Germany leads joint military drills in the Baltic Sea amid Russia threat fears

Some 8,000 officers from 14 NATO countries are taking part in the multi-week "Quadriga 2025" exercises.

The German army is leading joint military exercises in th...

Coalition of the Willing: 26 countries agree to deploy troops or equipment to post-war Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the number of countries willing to participate and the contributions on the table a "victory".

Twenty-six countrie...

At least 15 hospitalised after double-decker bus crashes outside London's Victoria Station

Footage showed the bus stopped with a smashed windscreen and emergency vehicles including police cars, ambulances and a fire engine in attendance.

At least 15 pe...

Several injured, including children, after car drives into crowd of people in Berlin

It is not immediately clear why the car drove into the group.

A car drove into a crowd in the German capital Berlin, injuring several people, the Bild daily news...

Man accused of ramming car into Liverpool football parade pleads not guilty

Paul Doyle, 53, faces 31 charges after dozens of people were injured in the city centre on 26 May.

The man who allegedly drove his car into dozens of Liverpool f...

Two armed Turkish men arrested in Italian city of Viterbo ahead of popular festival

Italian media reported that the two men were suspected of preparing an attack during Wednesday's celebration, which was attended by Italian Foreign Minister Anton...

Russian economy is stagnating amid Ukraine war, says Sberbank CEO

German Gref said the country's central bank should lower interest rates to avoid a recession.

The head of Russia's largest bank has said the country's economy ha...

Florida plans to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in state first

State Surgeon General Joseph Lapado said all vaccine mandates would be appealed as he likened them to "slavery."

Florida announced on Wednesday it would work to ...

UAE warns Israeli annexation of West Bank would signal end of regional integration

The UAE says an Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank could potentially call into question the fate of the Abraham Accords, signed between the two countrie...

Lisbon funiculars suspended after accident kills 17 people

Authorities in the Portuguese capital have launched an investigation into the fatal incident, which happened on Wednesday evening during rush hour.

Lisbon City C...

'Coalition of the Willing' set to provide air patrols and naval demining to Ukraine

Military chiefs from countries involved in the 'Coalition of the Willing' have completed the technical work on the security guarantees they will provide to Ukrain...

Aid agencies ask countries to send more funds to help Afghanistan after Sunday's earthquake

The European Union and the United Kingdom have both donated to aid organisations at work in the region, side-stepping the Taliban government.

Aid agencies in the...

After the UN recognised sexual crimes by Hamas, prosecution must be the next step

Now that the world has recognised what happened, the voices of those who suffered must lead us to fight for a world where women’s lives truly matter, Dr Cochav El...

Notable Israeli expert says Hamas needs to be brought to justice for its sexual violence campaign

The UN’s decision to blacklist Hamas for sexual violence it conducted during and after the 7 October attacks is just the first step to prosecution, Dr Cochav Elka...

Trump and JD Vance among targets of major Chinese cyberattack, investigators say

Officials say the cyberattack carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers last year successfully targeted US President Donald Trump and his Vice President JD V...

Hot mic captures conversation between Xi and Putin discussing organ transplants and immortality

Hot mics caught what appeared to be a private conversation between Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin discussing the prospects for immortality as they atten...

At least three people killed and 20 others injured after streetcar derails in Lisbon

The yellow-and-white streetcar, which travels up and down a steep city hill, was lying on its side on the narrow road that it travels along, Portuguese television...

Germany's foreign minister seeks India's help to bring Russia to Ukraine peace talks

India has resisted Western pressure to denounce Moscow outright following the February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, though India has called for a cessatio...

Iran increased stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium before Israeli strikes, IAEA says

The confidential report also said Iran and the IAEA have not reached an agreement on resuming inspections of sites affected by Israeli and US bombings in June.

A...

French education system in shock after headteacher’s suicide exposes failure to protect LGBTQ+ staff

After facing two years of harassment over her sexuality, a school principal in the central Cantal region of France took her own life on 1 September. In the afterm...

Putin willing to meet Zelenskyy if he 'comes to Moscow'

Putin said on Wednesday he was open to a face-to-face meeting with Zelenskyy in the Russian capital, while Trump pushes for progress in ending Russia's all-out wa...