Starmer warns UK Labour in ‘fight of our lives’ as party meets

Britain’s ruling Labour party gathered for its annual meeting on Sunday, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer battling to convince nervous lawmakers that he can lead the “fight of our lives” against the insurgent hard-right.
28 September 2025, 18:56 PM

New Zealand says it won’t recognise Palestine now

New Zealand will not recognise a Palestinian state at this time but remains committed to a two-state solution, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said.
27 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Drones disrupt Danish airports again, Russia denies involvement

Denmark said on Thursday that drone incursions overnight, which briefly closed two airports and affected military installations, were hybrid attacks aimed at spreading fear, though authorities could not identify the perpetrators.
25 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Russia slams UN vote to reimpose Iran sanctions

Russia yesterday slammed the UN Security Council vote to reimpose economic sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme and warned of a risk of an “escalation of tensions”.
20 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Cyberattack hits Europe’s airports

Major European airports, including Brussels, Berlin and London’s Heathrow, were hit by a cyberattack yesterday on check-in systems that caused cancellations and long delays for many passengers.
20 September 2025, 18:00 PM

EU seeks to speed up Russian gas phase-out

The European Union yesterday proposed to bring forward a ban on Russian gas imports as part of a new package of sanctions aimed at sapping Moscow’s war chest -- and pleasing US President Donald Trump.
19 September 2025, 19:54 PM

UK police arrest 3 suspected of spying for Russia

UK counter-terror police have arrested two men and a woman in southeast England on suspicion of spying for Russia, the Metropolitan Police said yesterday.
18 September 2025, 19:21 PM

New Picasso portrait unveiled at Paris auction house

A previously unknown portrait by Pablo Picasso of one of his lovers was revealed on Thursday after being put up for sale at auction in Paris with a reserve price of eight million euros ($9.5 million).
18 September 2025, 18:09 PM

Ostrich and emu ancestors could fly: study

It may sound like a joke, but scientists have long been puzzled by how the family of birds that includes African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, New Zealand kiwis and South American rheas spread across the world -- given that none of them can fly.
17 September 2025, 18:38 PM

Fossil fuels harm from ‘cradle to grave’: report

The extraction, transportation and burning of planet-heating fossil fuels have a huge impact on people’s health that starts before they are born and lasts until they die, a report warned Tuesday.
16 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Inflation defences are no match for debt burden

Countries across the Western world are over-indebted. In theory, they could grow their way out of the debt or rein in their fiscal deficits. But the richer countries have a miserable recent growth record.
13 September 2025, 19:05 PM

Do not slash journalist visas

More than 100 international media groups and industry bodies yesterday urged Washington not to slash the time foreign journalists can stay in the United States, saying the planned change would hurt its image abroad.
11 September 2025, 19:51 PM

Protests grip France as new PM starts job

France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu was set to take office yesterday as protesters took to the streets in a show of grassroots opposition to President Emmanuel Macron, sparking clashes with police and dozens of arrests.
10 September 2025, 18:34 PM

Protesters in France bid to 'Block Everything', scores arrested

Nearly 300 protesters arrested across the country
10 September 2025, 14:45 PM

French PM arrives at Elysee to submit resignation to Macron

The French president's office said in a statement late Monday that Macron "took note" of the outcome and would name a new premier "in the next days", although the identity of the new premier remains subject to frenzied speculation
9 September 2025, 12:35 PM

French PM ousted in parliament confidence vote

France’s parliament yesterday ousted the government of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou after just nine months in office, leaving President Emmanuel Macron scrambling to find a successor and plunging the country into a new political crisis.
8 September 2025, 18:04 PM

Fashion legend Armani dies

Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani, king of a high-end lifestyle empire, has died at the age of 91 “surrounded by his loved ones”, his company said yesterday.
4 September 2025, 18:34 PM

Journalist killings: France issues arrest warrant for Syria’s Assad

French judicial authorities have issued arrest warrants for ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and six other top former officials over the bombardment of a rebel-held city in 2012 that killed two journalists, lawyers said yesterday.
2 September 2025, 19:32 PM

Finland jails Biafra separatist leader for terrorism offences

A Finnish court yesterday sentenced a Nigerian separatist leader to six years in prison for terrorism offences for promoting the Biafra region’s independence by “illegal means”.
1 September 2025, 18:00 PM

France condemns outside interference in Greenland

France considers recent outside interference in Greenland “disrespectful and unacceptable”, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said yesterday, on a visit to the autonomous Danish territory.
31 August 2025, 19:27 PM