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Europe News

France's third weekend of social protests sees lower turnout

According to the Interior Ministry, the authorised marches proceeded peacefully. But tensions rose during their dispersal in Paris, Lyon, Marseille and other major cities.

31 October 2026

Sport

Mbappé apologises for 'ill-judged' joke about China's Mao Zedong

The decision came after the clip spread on social media across China, where jokes about Mao, who died in 1976, are seen as disrespectful.

27 October 2026

Australia

Flash floods lash southeast Queensland in record October rainfall

A television reporter abandoned his shoes and glasses and dived into rising floodwaters to save a driver whose car was sinking fast in Morayfield, Queensland.

23 October 2026

China

At least 16 people killed as earthquake rocks China's Tibet region

It was the most powerful earthquake to strike the region in five years, according to Chinese media.

23 October 2026

Haiti

Bukele says military operation launched to rescue Salvadorans in Haiti

Bukele warned that failure to free the men who have been missing since Sunday’s attack on an armoured vehicle would trigger a far more powerful operation.

22 October 2026

Canada

Alberta’s “no” to separation hands PM Mark Carney a unity win

Roughly three in four voters rejected starting a path toward separation, as Trump’s trade war and annexation threats push Canadians closer together.

21 October 2026

Australia

Australia police say man charged after lawmaker hit by car

Haines was hit by a Toyota Land Cruiser outside her office in the town of Wangaratta, just over 200 kilometres northeast of Melbourne, at around 0635 CET on Monday.

20 October 2026

Europe News

Pope Leo arrives in Lourdes for second leg of France Visit

Pope Leo opened his pilgrimage in Lourdes with a prayer at the Grotto of the Apparitions, the site where Catholics believe the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 and one of the faith's most-visited shrines.

26 September 2026

Iran

Russia, China block US push to maintain UN oversight of Iran sanctions

The proposal, which the United States had drafted to extend the UN expert panel’s mandate for a year was defeated by a vote of 11-2, with Somalia and Pakistan abstaining because of the Russian and Chinese vetoes.

18 September 2026

USA

NBC news helicopter crash kills at least three people in Los Angeles

The helicopter crashed near a storage building in the San Fernando Valley, as news crews were covering a car accident that left at least two dead and six others injured

16 September 2026

USA

Blocked from renaming it, Trump threatens to close the Kennedy Centre

Trump took control of the centre's board shortly after beginning his second term. A judge ruled that the president's name cannot be added without congressional approval.

16 September 2026

Europe News

Romanian President warns Ukraine war could last at least another year

In an interview with Euronews, President Nicușor Dansaid while Russia's economy is under strain and Ukraine has demonstrated an ability to strike deep into Russian territory, neither development has brought Moscow closer to the negotiating table.

15 September 2026

World News

US Supreme Court rejects Trump attempt to restrict mail ballots

The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they’ve used for years and have accounted for nearly a third of votes cast.

15 September 2026

Venezuela

Maduro ally Alex Saab to plead guilty in federal money laundering case

Charged with a single count of money laundering tied to an alleged conspiracy to create fake companies and falsify shipping records, Saab is scheduled to appear before Judge in Miami on Tuesday for a change of plea hearing, according to court records.

15 September 2026

Sport

Alexander Zverev beats Ben Shelton to win the US Open title

Zverev dashed Shelton's hopes of becoming the first Black player to win the men's championship since Arthur Ashe in 1968 and the first American man to win the title since Andy Roddick in Flushing Meadows in 2003.

14 September 2026

Europe News

France this year recorded hottest summer since measurements began

According to Meteo France, the summer of 2026 recorded an average temperature of 24 °C covering day and nighttime, 3.6 C above the normal average, and higher than in 2003, when temperatures were 2.7 C above normal.

3 September 2026

Nepal

Nepal warns of more possible floods as death toll rises to over 750

Flood warning notifications were issued to people's phones throughout Sunday morning as rescue workers tried to evacuate a main route connecting Kathmandu to one of the places most severely affected by Wednesday's devastating floods.

30 August 2026

Nepal

Around 1,300 people missing in Nepal and Tibet after deadly floods

Officials in Nepal earlier said 826 people, including some 341 foreigners, are missing after the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli floods.

27 August 2026

Iran

No military vessels will be allowed in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran says

The latest development comes amid US President Donald Trump's threat to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way," as his administration opposes parts of the evolving agreement.

27 August 2026

Europe News

Thousands in Sweden protest over climate policy as election looms

The protest comes as experts in Sweden have warned that the government's climate policy jeopardises the country's emissions-cutting goals to reduce CO₂ emissions from transport by 70 percent by 2030 and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2045.

23 August 2026