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
Pope Francis’s funeral today
Tens of thousands of people flocked to the Vatican yesterday for a last glimpse of Pope Francis’s open coffin, as world leaders and other guests began arriving for his funeral.
25 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Napoleon’s letter denying role in Pope abduction up for auction
A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in the kidnapping of Pope Pius VII in 1809 is to go under the hammer this weekend, in a reminder of France’s complicated past relationship with the Vatican.
23 April 2025, 18:01 PM
‘Unlawful’ advertising: 200 French media groups sue Meta
Around 200 French media groups, including leading television channels and newspapers, are taking legal action against Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, over its online advertising practices, their lawyers announced yesterday.
23 April 2025, 18:00 PM
German police launch manhunt after 2 people shot dead
A large police operation was under way in Germany yesterday to find one or more shooters who killed two men the day before in the centre of the country, police said.
20 April 2025, 18:00 PM
IMO approves first global carbon pricing system
Member states of the Intentional Maritime Organization (IMO) voted in favour of a global pricing system to help curb maritime emissions, the UN shipping body announced yesterday.
11 April 2025, 18:00 PM
More Sudanese refugees fleeing as far as Europe
Over a thousand Sudanese refugees have reached or attempted to reach Europe in early 2025, the United Nations’ refugee agency said yesterday, citing growing desperation in part due to reduced aid in the region.
11 April 2025, 18:00 PM
EU to discuss setting up fund to buy defence gear
European Union finance ministers will discuss this week the setting up of a joint intergovernmental defence fund that would buy and own defence equipment and charge members a fee for its use, a paper prepared for the ministers’ discussions showed.
7 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Tariffs war: Stocks sink again as Trump digs in
Stock markets and oil prices collapsed further yesterday on a black for markets as US President Donald Trump stood firm over his tariffs despite recession fears.
7 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Russia seeks ‘answers’ before Ukraine truce
The Kremlin yesterday said that it supported the idea of a truce in Ukraine but had many "questions" about how it would work, pushing back at US and European suggestions that it was playing for time.
7 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Aid cuts could leave more women dying in pregnancy and birth, UN says
Cuts to aid budgets are threatening to undermine years of progress in reducing the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth, and could lead to a rise in deaths, the United Nations has warned.
6 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Russell Brand charged with rape
London’s Metropolitan Police yesterday said it had charged comedian and actor Russell Brand with rape and a number of other sexual offences.
4 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Major child sexual abuse image platform busted
German investigators said Wednesday that they had dismantled a major platform for the distribution of child sex abuse images with 1.8 million users worldwide in an international operation coordinated by Europol.
3 April 2025, 19:16 PM
‘Catastrophe’ if Iran is attacked
Russia yesterday said that threats of military strikes against its ally Iran were unacceptable and warned that attacking the Islamic Republic could lead to potentially catastrophic results if nuclear installations were bombed.
3 April 2025, 19:14 PM
France’s Le Pen eyes 2027 vote
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said in an interview published yesterday that she would use all possible legal avenues to stand in 2027 elections despite a criminal conviction, hailing a promise to hear her appeal quickly as “very good news”.
2 April 2025, 19:00 PM
Russia, Ukraine trade new accusations No plans for Putin-Trump meeting in KSA: Kremlin
Russia and Ukraine yesterday accused each other of launching new attacks against each other’s energy facilities, in violation of a US-brokered moratorium.
2 April 2025, 18:59 PM
UK drawing up new action plan to tackle rising TB
Britain yesterday urged health experts and sufferers of tuberculosis (TB) to come forward to help draw up a new five-year action plan as it deals with record rises in the disease.
2 April 2025, 18:57 PM
WFP warns of crisis as funding cut by 40pc
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday warned of an “unprecedented crisis” as it faces a 40 percent drop in funding this year, risking life-saving aid for 58 million people.
28 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Number of UK children living in poverty highest in 20 yrs
The number of children living in poverty in the UK reached a new record, according to data published Thursday, as the government faces a storm of criticism over plans to cut welfare payments.
28 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Canadian PM calls snap polls
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called a snap election for April 28, saying he needed a strong mandate to deal with the threat posed by US President Donald Trump, who “wants to break us so America can own us.”
24 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Tens of thousands in France protest racism, far right
Tens of thousands of people in Paris and other French cities rallied against racism and the rise of the far right on Saturday.
23 March 2025, 18:00 PM