At least five people have died as Storm Bert swept across the United Kingdom, causing power outages and widespread train and flight cancelations.
Dramatic footage that emerged over the weekend showed rivers in Wales, one of the hardest hit areas, (...)
The three Gardai – Irish police officers – walk down the rows of passengers on the bus, a few kilometers south of the border with Northern Ireland.
Observing this is the head of the Garda National Immigration Bureau, Det Ch Supt Aidan Minnock.
"If (...)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday that he would ignore an arrest warrant issued by the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Hungarian leader added that not only would he (...)
The United Nations' COP climate talks are "no longer fit for purpose" and need an urgent overhaul, key experts including a former UN secretary general and former UN climate chief have said.
In a letter to the UN, senior figures say countries should (...)
Josep Borrell, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has proposed to formally suspend political dialogue with Israel over the country's alleged violations of human rights and international law in the Gaza Strip.
Borrell's proposal was first (...)
Rita Ora has paid an emotional tribute to Liam Payne as she hosted this year's MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) in Manchester, almost a month after the One Direction star's death.
Ora collaborated with Payne on their 2018 hit single For You, and her (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the UK's Keir Starmer have been among the first world leaders to congratulate Donald Trump on winning the US presidential election.
The election of a new president is not just a big deal for the US - a (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia called on the international community to deliver robust action on drought resilience and land restoration. The Kingdom's clarion call came in the context of the upcoming 16th session of the Conference of Parties (COP16) of the (...)
The European Commission has urged Israel to repeal its recently adopted legislation that bans the UN's Palestine aid agency from operating in the country and forbids Israeli officials from engaging with it.
The ban, the Commission said, is (...)
The founder of the English Defence League (EDL) Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after he admitted to breaching court orders on multiple occasions in front of London judges on Monday.
The (...)
Indonesia has called on East Asian nations to officially recognize the state of Palestine and urged the international community to uphold international law and principles of humanity, state-run media reported Friday.
Speaking at the East Asia Summit (...)
LONDON — Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced on Monday that it will form a strategic partnership with Central Group, a leading retail, real estate and hospitality conglomerate, following PIF's acquisition of a 40 percent interest (...)
It finally set off on a three-and-a-half-year cruise from Belfast, Northern Ireland on Monday night after months of setbacks.
But nearly two days later, Villa Vie Odyssey remains just a few miles into its journey, having dropped anchor in the (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia has reiterated its condemnation of Israel's grave violations against international laws, warning that the absence of accountability encourages further escalation and poses serious risks to regional security.
In a speech (...)
Children's eyesight is steadily getting worse with one in three now short-sighted or unable to see things in the distance clearly, a global analysis suggests.
The researchers say Covid lockdowns had a negative impact on eyesight as children spent (...)
The European Commission has taken the first steps to challenge China's anti-subsidy investigation into some of the bloc's dairy exports, arguing it is based on "questionable allegations and insufficient evidence" and urging its immediate end.
The (...)
Australian police said Wednesday they have infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted global communications app developed for criminals, leading to dozens of arrests, the Associated Press news agency reported.
The app's alleged administrator, Jay Je Yoon Jung, (...)
In a significant gathering held on Friday in Madrid, representatives from the Ministerial Joint Contact Group of the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), including the Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Qatar, (...)
MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez met on Friday with members of the ministerial committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit.
The committee, chaired by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, included the (...)
Europe's top court has ruled Google must pay a €2.4bn (£2bn) fine handed down for abusing the market dominance of its shopping comparison service.
The tech giant had appealed against the fine, which was originally levied by the European Commission (...)
Apple has been told to pay €13bn (£11bn; $14bn) in unpaid taxes to Ireland by the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
The European Commission accused Ireland of giving Apple illegal tax advantages eight years ago but the Irish government has (...)
RIYADH — On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman administered the oath of office and secrecy to a number of newly appointed Saudi ambassadors to friendly countries in a ceremony (...)
Mike Lynch, a prominent British tech entrepreneur and billionaire, was among the six people confirmed dead after a yacht he owned capsized off the coast of Italy on Monday.
His 18-year-old daughter remains missing as search efforts continue, (...)
JEDDAH — The weekly session of the Saudi Council of Ministers, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Jeddah on Tuesday, underscored the utmost keenness shown by the state to the education sector and its continuous care for the (...)
