Category: World

Two events this week will give Greenland and friends in Europe a juddering sense of alarm.  From the West, the US vice president JD Vance is on his way, despatched by a…

Israel has carried out a strike on Beirut for the first time since it agreed a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah in November. The Israeli military says the strike targeted infrastructure storing drones…

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck Myanmar – with at least two dead and an unknown number of others trapped in a collapsed building after the impact was felt as far away…

Vladimir Putin has been talking about the war in Ukraine overnight. His latest suggestion is for the country to be put under a temporary administration to allow for elections. This, he said,…

Diego Maradona was in “agony” in the hours before his death, a court has heard. The 1986 World Cup winner, one of football’s greatest-ever players, died in a house outside Buenos Aires…

The number of children killed in Gaza, according to the local health ministry, recently rose above 15,000. Fatality figures in Gaza are disputed by Israel, but even allowing for miscalculation or exaggeration, it is…

At one factory in East Germany, they’re pumping out a car part every second, cutting and pressing millions of pieces destined for the country’s mega motor industry. The HENNgineered plant sits on…

The Serbian ambassador to Britain has insisted critics should “wait for the results” of an independent investigation, following claims an illegal sonic weapon was used against protesters earlier this month. He told…

Five people have been stabbed near Amsterdam’s central Dam Square, Dutch police have said. A suspect, who was also wounded in the incident, has been arrested. “The suspect was overpowered with the…

Five people have been stabbed near Amsterdam’s central Dam Square, Dutch police have said. A suspect, who was also wounded in the incident, has been arrested. “The suspect was overpowered with the…