 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Willing to take direct action’ against Huthis
British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said yesterday that Britain is “willing to take direct action” against Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen who have repeatedly attacked vessels in the Red Sea.
1 January 2024, 18:00 PM