ReutersSeveral people have died after a shooting at a hair salon in the town of Uppsala, Swedish media have reported. Police said they have received calls from members of the public who reported that they heard loud bangs that sounded...
Watch: Key moments from the funeral of Pope FrancisPope Francis has been buried in Rome after a funeral ceremony and procession attended by hundreds of thousands of people and many heads of state.The first South American pontiff passed away on...
Mahmoud Abbas has called Hamas "sons of dogs" in a fiery speech in which he demanded the group release the hostages it is still holding, disarm, and hand over control of Gaza in order to end the war with Israel.The...
A top official in one of South Africa's biggest political parties has been condemned for visiting a self-proclaimed pastor who fled to Malawi after he was accused of rape and fraud.Floyd Shivambu, secretary-general of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party of...
The Swiss ski resort of Zermatt was cut off and tourists and residents were told to stay indoors in the French resort of Tignes because of heavy snow in the Alps on Thursday.Tignes Mayor Serge Revial said there was a...
Algeria has asked 12 French embassy staff to leave the country within 48 hours, France's foreign minister has said.Jean-Noël Barrot added that it was linked to the indictment of three Algerians in France on Friday, one of whom is a...
Jonathan BealeDefence correspondentReutersEuropean defence ministers pledged air defences, missiles and other gearUkraine's European allies have pledged €21bn ($24bn; £18bn) in a new tranche of military support for Kyiv in what they described as "a critical year" for the war.More than...
EPAA Ukrainian soldier operating a howitzer on the frontline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly acknowledged for the first time that his troops are active in Russia's Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine."We continue to carry out active operations in the...
Tasnim News AgencyState media released a picture of Shahram Dabiri and his wife, superimposing a marker on the name of the ship to the South Pole, PlanciusIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has fired one of his deputies for taking a "lavish"...
The ruling military junta in Myanmar say the death toll after last week's devastating earthquake now stands at almost 2,900 people. The actual death toll is feared to be much higher, with many people still stuck under the rubble in...
