German president dissolves House Sets Feb 23 polls date

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier yesterday dissolved parliament and confirmed the expected date for the early general election prompted by the collapse of Olaf Scholz’s government last month.
27 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Christmas address: Pope calls for ‘arms to be silenced’ across world

Pope Francis yesterday called for “arms to be silenced” around the world in his Christmas address, appealing for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan as he denounced the “extremely grave” humanitarian situation in Gaza.
25 December 2024, 18:00 PM

UK economy flatlines in third quarter

Britain’s economy failed to grow during the first three months of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new government, official figures showed on Monday, adding to signs of a slowdown that has cast a shadow over his time in office so far.
24 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Russian forces capture another village in eastern Ukraine

Russia yesterday said it had captured the village of Storozheve in eastern Ukraine, near the town of Velyka Novosilka which its troops is apparently trying to encircle.
23 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Drone attack hits Russia city 1,000 km from frontier

Kyiv yesterday staged a major drone attack on the Russian city of  Kazan, 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the frontier, as Moscow’s  troops captured a new frontline village in eastern Ukraine.
21 December 2024, 18:00 PM

5 killed, hundreds injured in Germany

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz yesterday condemned the “terrible, insane” car-ramming attack on a crowded Christmas market that killed five people and injured more than 200.
21 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Saudi man arrested after deadly car attack on German Christmas market

At least two people were killed, one of them a young child, and 68 injured
21 December 2024, 03:04 AM

Four migrants die trying to reach Canary Islands

Spanish rescuers yesterday said four sub-Saharan African migrants died attempting to reach the Canary Islands, the latest tragedy in a record year of irregular arrivals in the Atlantic archipelago.
19 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Graft allegations against Tulip make headlines in UK

Several news outlets in the UK yesterday reported on the corruption charges brought against UK Treasury’s Economic Secretary Tulip Siddiq by Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
19 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Uzbek suspect held over Russian general’s killing

Russia said yesterday it had detained an Uzbek man who had confessed to planting and detonating a bomb which killed a top general, Igor Kirillov, in Moscow on the instructions of Ukraine’s SBU security service.
18 December 2024, 18:00 PM

German Chancellor Scholz loses no-confidence vote, paving way for election

Scholz's three-party coalition fell apart last month after the pro-market Free Democrats quit in a row over debt
17 December 2024, 04:01 AM

Germany’s Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz yesterday lost a confidence vote in parliament, paving the way for an early general election on February 23.
16 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Five killed in Greece

Five migrants died early yesterday when a migrant boat sank off Crete, Greece’s coastguard said, leaving 40 people reportedly missing while 39 survivors were rescued. The boat sank 12 nautical miles southwest of the island, according to ERTNEWS, which reported the 40 missing.
14 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Russia pulling back but not out of Syria: sources

Russia is pulling back its military from the front lines in northern Syria and from posts in the Alawite Mountains but is not leaving its two main bases in the country after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, four Syrian officials told Reuters.
14 December 2024, 18:00 PM

2025 ‘likely’ to be in top three warmest years

The UK weather service forecast yesterday that 2025 would likely be among the top three warmest years globally, falling just behind the record-breaking temperatures set in the past months.
12 December 2024, 18:00 PM

European countries suspend Syrian asylum decisions after Assad's fall

Britain, Germany, France, Italy and several other European countries said Monday they would freeze all pending asylum requests from Syrians, a day after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad
10 December 2024, 02:28 AM

Notre Dame cathedral re-opens in Paris

France yesterday prepared to throw open the doors of the capital’s Notre Dame cathedral after a half-decade closure, in a ceremony attended by dozens of world leaders celebrating the rebirth of the Paris landmark ravaged by a devastating fire.
7 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Notre Dame reopens five years after shocking blaze

Notre Dame will formally reopen Saturday five years after the Paris cathedral was devastated by fire, with US president-elect Donald Trump among world leaders there to celebrate its remarkably rapid restoration
7 December 2024, 02:21 AM

Natural disasters cause $310b in economic losses in 2024: Swiss Re

In a year set to be declared the hottest on record, natural disasters caused $310 billion in economic losses globally in 2024, as climate change increasingly takes its toll, Swiss Re said Thursday.
5 December 2024, 18:00 PM

Romanians vote as far right hopes for breakthrough

Romanians yesterday flocked to the polls to elect a new parliament with the far right tipped to gain ground, potentially heralding a shift in the foreign policy of the Nato country bordering Ukraine.
1 December 2024, 18:00 PM