PARIS HEADQUARTERS / 2 new arrests over bomb bid outside Bank of America
30 March 2026, 00:45 AM
Europe
2 aid boats en route to Cuba missing
28 March 2026, 03:48 AM
Europe
Ancient dog DNA traces 16,000 years of human bond
27 March 2026, 03:19 AM
Europe
Peace talks confusion fuels oil price surge, market turmoil
27 March 2026, 03:17 AM
Europe
HORMUZ ‘TOLL’ / A legally risky route for shippers
27 March 2026, 00:30 AM
Europe
Oil prices tumble, stocks rally on peace hopes
26 March 2026, 03:29 AM
Europe
Iranian mines: Nightmare at sea for the West
15 March 2026, 01:22 AM
Europe
Putin’s ‘hand’ behind Iran’s drone tactics
14 March 2026, 05:55 AM
World
Lost page of Archimedes’ text found
14 March 2026, 05:41 AM
Europe
Russia jails 15 for life over 2024 concert hall attack
13 March 2026, 05:40 AM
Europe
World economy to top $100t in 2022 for first time
The world’s economic output will exceed $100 trillion for the first time next year and it will take China a little longer than previously thought to overtake the United States as the No1 economy, a report showed on Sunday.
26 December 2021, 18:00 PM
UK police arrest armed man on grounds of Queen’s home
British police have arrested a man suspected of breaking into the grounds of Windsor Castle, where Queen Elizabeth II was spending Christmas, with what was reported to be a crossbow.
26 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Omicron threat mars Christmas
Pope Francis yesterday called for dialogue to counter the isolation wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic as billions around the world marked a second Christmas under the shadow of the coronavirus.
25 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Migrant Boat Accidents: At least 30 killed in Greece
Greek coast guards scoured for survivors in the Aegean Sea yesterday after the latest in a series of migrant boat accidents that have killed at least 30 people in just days.
25 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Russia blocks rights monitor website
Russia has blocked the website of a rights monitor tracking political persecution, saying it promoted terrorism and extremism, amid an unprecedented official crackdown on dissent.
25 December 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Putin wants to destroy Ukraine’
Russian President Vladimir Putin is bent on destroying Ukraine but there is no major risk of an imminent invasion, a senior Ukrainian security official said on Friday.
25 December 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Value the little things in life’
Pope Francis yesterday urged dialogue on both personal and political levels as he celebrated a second Christmas under the shadow of a coronavirus pandemic that was pushing people into isolation.
25 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Libya urged to reschedule presidential polls ‘swiftly’
The US and four European powers on Friday urged war-torn Libya to quickly set a new date for delayed presidential elections.
25 December 2021, 18:00 PM
16 migrants dead in Greece shipwreck, 3rd maritime disaster in a week
At least 16 people died when their boat overturned off the Greek island of Paros in the central Aegean Sea on Friday, in the third maritime disaster involving migrants this week, the country's coastguard said.
25 December 2021, 07:02 AM
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
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
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