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
Croatia switches to euro, enters borderless Europe club
Croatia on Sunday switched to the euro and entered Europe's passport-free zone -- two major milestones for the country after joining the EU nearly a decade ago.
1 January 2023, 02:13 AM
Former pope Benedict XVI passes away
Former pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced yesterday, almost a decade after he became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries.
31 December 2022, 18:00 PM
13 Moroccans drown trying to reach Spanish
The bodies of 13 Moroccans were recovered after their boat sank off the country's southern coast while attempting to reach Spain's Canary Islands, Moroccan media reported.
31 December 2022, 14:16 PM
Former Pope Benedict dies aged 95
Former Pope Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to resign, died on Saturday aged 95 in a secluded monastery in the Vatican where he had lived since stepping down, a spokesman for the Holy See said.
31 December 2022, 11:22 AM
Nearly 1,700 journos killed in 20yrs: RSF
Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders.
30 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Ramp up Russia-China military cooperation
Russian leader Vladimir Putin yesterday told Chinese President Xi Jinping he was keen to ramp up military cooperation and hailed the two countries’ efforts to counter Western influence.
30 December 2022, 18:00 PM
No New Year’s greetings for US, France, Germany: Kremlin
US President Joe Biden, France’s Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will not be receiving New Year’s greetings from Russian leader Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said yesterday.
30 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Putin, Xi to speak today
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks by video link with Chinese leader Xi Jinping today, the Kremlin said, as Russia seeks to bolster
29 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Germany shrugs off Russia's oil export ban
Germany on Wednesday shrugged off Russia's ban on oil sales to countries and companies that comply with a price cap agreed by Western allies, saying it has "no practical significance".
28 December 2022, 13:59 PM
Fighting rages in east Ukraine
Russian forces shelled and bombed towns and cities in eastern and southern Ukraine yesterday, a day after Russia’s foreign minister said Kyiv must accept Moscow’s demands for ending the war or else suffer defeat on the battlefield.
27 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Serbian army on alert as tensions rise in northern Kosovo
Protesting Serbs in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo erected new barricades on Tuesday, hours after Serbia said it had put its army on the highest combat alert following weeks of escalating tensions between Belgrade and Pristina.
27 December 2022, 14:27 PM
Russia places journo on wanted list
Russia yesterday placed a senior journalist with the Bellingcat investigative website on a wanted list, following his extensive reporting on Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine.
26 December 2022, 18:00 PM
More NGOs halt Afghan work
Christian Aid and ActionAid yesterday became the latest foreign aid groups to suspend operations in Afghanistan after the country’s Taliban rulers ordered all NGOs to stop women staff from working.
26 December 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Peace formula’ in Ukraine
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday said he sought India’s help with implementing a “peace formula” in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
26 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Suspect in Paris shooting transferred to psychiatric unit
A French man suspected of killing three people in a “racist” attack at a Kurdish cultural centre in Paris has been transferred to a psychiatric unit, prosecutors said, as police and demonstrators clashed in the French capital.
25 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Pope laments ‘famine of peace’
Pope Francis called for an end to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts in his Christmas message yesterday, saying the world was suffering from a “famine of peace”.
25 December 2022, 18:00 PM
World is starving for peace, says Pope on Christmas
<B>Pope Francis called for an end to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts in his Christmas message on Sunday, saying the world was suffering from a “famine of peace”.</B>.Delivering the 10th Christmas “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) blessing and message of his pontificate, h
25 December 2022, 12:31 PM
‘Serpent’ serial killer Sobhraj arrives in France after release
French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, arrived in France yesterday after almost 20 years in prison in Nepal.
24 December 2022, 18:00 PM
22 killed in Russia nursing home fire
A fire erupted overnight in a private illegal nursing home in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, killing 22 people, Russia’s investigative committee said yesterday.
24 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Canada polar bears disappearing fast
Polar bears are disappearing fast from the Western part of Hudson Bay, on the southern tip of the Canadian Arctic, according to a
24 December 2022, 18:00 PM