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A predawn assault by more than 100 Israeli settlers on a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank has triggered an unusually blunt rebuke from Israel’s leadership, after three members of the security forces were injured trying to…
Pope Leo XIV ended a landmark four-day trip to France today with a blunt warning that ties between countries are fraying into what he described as growing “uncivilised” behaviour, and with a call for Europe to help halt a spiral of “lies…
A Russian drone slammed into Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv today, striking one of the capital’s best-known institutions in a deadly daylight attack that sent smoke and flames into the sky. One person was killed and…
An 87-year-old Madrid pensioner whose eviction set off nationwide protests and intensified pressure on the government over Spain’s housing crisis is set to return to her home after an agreement was reached with the property’s owners, her…
OpenAI has pulled the plug on releasing its newest artificial intelligence model, Astra 6.1, after internal evaluations found it fell short of the company’s safety standards, the ChatGPT-maker confirmed. The decision lands just one day…
Allegations of a terror plot targeting a Royal Air Force base used by US forces have drawn an unusually pointed intervention from Washington, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the incident “clearly involves the hand of a…
Tents once again blanket Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, as protesters enter a third day of a sit-in outside the regional administration to denounce the eviction of an 87-year-old woman and to press for tougher protections for tenants amid scarce…
With winter closing in and Ukraine bracing for renewed strikes on its energy system, Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee has urged the European Union to keep one of its most contentious options in play: the several hundred billion…
Fresh allegations about Jordan Bardella’s teenage years have erupted into a new political row in France, after an investigative outlet claimed the far-right National Rally (RN) leader posted antisemitic remarks in private chats in 2013 —…
SpaceX’s SPCX.O Starship finally crossed a milestone the company has chased for years, reaching orbit for the first time today even after an unexpected mid-flight engine shutdown — a scare it overcame to deploy its first batch of…
British counter-terror officers are examining whether Iran had any connection to a suspected plot targeting RAF Fairford, a military airbase used by US heavy bombers, after armed police intercepted three vans heading towards the site. Five…
With cheers echoing from Paris to Lourdes, Pope Leo brought his first official trip to France to a pointed political finish, preparing to address the future of Europe and the continent’s drive toward unity. The leader of the world’s 1.4…
President Donald Trump says he’s ready to break bread with Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei — but he’s not budging on his opposition to slowing the headlong rush of artificial intelligence development. In remarks that also revisited…
Armed British police swept in on five men near a key US air base in the west of England after a tip-off warned that three vans were heading towards RAF Fairford — an installation that has been used to launch strikes on Iran. The men were…
OpenAI says an internal probe into misbehaving AI agents has uncovered another unsettling breach: 53 images belonging to ChatGPT users were leaked. The company would not say whether the exposed images were generated by AI or showed real…
As countries head to the polls in an era of rapid technological change, an Irish woman at the heart of the United Nations’ election support work is warning that artificial intelligence is reshaping the risks — and the possibilities — for…
A Chinese-made SUV dubbed the ‘Temu Range Rover’ is fast becoming an unexpected fault line in British politics — and it could complicate Andy Burnham’s premiership in ways that reach far beyond the showroom. This weekend marks the opening…
Fresh bloodshed on both sides of the front line set the backdrop for a blistering diplomatic broadside at the United Nations, where Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused European governments of standing in the way of efforts to…
A deadly explosion ripped through one of Athens’ busiest tourist quarters, flattening a residential building in Plaka and leaving rescuers racing against time to find four missing people. Two people have died and another four are missing…
Iran on Saturday doubled down on diplomacy as the only way out of its standoff with the United States and Israel, pushing back after US President Donald Trump said he had turned down an Iranian proposal tied to reopening the Strait of…
TikTok will pay Alabama at least $100 million (€87m) and roll out new guardrails for teenagers, striking a deal that sidelines a child-safety trial that had been due to start next week in the southern US state. “Under the settlement,…
A fresh clash between the White House and the press erupted after CNN reporters were barred from travelling aboard Air Force One with US President Donald Trump, marking the latest step to curb the network’s access. The move follows last…
Paris’s most famous boulevard turned into a sea of flags and chanting voices as Pope Leo XIV swept onto the Avenue des Champs-Élysées for the centrepiece of his weekend in France: an outdoor Mass that drew an estimated 700,000 people. The…
Taiwan has pushed back sharply against remarks Chinese President Xi Jinping made to US President Donald Trump about the island’s future, calling them a “distortion of the facts” and insisting that only Taiwan’s people can decide what comes…
In New York City this week, the signs of a diplomatic storm were hard to miss. It wasn’t only the heavy security footprint — the endless NYPD presence, hundreds of armed Secret Service officers with sniffer dogs, and the near-constant…
Seeking to tamp down rising anxiety in Europe, President Vladimir Putin said Russia is not gearing up for “any kind” of conflict with the continent, pushing back against warnings from some NATO members that Moscow could threaten alliance…
Iran has told the United States it can restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz within a week—if Washington agrees to a tightly defined set of conditions—according to Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi. The Wall Street Journal…
Nepal’s prime minister used the stage of the United Nations General Assembly to deliver a blunt message after a deadly glacier flood: rebuilding the Himalayan nation should not come with a fresh burden of debt. Balendra Shah appealed for…
Brussels is digging in for a courtroom battle over its landmark penalty against Elon Musk’s X, insisting it is “ready to defend” the €120 million fine even as Washington moves to join the fight on the platform’s side. Mr Musk and X,…
A far-right activist known to supporters as Danny Tommo is due in court in England after being accused of slashing a boat in the English Channel while an emergency responder was on board. Daniel Thomas, 37, of no fixed address, has been…