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Lufthansa, Air France halt Beirut flights as Israel tensions rise
BERLIN: Air France and the German airline group Lufthansa said Monday they were suspending flights to Beirut after Israel threatened reprisals for a deadly rocket strike launched from Lebanon.
Lufthansa services would be halted up to and…
Putin congratulates Venezuela’s Maduro on re-election
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Nicolas Maduro on Monday after he declared victory in Venezuela's presidential election, the results of which were rejected by the country's opposition.
Russia has been a key ally of…
A stabbing in northwest England killed 2 children and injured 9 others.
LONDON: A stabbing at a children's dance class in northwest England on Monday killed two children and injured nine other people, police said. A 17-year-old boy was arrested and a knife seized after the bloody attack, police said.
A…
UK, France ‘condemns’ Golan attack; Israel vows retaliation
London: The UK on Sunday condemned the rocket attack on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, which killed 12 people, and said it was "deeply concerned about the risk of further escalation and destabilisation".
In a statement on X, Foreign…
Putin promises’mirror measures’ in reaction to US missiles in Germany.
Moscow: Russia may deploy new strike weapons in response to the planned U.S. stationing of longer-range and hypersonic missiles in Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.
Speaking at a naval parade in St Petersburg,…
Italy PM Meloni arrives in China on first official visit
BEIJING: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Beijing on Saturday, Chinese state media said, in her first visit to the country since she took office nearly two years ago.
During the five-day trip she is due to meet President…
Russia says Ukraine’s statements on peace talks contradictory
VIENTIANE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday he "does not listen" to what he called Ukraine's contradictory statements on peace talks.
Lavrov spoke after Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visited China for talks…
Traditional German market organised at UNESCO site ‘Alteburg Market’, with Roman history
Frankfurt (Alteburg Market) : Thousands of ethnic Germans gathered around an ancient UNESCO heritage site, the 'Alteburg Market' at about 40 km towards Northeast of country's financial capital Frankfurt to celebrate their victories over…
Paris Olympics began with sabotaged trains and bad weather.
PARIS: The Paris Olympics were getting off to a rough start Friday, with suspected acts of sabotage targeting France's flagship high-speed rail network and cloudy skies, with rain forecast, over the French capital ahead of its sprawling,…
Russian drones attack Ukraine port again tonight.
KYIV: Russian drones attacked the southern Ukrainian port city of Izmail for a second straight night damaging infrastructure, Kyiv said Thursday, claiming several Russian attack drones entered Romanian airspace.
Moscow has targeted ports…
Frankfurt Airport disrupted by climate activists
BERLIN: Frankfurt airport, Germany's busiest, was forced Thursday to temporarily suspend arrivals and departures after environmental activists forced their way into the apron.
Traffic was halted during the busy summer holiday season for…
France announces major operation against cyber-spying
PARIS: French authorities have launched a major operation to clean up computers infected by a cyber-espionage programme that has struck millions of users worldwide, a senior prosecutor said Thursday.
"On the eve of the Olympics, this…
Russia claims 75 Ukrainian drones downed in southern Rostov.
MOSCOW: Russia downed 75 Ukrainian drones on Monday, nearly 50 of them over southern Rostov.
The defence ministry said air defense systems intercepted 47 drones over Rostov, 17 over the Black and Azov seas, 11 elsewhere, and one over…
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is re-elected for another five years
STRASBOURG: Lawmakers at the European Parliament on Thursday re-elected Ursula von der Leyen to a second 5-year term as president of the European Union's executive commission.
The re-election ensures leadership continuity for the…
There were 33 Ukrainian drones shot down in Crimea, and 10 were naval drones
MOSCOW: Russia downed 33 Ukrainian aerial drones overnight over Crimea and 10 naval drones that were heading for the peninsula, Moscow's defence ministry said Thursday.
"Air defence systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 33 aerial…
Building fire kills seven in Nice city in Southern France
A fire that started overnight in a high-rise building in a poor area of Nice, France is spreading quickly.
Paris mayor dips into the Seine River to showcase its cleanliness before Olympic
Swimming in the Seine has been banned for over a century. Since 2015, organizers have invested $1.5 billion to prepare the Seine for the Olympics.
Germany’s top security official bans a far-right magazine
The strength of the far right has caused increasing concern in Germany in recent months.
What to know about the growing number of treason and espionage cases in today’s Russia under…
The prosecutions have raised comparisons to the show trials and purges under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in the 1930s.
France’s search for PM back to square one as hopeful quits
PARIS: Hopes of France's left-wing bloc finding a consensus candidate to lead the country's next government after an inconclusive snap election unravelled Sunday as the best-placed contender dropped out.
A broad alliance of Socialists,…
