Turkish police have detained 525 suspected drug dealers in dawn operations across the capital Ankara in what Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said was the "biggest narcotics operation" in the country's history.
The operation involved thousands of (...)
Authorities have dismantled four major criminal networks responsible for fuelling the flow of drugs into the European Union and Turkey, the EU's law enforcement agency Europol said in a statement.
It follows a series of "coordinated raids" supported (...)
Mario Vargas Llosa, who has died at the age of 89 in his native Peru, was a towering figure in Latin American literature and culture who rarely shied away from controversy.
With more than 50 works to his name, many of which have been widely (...)
Six people, including three children, were killed after a helicopter carrying a family of tourists crashed into the Hudson River in New York, authorities have said.
The family of five was from Spain and the sixth person was the pilot, New York City (...)
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France plans to recognize Palestine as a state in June this year.
Macron made the comments during an interview with a French television station while on a two-day trip to Egypt.
"Our goal is, (...)
Police in India have arrested a man, who is accused of impersonating a British doctor, for performing surgeries that allegedly led to the death of seven patients.
Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav — also known as Dr N John Camm — worked as a cardiologist (...)
The United States announced Saturday that it is revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and halting the issuance of new visas, citing the African nation's refusal to accept deported nationals.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (...)
Italy's Giorgia Meloni and Australia's Anthony Albanese are among the world leaders who have come out in criticism of US President Donald Trump, after he announced far-reaching import taxes on products from across the globe.
Meloni called a 20% (...)
Hungary will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government said Wednesday, as the country's Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomed Israeli Prime Minister and ICC fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu to Budapest.
Netanyahu's visit to (...)
Spain will push for the use of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine's defense during the G5+ (Weimar+) summit held Monday in Madrid, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares announced.
Speaking ahead of the meeting, Albares said Russia must (...)
This is the gravest crisis for Western security since the end of World War Two, and a lasting one. As one expert puts it, "Trumpism will outlast his presidency". But which nations are equipped to step to the fore as the US stands back?
At 09.00 one (...)
In a Truth Social post, Trump said Venezuela has been "very hostile" to the US and countries purchasing oil from it will be forced to pay the tariff on all their trade to the US starting April 2.
The tariffs would most likely add to the taxes facing (...)
PARIS — Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Spain Princess Haifa bint Abdulaziz Al-Muqrin handed over her credentials as a non-resident ambassador to the Principality of Andorra to French President and the Co-Prince of Andorra Emmanuel Macron in a ceremony (...)
Three Bulgarian nationals have been convicted by a London jury for espionage on behalf of Russia, marking one of the UK's largest foreign intelligence operations in recent years.
Katrin Ivanova, 43, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanchev, 39, were (...)
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a four-point plan to work with Ukraine to end the war and defend the country from Russia.
The UK, France and other countries will step up their efforts in a "coalition of the willing" and seek to involve (...)
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 (...)
The British Army has said it is ready to deploy to Ukraine if requested by the government.
This week, 2,500 UK troops from the Army's high readiness force, the First Division, have been taking part in a large Nato exercise in Romania — on a training (...)
Sir Keir Starmer has said any Ukraine peace deal would require a "US backstop" to deter Russia from attacking its neighbor again.
Speaking after a hastily convened meeting with European leaders in Paris, the prime minister repeated that he would (...)
Sir Keir Starmer has said he is "ready and willing" to put UK troops on the ground in Ukraine to help guarantee its security as part of a peace deal.
The UK prime minister said securing a lasting peace in Ukraine was "essential if we are to deter (...)
VIENNA — Saudi Arabia, represented by the Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha), has officially assumed the presidency of the Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GlobE Network). The assumption (...)
VIENNA — Saudi Arabia, represented by the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (NAZAHA), assumed the presidency of the Global Operations Network of Law Enforcement Authorities Concerned with Combating Corruption (GlobE Network), in an official (...)
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 (...)
Although the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí never visited India, his artworks are set to be displayed in the country for the first time.
Starting Friday, an exhibition in the capital Delhi will showcase an expansive collection of more than 200 of (...)
EU leaders on Monday didn't appear to have coalesced around key options to boost common spending in defence, calling for the European Commission to first explore ways they could increase their own national investments in the sector.
Leaders urged (...)
