Angela Rayner resigns as UK deputy prime minister over stamp duty underpayment

In the UK, levies are charged on property purchases, with higher charges due on more expensive homes and second homes.

The UK's deputy prime minister, Angela Ray...

What's in a name? US lawyer Mark Zuckerberg sues Facebook over account shutdowns for 'impersonation'

Indiana bankruptcy lawyer Mark S Zuckerberg says his official presence on Facebook has been disabled five times in eight years, costing him thousands of dollars i...

Why has Trump renamed the US Department of Defense to Department of War?

Although the US President’s decision to rename the Department of Defense is a highly controversial one, the government arm was actually called the Department of W...

Foreign troops in Ukraine would be 'legitimate targets for destruction,’ Putin says

The Russian president said on Friday it is "practically impossible" to reach an agreement with Ukraine on key issues, and also reiterated Moscow’s resolute reject...

Israelis across the country to gather and mark 700 days since Hamas' 7 October attacks

Families of the remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abandon plans to expand Israel's offensive and bring c...

Russian spy drones over Germany: Why Bundeswehr can not shoot them down

Russia uses surveillance drones over eastern Germany to monitor Western arms deliveries to Ukraine. German authorities are struggling to counter these espionage a...

Elon Musk sidelined from Donald Trump's White House dinner with US tech executives

Trump hosted tech leaders at the White House to discuss domestic investments and room for further development in an unexpected dinner which snubbed former aide an...

Tackling Russia's hybrid war on Europe: Jamming and spoofing in the 'grey zone'

NATO and the EU are working on ways to counter Russia's jamming of GPS systems aboard civilian flights. How does jamming work and what other "grey zone" technique...

Suwayda violence: Head of Israel's Druze calls on Europe to act and defends Israeli strikes

Speaking about clashes in Syria, Sheikh Tarif said that "if there had been no Israeli intervention, the Druze community in Suwayda would have been wiped out."

Th...

Germany leads joint military drills in the Baltic Sea amid Russia threat fears

Some 8,000 officers from 14 NATO countries are taking part in the multi-week "Quadriga 2025" exercises.

The German army is leading joint military exercises in th...

Coalition of the Willing: 26 countries agree to deploy troops or equipment to post-war Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the number of countries willing to participate and the contributions on the table a "victory".

Twenty-six countrie...

At least 15 hospitalised after double-decker bus crashes outside London's Victoria Station

Footage showed the bus stopped with a smashed windscreen and emergency vehicles including police cars, ambulances and a fire engine in attendance.

At least 15 pe...

Several injured, including children, after car drives into crowd of people in Berlin

It is not immediately clear why the car drove into the group.

A car drove into a crowd in the German capital Berlin, injuring several people, the Bild daily news...

Man accused of ramming car into Liverpool football parade pleads not guilty

Paul Doyle, 53, faces 31 charges after dozens of people were injured in the city centre on 26 May.

The man who allegedly drove his car into dozens of Liverpool f...

Two armed Turkish men arrested in Italian city of Viterbo ahead of popular festival

Italian media reported that the two men were suspected of preparing an attack during Wednesday's celebration, which was attended by Italian Foreign Minister Anton...

Russian economy is stagnating amid Ukraine war, says Sberbank CEO

German Gref said the country's central bank should lower interest rates to avoid a recession.

The head of Russia's largest bank has said the country's economy ha...

Florida plans to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in state first

State Surgeon General Joseph Lapado said all vaccine mandates would be appealed as he likened them to "slavery."

Florida announced on Wednesday it would work to ...

UAE warns Israeli annexation of West Bank would signal end of regional integration

The UAE says an Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank could potentially call into question the fate of the Abraham Accords, signed between the two countrie...

Lisbon funiculars suspended after accident kills 17 people

Authorities in the Portuguese capital have launched an investigation into the fatal incident, which happened on Wednesday evening during rush hour.

Lisbon City C...

'Coalition of the Willing' set to provide air patrols and naval demining to Ukraine

Military chiefs from countries involved in the 'Coalition of the Willing' have completed the technical work on the security guarantees they will provide to Ukrain...

Aid agencies ask countries to send more funds to help Afghanistan after Sunday's earthquake

The European Union and the United Kingdom have both donated to aid organisations at work in the region, side-stepping the Taliban government.

Aid agencies in the...