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London, August 9, 2025 — More than 200 demonstrators linked to the pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action were arrested in central London on Saturday during a large protest opposing the recent ban of the organization, which the UK government has classified as a terrorist group. The arrests took......
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has firmly refused any territorial concessions to Russia as a condition for peace, ahead of the scheduled summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15. This stance intensifies Kyiv’s concerns over......
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a historic peace agreement at the White House on Friday, marking the end of nearly four decades of conflict in the South Caucasus region. Brokered by the United States, the deal aims to reopen key transportation routes and diminish Russian influence in the......
The UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, and the US vice president, JD Vance, are hosting Ukrainian and European representatives at Chevening, Kent, to advance discussions on a US-brokered peace plan for Ukraine. The meeting, requested by Washington, comes just days before a scheduled encounter between......
A British aerial bomb weighing 500 kilograms, dropped on Belgrade during World War II, was successfully defused on Saturday, according to the Serbian Ministry of the Interior. The unexploded device, discovered on Monday at a depth of 2.5 meters at a construction site in the “Belgrade Waterfront”......
The government and opposition parties in Grenada have come together in a rare display of unity to amend the country's constitution and remove the oath of allegiance to HM King Charles III. The parliament agreed to replace the reference to "His Majesty King Charles the Third, His Heirs and Successors"......
Geopolitical tensions between major powers are rising alarmingly, accompanied by renewed emphasis on nuclear deterrence. In this climate of growing rivalry, The Washington Post published a detailed report on the current state of the world’s nuclear arsenals, their geographic distribution, and the......
Global financial markets turned their attention on Friday to rising geopolitical tensions over the war in Ukraine and the potential implications of U.S. tariffs. Early trading in Europe saw modest gains: Paris rose by 0.30%, London by 0.27%, Milan by 0.23%, and Zurich by 0.31%, while Frankfurt slipped......
LONDON, August 7, 2025 – The UK Home Office announced Thursday that it has detained the first migrants arriving by small boats who are set to be returned to France under the newly implemented Franco-British treaty aimed at reducing dangerous Channel crossings. According to an official statement,......
A British bomb dating back to World War II was successfully defused on Wednesday afternoon in the eastern German city of Dresden, ending a large-scale evacuation that affected thousands of residents. The 250-kilogram explosive device was discovered on Tuesday during excavation works near the Elbe River,......
In a surprising turn of diplomacy, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the possibility of a “very soon” meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as part of renewed efforts to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. This comes following what the White House described as a......
Storm Floris has swept across several parts of the United Kingdom since the weekend, causing widespread power outages, transport disruptions, and event cancellations — particularly in Scotland, the most severely affected region. The UK’s national weather service, the Met Office, issued an......
Saudi Arabia has executed 17 individuals over the past three days, including two Saudis for "terrorism" on Monday and seven foreigners for drug trafficking on Sunday, according to an AFP tally based on official announcements. So far in 2025, the kingdom has carried out 239 executions, 161......
