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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
Inaction may kill thousands
Germany’s new foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, has pledged to work with international partners to help avert in Afghanistan what she called “the worst humanitarian catastrophe of our time”.
24 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Putin sees ‘positive’ US reaction
President Vladimir Putin said that Washington’s willingness to discuss Russia’s security proposals to curb Nato’s eastward expansion was “positive”, as fears mount in the West over a major military escalation in Ukraine.
24 December 2021, 18:00 PM
US became ‘arrogant’ after fall of Soviet Union: Gorbachev
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev yesterday said that Washington grew “arrogant and self-confident” after the collapse of the Soviet Union, leading to the expansion of the Nato military alliance.
24 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Poland says Germany wants to turn EU into ‘Fourth Reich’
The head of Poland’s ruling party Jaroslaw Kaczynski yesterday said that Germany was trying to turn the European Union into a federal “German Fourth Reich”.
24 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia fines Google $98m over banned content
A Moscow court slapped Google with an unprecedented hefty fine of nearly $100 million yesterday as Russia ramps up its pressure on foreign tech giants.
24 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Two killed in Russia hospital fire
Two patients died yesterday after a fire broke out in an intensive care unit of an infectious diseases hospital, typically used to treat Covid patients, in Astrakhan in southern Russia.
24 December 2021, 18:00 PM
West condemns ‘deployment’ of Russian mercenaries in Mali
More than a dozen Western powers on Thursday expressed anger that Russian mercenaries working for the controversial Wagner group have started to deploy in Mali, accusing Moscow of providing material backing for the fighters.
24 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Putin hails multiple launch test of hypersonic missile
President Vladimir Putin yesterday said the Russian military successfully fired a simultaneous salvo of its Zircon hypersonic missiles, calling it “a big event” for the country.
24 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Assange lawyers launch appeal against extradition
Lawyers for Julian Assange have launched an appeal before Britain’s Supreme Court against a High Court ruling that he may be extradited to the United States, the WikiLeaks founder’s fiancee said Thursday.
24 December 2021, 18:00 PM
High temperatures hit Greenland
Temperatures have soared in Greenland recently, the Danish Meteorological Institute said on Wednesday, in line with warming trends experts have linked to global warming.
23 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia doesn’t want conflict: Putin
Russia wants to avoid conflict with Ukraine and the West, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday, demanding an “immediate” response from the US and its allies to Moscow’s demand for security guarantees.
23 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Dozens missing as migrant boat sinks off Greece
A massive search and rescue operation was underway off the Greek island of Folegandros yesterday, after a dinghy carrying migrants sank, killing at least one person, Greek authorities said.
22 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia expels two German diplomats in tit-for-tat move
Russia on Monday expelled two German diplomats in response to a spat with Berlin over a German court’s ruling that Moscow had ordered the 2019 assassination of an ex-Chechen commander in a Berlin park.
21 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Putin warns of counter measures
President Vladimir Putin yesterday warned that Russia was prepared to take “military-technical measures” in response to “unfriendly” Western actions over the Ukraine conflict, in a sharp escalation of rhetoric.
21 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Omicron cases surge in UK
Britain reported a surge in cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant which government advisors said could be just the tip of the iceberg, and London’s mayor declared a “major incident” to help the city’s hospitals cope.
19 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Treasure trove of dinosaur tracks found in Poland
Hundreds of dinosaur footprints, so well-preserved that even the scaly skin can be seen, have been found in Poland, giving an insight into a complex ecosystem around 200 million years ago, geologists said.
19 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Embattled UK PM suffers another blow
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was left reeling yesterday after his Brexit minister resigned, ending a difficult week during which his Conservative party suffered a humiliating defeat in a local by-election and his own MPs rebelled over new coronavirus curbs.
19 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia mine fire: All 128 miners safely evacuated
Al 128 miners were evacuated from a Siberian coal mine on Sunday after fire sensors were triggered, Russia's emergencies ministry said, just weeks after a blast at a mine in the same region killed 51 people.
19 December 2021, 17:48 PM
UN talks adjourn without deal to regulate ‘killer robots’
Countries taking part in UN talks on autonomous weapons stopped short of launching negotiations on an international treaty to govern their use, instead agreeing merely to continue discussions.
18 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Nuke dialogue with Iran nearing ‘end of road’
Western powers on Friday reported some progress in talks to save the landmark Iran nuclear deal, but European diplomats warned that they were “rapidly reaching the end of the road”.
18 December 2021, 18:00 PM