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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
Nato, partners aim to boost Kyiv’s air defence
More than 50 Western countries met yesterday to promise more weapons for Ukraine, focusing on its need for air defences after Moscow launched its most intense missile strikes since the start of the war.
12 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Europe to blame for energy crisis, says Putin
Russia's president said Europe was to blame for its energy crisis with policies that starved the oil and gas industry of investment and said price caps would make it worse, as EU states tried to forge a deal on ways to contain soaring energy costs.
12 October 2022, 14:22 PM
Alarm grows as Iran readies crackdown
Rights groups voiced alarm yesterday over the extent of an Iranian crackdown on a Kurdish-populated city that has become a hub for protests.
11 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Funding for refugees: UN warns of ‘severe cuts’
The head of the UN refugee agency said yesterday that his organisation will need to make deep cuts with dire consequences for displaced
10 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Heatwaves will make regions uninhabitable in decades
Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said yesterday.
10 October 2022, 18:00 PM
US ammo supplies dwindle as war drains stockpiles
The United States will soon be unable to provide Ukraine with certain types of ammunition that are essential to Kyiv’s battle against Russia’s invasion, as supplies are being used up faster than they can be replaced.
8 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Blast damages key Crimea bridge
Russia yesterday said three people were killed in after a truck exploded on its bridge linking Crimea -- a symbol of its annexation of the peninsula -- without immediately blaming Ukraine.
8 October 2022, 18:00 PM
‘Not afraid anymore’
Schoolgirls chanted slogans, workers went on strike and street clashes erupted across Iran yesterday, as protests over the death of Mahsa Amini entered fourth week in defiance of a bloody crackdown.
8 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Russian court orders seizure of Memorial’s Moscow offices: agencies
A Moscow court on Friday ordered the seizure of Memorial’s Moscow headquarters, in a ruling delivered hours after the rights group was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, agencies reported.
8 October 2022, 18:00 PM
250 pilot whales die in remote New Zealand stranding
About 250 pilot whales have died after beaching on New Zealand’s remote Chatham Island where the shark risk makes attempts to refloat them too dangerous, the government said yesterday.
8 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Ireland petrol station blast kills nine
At least nine people have been killed in an explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal in Ireland’s northwest, police said yesterday.
8 October 2022, 18:00 PM
World food prices fall for sixth straight month: FAO
World food prices fell for a sixth month in a row in September, UN data showed yesterday, as the prices continued to decline since they reached a record high following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
7 October 2022, 18:00 PM
European leaders show ‘unity’ in face of Russia’s war
Leaders from across Europe met Thursday in Prague for the inaugural summit of a new forum aimed at bringing the continent together in the face of Russia’s aggression, with Ukraine’s president urging more support for Kyiv.
7 October 2022, 18:00 PM
UN body rejects debate on China’s rights record
The UN rights council yesterday rejected a Western-led motion to hold a debate about alleged human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region after a UN report found possible crimes against humanity.
6 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Climate change made 2022 drought ‘20 times likelier’
Human-caused climate change made this summer’s drought across the Northern Hemisphere at least 20 times more likely, according to a rapid analysis released Wednesday that warns such extreme dry periods will become increasingly common with global heating.
6 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Paris waves goodbye to cardboard Metro tickets
The Paris Metro is phasing out cardboard tickets after 120 years, taking the capital’s urban transit into a contactless future but leaving behind nostalgic fans who will miss the humble rectangular cards.
5 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Trio win Nobel Prize in physics
A trio of physicists yesterday won the Nobel Prize for discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics that have paved the way for quantum computers, networks and secure encrypted communication.
4 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Merkel wins UN refugee prize
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday won the United Nations refugee agency’s prestigious Nansen Award, receiving praise for her determination to protect asylum seekers while in office.
4 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Musk’s tweet on Ukraine peace plan causes uproar
Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday asked Twitter users to weigh in on a plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine that drew condemnation from Ukrainians, including President Zelensky.
4 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Research on evolution: Sweden’s Paabo wins Nobel Prize in Medicine
Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo yesterday won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors.
3 October 2022, 18:00 PM