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.
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It costs €15,000 (£12,500) for the whole "package" of an inflatable dinghy, with an outboard motor and 60 life jackets, to get across the English Channel, according to a BBC report.
This is the "good price" offered by two small-boat smugglers to an (...)
JEDDAH — The Saudi national football team has fallen three places in the latest FIFA monthly rankings, landing at 59th in the world after previously holding the 56th position.
This decline follows disappointing results in the World Cup 2026 (...)
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the bloc could "draw lessons" from the contested Italian policy of processing migrants offshore in Albania ahead of an EU summit focusing on migration.
She made the remarks in a letter to member (...)
RIYADH —The World Energy Council announced that the 27th World Energy Congress, hosted by Saudi Arabia from October 26 to 29, 2026, in Riyadh, will be held under the slogan "Inspiring Changes for Energy Transformation."
"Saudi Arabia's hosting of (...)
The Spanish government is considering setting up an emergency reception center for migrants at Ciudad Real airport located south of Madrid.
According to Spain's Minister of Education and Science Pilar Alegria, politicians are exploring "hundreds" of (...)
The Diriyah Biennale Foundation is set to host the inaugural edition of the PaperBack – Art Book Fair at the JAX District in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.
This cultural event, scheduled for November 1–3, 2024, will bring together a diverse array of (...)
A pair of red shoes, two beaded necklaces and a British 10p coin are among the few clues that could help to identify a teenage girl found murdered in western France more than 40 years ago.
Her death is one of 46 cold cases European police are (...)
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 (...)
As Mark Rutte takes the reins at NATO, the defense pact is confronting challenges new and old – but is the former Dutch Prime Minister well-placed to meet them?
The 57-year-old, one of Europe's longest-serving democratic leaders, will have to face (...)
Work is finally underway on France's Seine-Nord Europe Canal (SNEC), a major new European trading route that promises to boost the bloc's economic fortunes.
When it is completed in 2030, the massive 107km infrastructure project will significantly (...)
Germany has begun new controls at all of its land borders as part of a crackdown on migration, placing restrictions on a wide area of free movement known as the Schengen Zone and stirring anger among its European neighbors.
From Monday, as well as (...)
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has denounced as "unacceptable" Germany's decision to extend temporary controls to all its land borders as part of its response to irregular migration.
He is one of several figures from neighboring countries to (...)
Germany will provide 12 additional self-propelled howitzers 2000 worth €150 million ($166.14 million) to Ukraine, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Friday during a meeting of the Ukraine contact group at the U.S. Air Force base in (...)
Austrian security officials say a 19-year-old arrested on Wednesday was planning to kill "a large crowd of people" in a suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna.
Officials say the teen - who had previously pledged allegiance to the Islamic (...)
RIYADH — Saudi teams continue preparations for the 33rd Summer Olympic Games, which will officially open in Paris on Friday. Saudi Arabia will participate with 10 athletes in four events: show jumping, taekwondo, athletics, and swimming.
The Saudi (...)
The UN's top court is set to issue a landmark opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), based at The Hague in the Netherlands, has been examining the issue (...)
DAMMAM — Al-Qadsiah Club has officially signed a contract with Marseille FC striker Emerick Aubameyang. Aubameyang's contract will run until 2026.
The signing ceremony, held in Venlo, Netherlands, was attended by the club's technical director Carlos (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Ziad Al-Attiyah, reaffirmed Saudi Arabia's commitment to enhancing international cooperation to prohibit all (...)
Nato members have pledged their support for an "irreversible path" to future membership for Ukraine, as well as more aid.
While a formal timeline for it to join the military alliance was not agreed at a summit in Washington DC, the military (...)
US President Joe Biden has welcomed Nato leaders to Washington DC with a forceful speech that seemed pitched to reassure allies overseas and closer to home that he can fight off an election challenge from Donald Trump.
In brief but strongly (...)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his willingness to restore ties with Syria and extended an "invitation" Sunday to bring back relations to "how they were in the past."
Over 12 years ago, diplomatic ties between Ankara and Damascus (...)
RIYADH — Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Eng. Waleed Al-Khereiji received the outgoing Ambassadors of France and the Netherlands to Saudi Arabia at the ministry headquarters in Riyadh on Thursday. The reception was held on the occasion of the end (...)
Renew Europe, the liberal group in the European Parliament that suffered painful losses in the June elections, has been dealt a fresh blow after Andrej Babiš, the controversial former prime minister of Czechia, announced the withdrawal of his seven (...)
Human-induced climate change made recent extreme heat in the US southwest, Mexico and Central America around 35 times more likely, scientists say.
The World Weather Attribution (WWA) group studied excess heat between May and early June, when the US (...)
