RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Ministers reiterated its full support for the resolutions adopted by the Extraordinary Arab Summit for Palestine, held in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday. Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman chaired the Cabinet (...)
European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to finally bring into force the Entry/Exit System (EES), the bloc's automated registry for short-stay travellers that has been repeatedly delayed over technical problems and lack of preparedness.
The (...)
The UK death rate reached a record low last year, according to an exclusive analysis carried out for BBC News.
Mortality experts looked at death certificates registered in 2024 and found that deaths per head of the population had returned to (...)
Israel barred two MEPs from entering the country on Monday, accusing one of them of advocating boycotts against Israel.
Lynn Boylan (Sinn Féin-The Left), head of the European Parliament's EU-Palestine delegation, and Rima Hassan (La France (...)
US President Donald Trump doubled down on his extraordinary push for more balanced trade, ordering on Thursday that agencies should investigate plans for new reciprocal tariffs that could boost America's revenue — but could also ignite a global (...)
US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his plan to take control of Gaza, and said that he could allow other states in the Middle East to rebuild parts of the war-ravaged enclave.
"I'm committed to buying and owning Gaza. As far as us (...)
Billionaire philanthropist and spiritual leader Aga Khan has died at the age of 88, his charity the Aga Khan Development Network has announced.
Prince Karim Aga Khan was the 49th hereditary imam of the Ismailis, a Shia Muslim faction.
He "passed (...)
Weather warnings have been issued in parts of Spain, Portugal, France, the UK and Ireland as Storm Herminia batters countries across Europe with strong winds, heavy rain and powerful waves.
The storm was named Friday by Spanish weather authorities, (...)
A rare "stay at home" warning has been issued for parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland as a severe storm lashes the region, bringing dangerous 100mph (160 kmh) winds and unleashing travel chaos.
Storm Eowyn, an extratropical "bomb" cyclone that (...)
RIYADH — The foreign ministers and representatives of Arab and Western countries, who met in Riyadh on Sunday, discussed the steps to support the Syrian people and provide them with all the aid and support in this critical phase of their history. (...)
Ireland has joined South Africa's genocide case against Israel, the International Court of Justice announced Tuesday morning.
In a brief press statement, the ICJ said that Ireland had on Monday joined Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico, Libya, Bolivia, (...)
London saw its first snowfall of the year on Saturday as heavy snow and freezing conditions swept across the UK, prompting weather warnings for snow and ice over the weekend.
The snow began late Saturday, with Northern England, the Midlands, and (...)
Romania and Bulgaria have become full members of the European Union's border-free Schengen area after scrapping land border controls in the bloc.
The expansion was officially introduced at midnight on Wednesday and was marked by celebrations at some (...)
Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris has called Israel's decision to close its embassy in Dublin "deeply regrettable" but said his government would not change its position on how the war in Gaza is being fought.
Israel announced on Sunday it would (...)
Israel announced on Sunday its decision to close its embassy in Dublin, accusing Ireland of pursuing "extreme anti-Israel policies" and engaging in actions it described as "antisemitic."
The move comes amidst heightened diplomatic tensions and (...)
US President-elect Donald Trump hosted Apple CEO Tim Cook for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Friday, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The meeting comes as a growing number of tech executives, including OpenAI's Sam Altman, Meta's (...)
The reach and credibility of international law is at its lowest in years as governments dismiss arrest warrants in some of the most high-profile cases to come before the International Criminal Court.
In the past 18 months, the Hague-based court has (...)
Fianna Fáil has won the most seats in the Dáil (lower house of parliament) following the Republic of Ireland's general election.
It won 48 seats while Sinn Féin - the main opposition party in the last Dáil - won 39.
Fine Gael, which has been in (...)
The majority of seats in the Irish parliament have been filled, with the Fianna Fáil party leading a tight three-way battle in the country's general election.
With all 43 constituencies' initial counts in, first preference percentage share for the (...)
The polls have opened for the Irish general election.
Voters are able to cast their ballot up until 22:00 local time to choose representatives to serve as Teachtaí Dála (TDs) in the Dáil, the lower house of the Oireachtas (Ireland's parliament).
The (...)
Egyptian rescuers found four bodies and five survivors on Tuesday during a Red Sea search operation after a tourist boat carrying 44 people sank on Monday.
A total of 33 people have been rescued so far but seven were still missing as of Tuesday (...)
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 (...)
