“Thank you very much to all you would-be penguins huddling together for warmth,” said Jamie Driscoll to the dozen supporters braving bitingly cold, blustery weather to begin knocking on doors and…
Pope Leo XIV marked his first Good Friday by becoming the first pontiff in decades to personally carry the wooden cross for all 14 stations at the Colosseum. Marking his first Good Friday as pontiff,…
Your Party is to focus its local election efforts on a number of urban areas with large Muslim populations where Labour support has weakened, throwing its support behind supporting independent…
Artemis II passes halfway point to Moon, sends Earth photos April 4, 2026The Artemis II mission successfully continued its lunar flyby path, passing the halfway point between the Earth and the Moon,…
British prosecutors said on Friday (April 4, 2026) they had charged three men in connection with an arson attack last month on Jewish community ambulances in north London. The ambulances were set on…
Passengers crossing the Channel from the UK to France will not face new biometric checks in the coming weeks, despite an imminent deadline for the complete implementation of the EU’s entry-exit…
An Italian council has bought a villa where Benito Mussolini spent his summer holidays, partly to avoid the property falling into the hands of “fascist nostalgics”. Daniela Angelini, the leftwing…
The boom in reformer pilates has created a “wild west” of studios where poor regulation has resulted in inexperienced teachers and a rise in injuries, professional standards bodies have…
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Hungary's government accused of spying on opposition April 2, 2026The Hungarian election campaign has been in a frenzy for weeks, but this latest scandal has shocked even the most cool-headed…
Donald Trump has said he does not care about Iran’s stock of highly enriched uranium (HEU), arguing it was deep underground and could be monitored by satellite, raising questions about one of the key…
Russian strikes killed eight people in a "massive" daytime assault on Ukraine on Friday while Kyiv proposed an Easter truce and launched retaliatory drone strikes deep into Russian territory. At…
Malaysia mourns death of former transport minister Ling Liong Sik at 82 The trained medical doctor, who entered politics in 1968, served as transport minister from 1986 to 2003 Malaysian Chinese…
India news: LPG tanker headed for Mumbai crosses Hormuz Published April 4, 2026last updated April 4, 2026What you need to know - The LPG tanker is scheduled to dock in Mumbai - New Delhi is engaging…
Afghanistan earthquake kills eight members of same family The household’s only survivor was a boy aged around two years old, who was injured in the tremor. An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed…
Russia’s army recorded almost no territorial gains on the front line in Ukraine in March for the first time in two and a half years, AFP analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW)…
Artemis astronauts cross halfway point halfway point between Earth and Moon The Artemis 2 mission passed the halfway point between Earth and the Moon on Saturday and sped toward a planned lunar…
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has long exerted a strong, often underestimated power in the Middle East.
Pakistan on Saturday (April 4, 2026) rejected media reports that its initiative to facilitate talks between the U.S.
Burkina Faso’s military leader, who seized power in a coup in September 2022, told journalists that “people need to forget about democracy” and that “democracy kills”, the latest sign he aims to rule…