Washington stalls approval of Macron’s ambassador pick after UN rights clash
Aurélien Lechevallier was due to take up the post in September but has yet to receive American consent.
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US warns its travellers of crime and unrest in Belgium
Washington has kept the country at its second-lowest alert level but added new risk indicators covering theft and protests.
Ukrainian court sets bail for former ambassador to Washington over illicit enrichment
Olha Stefanishyna, sacked by President Volodymyr Zelensky three days earlier, said she did not have the money but would try to find it.
More than 9,000 domestic abusers set to be freed under Labour’s early prison release scheme
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has excluded offenders convicted of rape, serious child sexual offences and grooming after an urgent review.
Ukraine will ‘never’ join NATO, former commander Zaluzhnyi says
He argued that it was impossible to join, given the level of development of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, "an organisation guided by the doctrines of the Second World…
US states sue Trump administration over tariffs hitting EU exporters
The 10 per cent duty on European goods is part of a forced-labour action the plaintiffs call a pretext for reviving levies the courts have already rejected.
Conservative GB News marks full year as Britain’s number one news channel
The channel first overtook both the BBC News Channel and Sky News for a full calendar month in July 2025.
High microplastic levels found near Turkish recycling hub handling British plastic waste
Pellets, films and fragments characteristic of recycling waste were identified exclusively downstream.
Former Biden COVID coordinator says pandemic ‘probably was a lab leak’
He emphasised that no one outside China can know with certainty and called for greater transparency and accountability from Chinese officials.
US House report describes Ceuta and Melilla as ‘Moroccan territory’
The wording was drafted by a close ally of Marco Rubio and cleared the chamber two weeks before the mass crossing into the Spanish enclave.
Trump threatens Iran with ‘decapitation’ as Europe waits on Hormuz
The US President says negotiations are under way despite Tehran's denial, leaving European governments watching the world's most important oil chokepoint.
Zelensky removes Ukraine’s ambassador to Washington days after Patriot appeal
Olha Stefanishyna says she stepped down of her own accord, though the presidential decree gives no reason and no successor has been named.
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Fight between UEFA and Infantino escalates
FIFA’s chief operating officer Kevin Lamour stated that senior staff had been “deceived.”
Zelensky puts Russian war dead far above Ukraine’s and lowers Kyiv’s own toll
The Ukrainian President's latest figure for his army's battlefield deaths is lower than the one he gave in February.
UEFA votes to boycott World Cup as Brussels rounds on FIFA sell-off
All 55 European football associations have backed staying away from FIFA competitions unless the private equity plan is dropped, with the European Commission and…
Trump announces Hamas disarmament deal as EU waits to fund Gaza recovery
Brussels has tied its €900 million early recovery package to the removal of Hamas weapons.
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Congressional report finds no scientific basis for masks, distancing or lockdowns
The White House based its official page on the origins of Covid-19 on the same 520-page document, and Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times…
Australian regulator says Telegram breached online safety law
Australia's eSafety Commissioner has filed court action against Telegram for failing to remove pro-terror content, risking a penalty of AU$54.6 million.
Kumamoto earthquake death toll climbs as Japan races to find survivors
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has offered EU solidarity as rescue teams work through a third day in the rubble of southwestern Japan.
Trump unveils rebuild of Washington’s Dulles airport
The 10-year programme would retire the mobile lounges that have shuttled passengers since 1962 and hand the bill to airlines and bondholders.
US strikes kill Iranian civilians on Hormuz island as war resumes
Washington says the raids answered an attempted Iranian missile attack on American troops in Jordan.
US and Saudi Arabia strike Iran-backed militias in Iraq as oil prices jump
Baghdad's Popular Mobilisation Forces have reported dozens of casualties in the first Saudi air operation inside Iraq since the war with Iran began.
US Senate advances Russia sanctions bill as Zelensky meets Trump in Washington
The package named after the late senator Lindsey Graham cleared its first hurdle with Ukraine's president watching from the chamber.
Japan quake death toll set to climb as rescuers search collapsed shopping mall
The magnitude 7.1 tremor has also shut down chip plants in Kumamoto, a manufacturing hub the European Union has courted over supply chain resilience.
Iran fires missiles at US forces in Jordan as pause in fighting collapses
Jordan says it shot down five missiles in an attack that has driven oil prices sharply higher and renewed pressure on European energy costs.
UEFA nations weigh World Cup boycott over FIFA plan to sell stakes to US investors
Europe's 55 football associations are to hold an emergency meeting after FIFA confirmed it would open its commercial arm to private backers linked to the Trump family.
Burnham hands Kyiv the rights to British drone-jamming technology
The new UK Prime Minister has used his first meeting with a foreign leader to promise Ukraine that London's commitments will be honoured in full.
Trump doubts Russia is helping Iran and says he will ask Putin
The US President has played down Ukrainian claims that Moscow is feeding Tehran satellite imagery of American positions in the Gulf.
Putin presses Armenia to hold referendum on EU or Eurasian bloc membership
Nikol Pashinyan told the Russian president a vote was only possible once Yerevan had formally applied to join the European Union.
Early voting opens ahead of Iceland’s EU referendum
From July 27, Icelanders can cast their ballots at district commissioners' offices across the country, at some municipal offices, and at embassies and consulates…