The European Union has signed a landmark trade deal with four of South America's biggest economies.European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen called the agreement a "truly historic milestone" in an "increasingly confrontational world".A previous agreement in 2019 never came...
US President-elect Donald Trump has issued an apparent warning to Hamas, threatening "all hell to pay" if hostages held in Gaza are not released by the time he returns to the White House on 20 January.Dozens of people taken during...
President Volodymyr Zelensky has suggested that the parts of Ukraine under his control should be taken "under the Nato umbrella" to try and stop the "hot phase" of the war.He was asked by Sky News whether he would accept Nato...
Family photoKhattab al-Faramawy (pictured) found nephew Youssef alive but trapped on the boatAn Egyptian diver involved in the rescue operation of people scouring the wreckage of a tourist boat which sank in the Red Sea has described how he found...
More than 80 people have been killed in renewed sectarian violence in north-west Pakistan, officials say.Another 156 are said to have been wounded in three days of fighting in the tribal district of Kurram, near the Afghan border.The violence began...
A fugitive Zambian lawmaker with a bounty on his head has been arrested in Zimbabwe, Zambian authorities have said.Emmanuel "Jay Jay" Banda, who was facing robbery charges, is accused of having escaped from custody in August as he awaited to...
French singer-songwriter Charles Dumont, who composed Edith Piaf's Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, has died at the age of 95.Dumont was 27 years old when he wrote the song in 1956. But it was not until 1960 that he was...
The Chief of Staff to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being investigated by police over allegations of altering documents relating to the 7 October Hamas attack to portray his boss in a more favourable light.Tzachi Braverman, one of Netanyahu’s...
Former US congressman Michael Grimm has been paralysed from the chest down after being thrown from a horse during a polo tournament.His friend and former New York City council member, Vincent Ignizio, told the Associated Press the "tragic accident" occurred...
Getty ImagesDonald Trump made the first official hire of his incoming administration, announcing 2024 campaign co-chair Susan Summerall Wiles as his chief of staff.The president-elect's transition team is already vetting a series of candidates ahead of his return to the...
