When Qatar won the bid to host the World Cup in 2010, the triumphant Gulf State unveiled plans to host...

Ethiopia: Tigray rebels agree ‘cessation of hostilities’ after government truce
Tigrayan rebels have agreed to a “cessation of hostilities”, marking a turning point in the nearly 17-month war in northern Ethiopia after...

Joe Biden to address ‘stakes of this moment’ in Ukraine speech from Warsaw
Joe Biden is due to give a “significant speech” on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Saturday after arriving in Warsaw,...

UK’s biggest housebuilders hand top bosses bumper bonuses
Persimmon and Taylor Wimpey, Britain’s two biggest housebuilders, handed their chief executives bumper bonuses last year, when building bounced back amid...

Horror as woman is followed into home and raped by stranger in Croydon
An investigation has been launched after a woman was followed into her home and raped by a stranger in south London....

Priti Patel breached human rights with unlawful policy of seizing asylum seekers’ phones, court rules
The High Court has ruled against home secretary Priti Patel’s secret policy of confiscating asylum seekers’ mobile phones by declaring it unlawful....

EU mulls kicking Russia out of IMF
European Union officials are reportedly looking at how to curb Russia’s influence within the International Monetary Fund (IMF), even to...

EU Council imposes additional sanctions on Belarus
The EU Council has imposed additional sanctions on Belarus because of the country’s involvement in the invasion of Ukraine. The...

Russian dissident Kasparov urges harsher strategy against Moscow
Russian human rights activist and former chess champion Garry Kasparov called on Thursday for world powers to adopt a harsher...

Macron says Putin intent on seizing all of Ukraine
France’s President Emmanuel Macron’s phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin today has led him to conclude that “the...