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Russia warned Thursday it would have to take “military-technical” steps in response to neighbouring Finland joining NATO, after leaders in Helsinki backed entering the US-led alliance. “The expansion of NATO and the…

Homicides linked to firearms hit the highest rate in decades in the United States in 2020, the country’s public health agency has found, as the coronavirus pandemic intensified long-standing socioeconomic…

The United Kingdom has pledged to defend Sweden if the country came under attack, with Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Magdalena Andersson signing a security assurance deal outside Stockholm. The accord was…

French investigative judges at the Paris Tribunal have opened an inquiry into torture allegations against Interpol President Major General Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi of the United Arab Emirates. Two British citizens,…

A remote island off Ukraine occupied by Russia on the first day of its invasion has, as Kyiv steps up efforts to retake it, become the focal point of what some defence officials believe may become a battle for…

An Al Jazeera female reporter was killed by Israeli army gunfire in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Qatar-based news channel said. But Israeli military countered that she may have been shot by…

There was concern Tuesday about the health of Russian leader, Vladimir Putin after close shots of his face show him puffed up. Two senior Americans raised questions about the likelihood that the Putin may be…

Leonid Kravchuk, a former communist who helped signed the Soviet Union’s death warrant and then served as the first president of independent Ukraine, has died at the age of 88, a senior official said on Tuesday.…

World’s richest man, Elon Musk has vowed to reverse what he called Twitter’s ‘foolish ban’ on former US President, Donald Trump if he takes over the micro-blogging service. Twitter had permanently banned Trump…

Around 400 people, mostly students, staged a protest outside the Philippines’ election commission office on Tuesday against the landslide election of Ferdinand Marcos, citing election irregularities. The Commission on…

A former Alabama jail official, Vicky White, on the run with a murder suspect she was accused of helping escape committed suicide Monday as authorities caught up with the pair. This followed more than a week of…

Ben Wallace, the United Kingdom Defence Secretary, has said that Ukraine will likely defeat Russian, saying Russian forces are running out of precision weapons fairly quickly. Russia invaded Ukraine sometimes in…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday vowed that “as in 1945, victory will be ours” as he congratulated former Soviet nations on the 77th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II. “Today, our…

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz was admitted to hospital on Saturday in the Red Sea city of Jeddah to undergo medical tests. The state-run Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday that the king is undergoing…

A dramatic rise in the cost of living has prompted many Britons to consider leaving the UK, according to professionals catering to aspiring expats. Google searches for moving abroad were up by 1,000% in April, with…

The Taliban on Saturday ruled Afghan women must cover their faces, according to a decree from the group’s supreme leader. The new rule represents a new dimension in the growing restrictions on women in public that is…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party lost control of traditional strongholds in London and suffered losses elsewhere in local elections. Reuters reported that early results on Friday showed that…

U.S. President Joe Biden, on Thursday announced Karine Jean-Pierre as White House Press Secretary, the first Black woman to hold the post. Jean-Pierre, 44-year-old daughter of Haitian immigrants, will replace Jen…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologised for remarks made by his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who claimed Adolf Hitler may have had “Jewish blood”, Israel said on Thursday. Lavrov’s comments sparked…

German statistical authorities are to begin conducting a nationwide census on May 15 for the first time in 11 years. More than 30 million people would be interviewed nationwide, the Federal Statistical Office…

The United States of America on Wednesday surpassed one million COVID-19 deaths, according to data compiled by the American broadcast television network, NBC News. The number – equivalent to the population of San…

Pope Francis has said he offered to travel to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to stop the war in Ukraine but has yet to hear back. The pontifex made the request for a meeting via the…

Inflation in the eurozone hit a new record this month while growth slowed during the first quarter of the year, according to official data, as the war in Ukraine takes a toll on the European region’s economy.…

Britain’s ruling Conservative party on Friday suspended one of its MPs pending an investigation into claims he watched pornography on his mobile phone in the House of Commons chamber. The identification of MP…