The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala has cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" with a 12-minute standing ovation
December 07, 2025
Defender Marc Guehi has scored late as Crystal Palace won 2-1 at Fulham to move up to fourth place in the Premier League
December 07, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas are expected to move into the second phase of their ceasefire soon
December 07, 2025
A top Ukrainian sea-drone commander says more complex attacks on Russian forces are expected next year as Kyiv’s uncrewed fleet continues to restrict the once-dominant Black Sea navy
December 07, 2025
The Nordic countries are no strangers to the long, dark winter
December 07, 2025
Ukraine peace talks in Miami end with lingering questions over security guarantees and territory
December 07, 2025
This year’s royal Christmas card is a nod to love
December 06, 2025
Olympic swimming champion Gregorio Paltrinieri started off the torch relay for the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday marking exactly two months before the Feb. 6 opening ceremony
December 06, 2025
The Premier League title race has been blown open after Arsenal conceded in stoppage time and lost at Aston Villa 2-1
December 06, 2025
Russia has launched a major missile and drone attack on Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure and triggering air raid alerts
December 06, 2025
Chernobyl protective shield can no longer confine radiation after drone strike, UN nuclear watchdog says
December 06, 2025
Investigations launched after more unexplained drone sightings off two European coasts
December 06, 2025
Max Verstappen took a brilliant pole position for the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of Formula 1 title rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri
December 06, 2025
New infant burial site discovered at Tuam Mother and Baby home amid ongoing excavation
December 06, 2025
Construction on the main hockey arena is still not finished
December 06, 2025
Mexico is optimistic about advancing in the 2026 World Cup after being drawn against South Africa, South Korea, and a yet-to-be-determined European team
December 05, 2025
President Donald Trump’s advisers and Ukrainian officials say they’ll meet for a third day of talks on Saturday after making progress on finding agreement on a security framework for postwar Ukraine
December 05, 2025
If you listen to the words spoken after the World Cup draw by the various coaches who were at the Kennedy Center, it would seem impossible for any of them to win next year’s tournament
December 05, 2025
French first lady Brigitte Macron has reunited with a giant panda born in France during a visit to China with President Emmanuel Macron
December 05, 2025
European Union regulators have fined Elon Musk’s social media platform X 120 million euros for failing to comply with digital regulations
December 05, 2025
President Donald Trump has come out with a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America’s dominance in the Western Hemisphere
December 05, 2025
French officials are investigating an illegal drone overflight of the Atlantic coast base for France's nuclear-armed submarines
December 05, 2025
Trump national security strategy calls for ‘cultivating resistance’ in Europe and changing US’ role in Western Hemisphere
December 05, 2025
Riot police have fired tear gas at farmers attempting to block the main access road to the international airport in Greece’s second-largest city Thessaloniki
December 05, 2025
Ukraine has condemned two-time Olympic diver Sofiia Lyskun’s switch to represent Russia amid the ongoing war and will try to strip her of awards
December 05, 2025
Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and Netherlands boycott Eurovision over Israel’s participation
December 04, 2025
Kim Cattrall, ‘Sex and the City’ star, marries in small London ceremony
December 05, 2025
One of Istanbul’s most extraordinary buildings was left to rot for decades. Now it’s been brought back to life
December 05, 2025
German lawmakers approve plan to attract more military recruits as Europe seeks to counter Russia
December 05, 2025
A preliminary cauldron has been lit by the Olympic flame at Italy’s presidential palace as the countdown to the Milan Cortina Winter Games approaches the two-months-to-go mark
December 05, 2025
German lawmakers have approved the government’s plan to attract more military recruits as the country tries to boost the ranks of its armed forces in the face of rising concern about the threat posed by Russia
December 05, 2025
Prosecutors in Istanbul have issued arrest warrants for dozens of soccer players and officials in relation to a betting scandal that has shaken Turkey
December 05, 2025
The daughter of South Africa’s former leader has been accused of luring men to fight for Russia. Here’s what we know
December 05, 2025
At least four countries have announced they are pulling out of next year’s Eurovision Song Contest
December 04, 2025
Marco Odermatt of Switzerland has won the downhill season-opener, beating American Ryan Cochran-Siegle in a World Cup race on a tricky but shorter Birds of Prey course
December 04, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin says some proposals in a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable to the Kremlin
December 04, 2025
Murder suspect refuses to participate in court hearing over attire
December 04, 2025
Gennadiy Golovkin, the power puncher who made a record-tying 20 consecutive middleweight title defenses, has been elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame
December 04, 2025
Olympic downhill champion Corinne Suter has crashed in training and cannot ski until about a month before she is due to defend her title
December 04, 2025
Putin vows Russia will seize Donbas region by any means, as Ukrainians prepare for more peace talks with US
December 04, 2025
The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina Winter Games has landed in Rome following a handover in Greece
December 04, 2025
Italian prosecutors have asked 13 high-end fashion firms to provide documents on governance, internal controls and audits
December 04, 2025
Britain has sanctioned Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency and summoned Moscow’s ambassador after an inquiry concluded that President Vladimir Putin was responsible for a nerve agent attack on British soil in 2018
December 04, 2025
Theodor Pištěk, a Czech costume and stage designer, has died at 93
December 04, 2025
A Lithuanian court has convicted the leader of one of the parties in the country’s coalition government for making antisemitic comments and fined him 5,000 euros or about $5,800
December 04, 2025
Racism allegations could derail right-wing populist Nigel Farage’s bid to become Britain’s next PM
December 04, 2025
London’s Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square is a famed British tradition with roots in the Norwegian forest
December 04, 2025
Britain and Norway have announced joint naval patrols to protect undersea cables from Russia
December 04, 2025
China and France have pledged deeper cooperation to address global issues like the war in Ukraine and trade
December 04, 2025
Charles Norman Shay, a Native American veteran who was a 19-year-old U.S.
December 03, 2025
The European Union has unveiled a plan to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine over the next two years
December 03, 2025
Tesla's UK car registrations fell by 19% in November, preliminary data from research group New AutoMotive showed on Thursday, following steep drops reported in
December 04, 2025
A British public inquiry will deliver its findings on Thursday into the death of a woman who was unwittingly killed by the Novichok nerve agent following the attempted murder
December 04, 2025
Tesla's UK car sales fell 19% year-on-year in November, preliminary data from research group New AutoMotive showed on Thursday, as the U.S. electric vehicle maker continues to lose
December 04, 2025
The path ahead for Ukraine peace talks is unclear, U.S.
December 03, 2025
Britain’s King Charles III and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier put on a show of Anglo-Saxon unity Wednesday as their countries expand cooperation to fend off threats to European security, combat climate change and bolster economic growth
December 03, 2025
The United States joined 90 other countries at the United Nations on Wednesday to demand Russia "ensure the immediate, safe and unconditional
December 03, 2025
Israel says it launched an airstrike in southern Gaza in retaliation for an attack by militants earlier in the day that wounded five Israeli soldiers
December 03, 2025
The French government on Wednesday criticized the decision by an Algerian court to uphold a seven-year jail sentence for French journalist Christophe Gleizes despite its
December 03, 2025
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is embracing his love for travel in his final month in office
December 03, 2025
Germany's opposition far-left Left party said it would abstain from voting on a contentious pensions package on Friday, likely indirectly securing its passage through
December 03, 2025
Lithuania's Vilnius airport suspended flights for a second time on Wednesday due to suspected balloons in its airspace, the operator said in a statement, the latest in a
December 03, 2025
Ukraine and its European allies have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of feigning interest in peace efforts after five hours of talks with U.S. envoys at the Kremlin produced no breakthrough
December 03, 2025
The confusion still swirling in Washington over President Donald Trump's latest peace plan for Ukraine has made at least one thing clear:
December 03, 2025
Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoys on Tuesday yielded no public breakthrough on a potential Ukraine peace deal, with Kremlin aide
December 03, 2025
There was something "fundamentally wrong" with how Israel conducted its military operation in the Gaza Strip and there are "strong reasons to believe"
December 03, 2025
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Wednesday that a lasting peace with Israel could pave the way to normalising ties with the country and
December 03, 2025
Exclusive drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows a devastated Ukrainian town nearly encircled by Russian forces near the city that Moscow this week claimed to now control
December 03, 2025
The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled plans to boost EU resilience to threats like rare earth shortages by strengthening trade measures and
December 03, 2025
By Maria Martinez and Iain Withers BERLIN/LONDON, Dec 3 - European Rearmament Bank (ERB), an initiative to create a state-backed lender for defence amid the region's worst conflict since World War Two
December 03, 2025
German, French and Spanish defence ministers are set to meet on December 11 to discuss FCAS, Europe's next-generation fighter project,
December 03, 2025
Germany on Wednesday became the first European nation to deploy the Arrow air defence system, built to intercept intermediate-range ballistic missiles such as
December 03, 2025
Decorated Native American veteran Charles Shay has died at age 101 in France
December 03, 2025
The Polish army will help the nation's power grid operator to protect critical transformer stations by sharing information and conducting joint training exercises under an
December 03, 2025
Michelin, Forvia and Stellantis reached an agreement over the restructuring and refinancing of hydrogen fuel cell firm Symbio, the jointly owned company said on Wednesday.
December 03, 2025
A Libyan war crimes suspect who is accused of overseeing a notorious prison, where inmates were routinely tortured and sometimes sexually abused,
December 03, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he had urged Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal to carry out an urgent renewal of supervisory boards in the defence sector
December 03, 2025
A French-Russian national detained in France on suspicion of espionage has an extensive network of ties with Kremlin proxies, Reuters has found by
December 03, 2025
Former U.S.
December 03, 2025
Netherlands-based data centre operator Nebius will leverage recent multi-billion dollar contracts with Microsoft and Meta to build
December 03, 2025
Germany has inaugurated the first elements of the sophisticated Arrow 3 missile defense system, which it is buying from Israel as it moves to strengthen its air defenses following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
December 03, 2025
Two-thirds of the member states of NATO have committed to the weapons for Ukraine through the so-called Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), which has received
December 03, 2025
Britain's King Charles welcomed German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday at the start of his three-day state visit to Britain, the
December 03, 2025
Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev has called on the minority government of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov to resign following mass protests this week against its 2026 budget.
December 03, 2025
Euro zone inflation has delivered some "upside surprises" recently, raising some questions about the European Central Bank's expectations for a dip early next year, the
December 03, 2025
China and Russia reached "broad consensus" on a range of issues during the Chinese foreign minister's trip to Moscow this week, amid a burst of diplomatic efforts to end the
December 03, 2025
Turkey demanded an explanation from Iraqi Kurdish officials after former leader Masoud Barzani arrived in a mainly Kurdish Turkish border region last weekend surrounded by
December 03, 2025
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday that Russia's recent battlefield progress in Ukraine had what he described as a positive impact on peace negotiations held with
December 03, 2025
Former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and two others have been formally accused of procurement fraud and corruption, conflict of
December 03, 2025
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday said the "very scary" attacks of recent days on Russia-linked tankers in the Black Sea threatened the
December 03, 2025
There’s still one beautiful Southern European country with delicious food, great wine and no tourist crowds
December 03, 2025
British nursery worker admits sexually assaulting children and filming abuse
December 03, 2025
Minutes after Italy's powerful Court of Auditors rejected plans to build a bridge from the mainland to the island of Sicily, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
December 03, 2025
Lufthansa on Wednesday said it will inspect 11 recently delivered aircraft for a possible fuselage panel flaw flagged by manufacturer Airbus earlier this week.
December 03, 2025
A campaign by French President Emmanuel Macron to combat online disinformation has triggered a backlash from right-wing opponents and the increasingly
December 03, 2025
Senior Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov will hold talks in Brussels on Wednesday with European leaders' national security advisers and then visit the United States, Ukrainian
December 03, 2025
Serbia's parliament on Wednesday adopted the country's 2026 budget, setting a fiscal deficit of 337 billion dinars ($3.35 billion), or 3% of gross domestic product.
December 03, 2025
The European Central Bank has urged Italy to reconsider a parliamentary amendment asserting that the national central bank's gold
December 03, 2025
How Trump is intensifying his crackdown on every form of immigration to the US
December 03, 2025
France's dominant services sector expanded slightly more than first estimated in November, hitting a 15-month high as new business gained momentum in the euro zone's second-
December 03, 2025
Business activity in the euro zone expanded at its fastest pace in two-and-a-half years in November as a robust service sector more than offset manufacturing weakness, a survey
December 03, 2025
Germany's services sector grew for a third consecutive month in November, albeit at a slower pace than October's two-year-plus high, due to softer increases
December 03, 2025
Growth among Britain's services firms declined last month and employment contracted the most since February in the run-up to the government's budget,
December 03, 2025
European shares ended largely steady on Wednesday, aided by gains for technology that offset sharp declines in financials, while Inditex surged to a near one-
December 03, 2025
Bulgaria’s government has withdrawn a controversial budget proposal after protests erupted into clashes with police
December 02, 2025
Airbus is expecting to deliver fewer planes this year due to an issue with fuselage panels on some A320 planes
December 03, 2025
Sentiment in Germany's automotive sector deteriorated once again in November as companies became more pessimistic in their business expectations, a survey showed on Wednesday
December 03, 2025
Spain's service sector expanded robustly in November led by domestic demand, albeit at a slightly slower pace than in the previous month due to a decline in international
December 03, 2025
German fashion group Hugo Boss on Wednesday said that it aims to achieve an operating profit margin of around 12% over the medium-to-long term as part of a strategic overhaul
December 03, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Rae Wee There have been a couple of instances over the past month where a market rally was abruptly halted by sudden risk aversion -
December 03, 2025
German military says thousands of rounds of ammunition were stolen from parked vehicle last week
December 02, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with U.S.
December 02, 2025
Russia and the U.S. did not reach a compromise on a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine after a five-
December 02, 2025
A rebound in Ireland's services sector accelerated at its fastest pace in three-and-a-half years in November, with growth driven by increased gains in current activity and
December 03, 2025
Families of the victims of a UPS cargo jet crash plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit on Wednesday, according to one of the law firms representing the victims.
December 03, 2025
Russia-US talks on Ukraine peace deal end without breakthrough, Putin aide says
December 03, 2025
Airbus engineers have found defects on a wider set of A320 fuselage panels as they prepare to inspect hundreds of jets for a flaw that the
December 03, 2025
2 women from England like Black Friday in Boston so much they shop with empty suitcases. "We love the bargains."
November 28, 2025
Blasts rocked two tankers from Russia's shadow fleet in the Black Sea near Turkey's Bosphorus strait on Friday, causing fires on the vessels, and rescue operations
November 28, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that talks between Ukrainian and U.S. officials on proposals to end the war with Russia would take place soon.
November 28, 2025
Russia's state communications watchdog threatened on Friday to block WhatsApp entirely if it fails to comply with Russian law, news agencies reported.
November 28, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has submitted his resignation amid a corruption scandal.
November 28, 2025
China's Wingtech on Friday said it has appealed decisions stripping it of control of its Nexperia chipmaking subsidiary to the Netherlands' Supreme Court.
November 28, 2025
Prosecutors in Northern Ireland withdrew charges on Friday against two teenage Romanian boys over an alleged sexual assault that sparked days of anti-immigrant riots in June,
November 28, 2025
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Britain on Friday to uphold the "one-China" principle, as Beijing seeks to rally support in its worst diplomatic dispute with Tokyo in
November 28, 2025
British grocer Asda warned it does not expect to return to underlying sales growth until mid-2026 after third quarter sales were dented by disruption linked to the
November 28, 2025
European Union governments want to put in place safeguards and a review clause in the tariff deal the bloc struck with the United States, to counter concerns
November 28, 2025
Andriy Yermak, one of Ukraine’s most influential political operators and a close aide of President Volodymyr Zelensky, resigned hours after anti-corruption agencies raided his home – a major crisis as Kyiv faces new pressure from the US to accept a peace deal to end the war with Russia.
November 28, 2025
Protesters in Tbilisi have marked a year of continuous demonstrations against Georgia's decision to halt EU membership talks
November 28, 2025
U.S.
November 28, 2025
More than $100,000 worth of escargots stolen from French snail farmer with Michelin clientele
November 28, 2025
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday the resignation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff had plunged the country into a deep political crisis.
November 28, 2025
Airlines around the world canceled and delayed flights heading into the weekend to fix software on a widely used commercial plane after an analysis found computer code may have contributed to a sudden drop in the altitude of a JetBlue aircraft last month
November 28, 2025
Russian drones and missiles attacked districts of Kyiv early on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 11, officials said, with explosions and falling drone debris triggering fires.
November 28, 2025
Ukrainian forces are defending their positions and hunting down sabotage groups in the northeastern city of Kupiansk despite Moscow's statements that its troops are fully in control of it,
November 28, 2025
The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports
November 29, 2025
Ukraine has used Sea Baby naval drones to strike two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea
November 29, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque without praying there as he focused on strengthening ties with Orthodox patriarchs
November 29, 2025
U.S. officials are meeting in Florida this weekend with their Ukrainian counterparts about the Russia-Ukraine war
November 29, 2025
Pope Leo visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of
November 29, 2025
Ukrainian drone pilot Mex recalled attacking a recent high-value target - and how the 20-kilometre strike on what appeared to be a Russian tank would have
November 29, 2025
A Russian attack on Ukraine killed six people and wounded dozens, officials said on Saturday, while emergency crews restored power to more than 400,000
November 29, 2025
Russia launches largest aerial assault on Ukraine in a month as Kyiv delegation heads for US peace talks
November 29, 2025
Airbus is telling airlines that emergency repairs to some of the A320 jets affected by a major recall may be less burdensome than first thought, industry sources said on
November 29, 2025
Pope Leo removes shoes but does not appear to pray in first mosque visit
November 29, 2025
‘An oil spill in solid form’: Bio-bead disaster devastates beloved English coast
November 29, 2025
Ukraine says it hit Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with underwater drones in Black Sea
November 29, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that a delegation headed by security council secretary Rustem Umerov was on its way to the United States
November 29, 2025
Police in Azerbaijan conducted a search on Saturday at the home of Ali Karimli, the leader of one of the country's main opposition parties, amid a widening probe into a
November 29, 2025
A confident far-right Alternative for Germany has set up its new youth organization as thousands of protesters converged on the western city of Giessen
November 29, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Monday, Macron's office said, as the Ukrainian leader finds himself in the
November 29, 2025
U.S. midfielder Tyler Adams scored one of the best goals in the Premier League this season when he lobbed the goalkeeper from nearly 50 yards (meters) for Bournemouth
November 29, 2025
There is no backup plan if the main ice hockey arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Games is not ready on time
November 29, 2025
British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love” has died
November 29, 2025
British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Oscar for ‘Shakespeare in Love,’ dead at 88
November 29, 2025
Moldovan authorities said on Saturday that Russian drones had entered the country's airspace, posing a threat to aviation, in the third such incident in nine days.
November 29, 2025
Georgian authorities have detained a prominent opposition figure Alexander Elisashvili on suspicion of attempting to set fire to the Tbilisi City Court office building
November 29, 2025
Tom Stoppard, one of Britain's best-known playwrights, has died at the age of 88. Below are some tributes and reactions.
November 29, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque, emphasizing Christian unity during his trip to Turkey
November 29, 2025
U.S. and Ukrainian officials completed roughly four hours of talks aimed at finding an endgame to the war between Russia and Ukraine
November 30, 2025
Pope Leo urged political leaders in Lebanon on Sunday to make peace their highest priority in a forceful appeal in a country that remains a target of
November 30, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that he was naming Ukraine's former ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, as his new adviser on reconstruction and investment.
November 30, 2025
Trump says there’s a ‘good chance’ a deal can be reached to end the war after US-Ukraine talks in Florida
November 30, 2025
Swiss voters have decisively rejected a call to require women to do national service in the military, civil protection teams or other forms as men must do already
November 30, 2025
Talks between Russia and the U.S. on ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were constructive, but much work remains
December 02, 2025
Greek farmers clashed with police on Sunday during protests in central and northern regions over the delayed payment of European Union subsidies prompted by an
November 30, 2025
A long-lost painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens has sold for $2.7 million at an auction Sunday
November 30, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he was proud of last week's budget, defending not only what he described as the "fair
November 30, 2025
A former senior British officer has told a public inquiry that British special forces in Afghanistan appeared to commit war crimes by executing suspects and
December 01, 2025
Ukrainian officials met with U.S. President Donald Trump's representatives Sunday, and Washington officials are expected in Moscow for more peace talks this week
December 01, 2025
Pope Leo XIV visits holy sites in Lebanon on Monday, drawing Christians and Muslims
December 01, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has celebrated Lebanon's tradition of interfaith coexistence as a beacon of hope for a conflict-torn region
December 01, 2025
British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq said a Bangladeshi court process which has sentenced her in absentia to two years in prison was "flawed and farcical" and said the verdict
December 01, 2025
HSBC said on Monday it had signed a multi-year deal with French start-up Mistral AI to integrate generative artificial intelligence tools across the bank, aiming to speed up
December 01, 2025
Asian shares follow Wall Street lower as AI worries drag tech stocks lower
Turning Point youth conference begins in Phoenix without founder Charlie Kirk
Wisconsin judge accused of helping immigrant set to present her case as trial winds down
Arab female directors drive change at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah
EU leaders gather to discuss a massive loan to Ukraine
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Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died