AI not a reliable source of news, EU media study says
22 October 2025, 02:41 AM
Sarkozy begins 5-yr prison sentence
21 October 2025, 18:00 PM
France's ex-leader Sarkozy jailed, proclaiming his innocence
21 October 2025, 17:44 PM
EU seeks ways to step up checks on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’
20 October 2025, 18:21 PM
Amazon’s outage disrupts internet services
20 October 2025, 18:19 PM
Italian coastguard rescues dozens of migrants, 2 dead
20 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Louvre denies tapping Israeli firm in theft probe
20 October 2025, 15:44 PM
Louvre’s prized jewels stolen in daring heist
19 October 2025, 18:17 PM
Ex-French President Sarkozy says 'not afraid' ahead of jail term
19 October 2025, 14:15 PM
Protest hits Rome over Libya migrant deal after boat wreck
19 October 2025, 02:45 AM
UK nuclear site could leak until 2050s: MPs
Britain’s most hazardous building threatens to leak radioactive water until the 2050s unless the clean-up of a former nuclear power plant is quickened, UK lawmakers warned yesterday.
4 June 2025, 19:43 PM
EU ‘well on track’ to reach 2030 climate targets
The European Union is on track to reach its 2030 climate targets, Brussels said yesterday, but uncertainty remains over the bloc’s ambitions to cut greenhouse gas emissions much further by 2040.
28 May 2025, 19:42 PM
Earliest proof of humans using whale bone tools found
Scientists announced Tuesday they have discovered the earliest evidence of humans using whale bones, finding weapons made from the remains of the massive mammals dating back more than 20,000 years.
28 May 2025, 18:35 PM
Cops say suspect mentally unstable
A German woman accused of a mass stabbing attack that wounded 18 people at a train station in Hamburg suffers from mental illness, police said yesterday.
24 May 2025, 19:26 PM
Dire sea level rise likely at 1.5C global warming
Rising seas will severely test humanity’s resilience in the second half of the 21st century and beyond, even if nations defy the odds and cap global warming at the ambitious 1.5 degrees Celsius target, researchers said yesterday.
20 May 2025, 18:26 PM
Russia bans Amnesty Int’l
Russia’s prosecutor general said yesterday it had banned human rights group Amnesty International Limited as an “undesirable organisation”, accusing it of backing Ukraine against Russia.
19 May 2025, 18:28 PM
Russian demands ‘non-starters’
The first direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in more than three years lasted well under two hours, with no apparent sign of progress so far in narrowing the gap between the sides, and a Ukrainian source called Moscow’s demands “non-starters”.
16 May 2025, 18:56 PM
Global acute hunger hits new high
More than 295 million people faced acute hunger last year, a new high driven by conflict as well as other crises -- and the outlook is “bleak” for 2025 as humanitarian aid falters, a UN-backed report said yesterday.
16 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Detained people: France sues Iran at top UN court
Paris has filed a case against Tehran at the top UN court over two French citizens who have been held in Iran for three years, the French foreign minister said yesterday.
16 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Spying allegation: Swedish envoy found dead in Stockholm
A Swedish diplomat arrested over the weekend in Stockholm on charges of spying and released days later has been found dead, media reported yesterday, with the foreign ministry confirming an employee had died.
16 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Russia deliberately hit journos’ hotels in Ukraine: NGOs
Russia has deliberately targeted hotels used by journalists covering its war on Ukraine, the NGOs Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Truth Hounds said yesterday, calling the strikes “war crimes”.
16 May 2025, 18:00 PM
France backs calls to review EU-Israel deal over Gaza
France yesterday backed calls for a review of the cooperation agreement between the European Union and Israel over a blockade of aid to Gaza.
11 May 2025, 18:24 PM
Europe presses Russia for 30-day truce in Ukraine
The leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Poland yesterday agreed to call on Russia to accept a 30-day unconditional ceasefire starting Monday, Kyiv said.
10 May 2025, 18:32 PM
Germany move against far-right AfD sets off US quarrel
Germany’s domestic intelligence service on Friday designated the far-right AfD party as an extremist group, setting off a diplomatic spat with the United States.
3 May 2025, 19:18 PM
Ukraine downs Russian jet with sea drone
Ukraine destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet using a missile fired from a seaborne drone, Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence agency announced yesterday, in what it said was the world’s first downing of a combat plane by a maritime drone.
3 May 2025, 19:17 PM
Belgium's green light for red light workers
Since December, Belgium's sex workers can access legal protections and labour rights, such as paid leave, like any other profession
30 April 2025, 05:54 AM
Trump threats help Liberals win Canada polls
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney completed a comeback victory for the governing Liberals in Monday’s election, positioning himself for a global role as a champion of multilateralism against US President Donald Trump’s more protectionist policies.
29 April 2025, 18:05 PM
142 people prosecuted in Europe for helping migrants in 2024: NGO
At least 142 people were prosecuted in 2024 for helping or rescuing migrants across Europe, a report by a group defending migrants' rights warned on Tuesday
29 April 2025, 04:21 AM
Russia ready to negotiate directly with Ukraine for peace
Russia yesterday said it was ready to negotiate directly with Ukraine, but that recognition of its claims over five Ukrainian regions, including Crimea, was “imperative” to resolving the conflict.
28 April 2025, 18:01 PM
Kursk retaken from Ukraine with North Korean help: Russia
The Russian army has fully liberated the border Kursk region from Ukrainian control with the help of North Korean soldiers, Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov said on Saturday, admitting their participation in the conflict for the first time.
26 April 2025, 18:00 PM