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Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine overnight into Saturday with hundreds of drones, killing at least one person, part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more than 3-year-old war.

French military completed withdrawal from Senegal on Thursday, the last West African country where it maintained a permanent troop presence.

Days of clashes triggered by an alleged sex assault by an asylum seeker erupted into violence in Epping, Essex with Police promising arrests.

More than 70 different attacks since 2022 have been attributed to Russia by Western officials who say the goal is to sow chaos across Europe.

Only a small fraction of the Afghans on the leaked Ministry of Defence document had any grounds to be bought to Britain, report claims. 

The delivery of F-35 fighter jets from the United States to Turkey will remain on “hold” by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-ID), despite Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent claim that he made progress on getting the planes in a meeting with President Donald Trump at the NATO summit last month.

A spokesman for the Taliban junta in Afghanistan claimed that no Afghan needs to fear persecution after a data breach at the UK Ministry of Defense leaked information about thousands of Afghans. 

“Threats… cannot be viewed, in my estimation, as discrete challenges. We’ve got to think about how all of them are aligning”.

Svyrydenko taking on new role as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reshuffles the Cabinet in a bid to energize a war-weary nation.

The government of Russia announced on Wednesday that it would send its energy minister, Sergey Tsivilyov, to Beijing to meet with several high-ranking Chinese officials and heads of Chinese energy companies, a sign Moscow is concerned of losing business in the face of a threat to impose secondary tariffs by the White House.

French electronic band Yelle announced on Wednesday that it is canceling its North American tour because they do not “feel safe” traveling to the United States due to “the current political climate in the U.S.,” bizarrely citing “immigration and freedom of speech” as their reasons, before admitting to currently facing financial difficulties.

The Tomorrowland electronic dance music festival in Boom, Belgium, suffered a setback this week when its main stage caught fire.

Rayner announces wrecking amendment to Britain’s Voter ID law by removing photo requirement, and slashes age to vote to 16 from 18.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is looking to cut 500 management jobs as it copes with falling sales and brand management issues in the wake of its much-maligned woke repositioning efforts.

Teacher seriously injured at a musical performance by elementary school pupils on Wednesday night, Dutch police said.

Mass migration will see the population of the United Kingdom rise faster than any country in the European Union this century, says the U.N..

Russian forces launched a massive drone attack against Ukraine on Wednesday, with targets including Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“Harry Potter” star Emma Watson has been banned from driving for six months after the actress was caught speeding in Oxford, England.

Fresh volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula overnight spread with a second fissure opening up on Wednesday.

Ukrainians applauded First Lady Melania Trump this week after President Donald Trump credited her with updating him on Russian attacks.

Three women were arrested on terrorism charges after a Ford van was driven into the perimeter fence of a defence contractor in Edinburgh.

Nations agreed to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran by the end of August if there has been no concrete progress on a nuclear deal.

UK published demographic statistics on benefit claimants for the first time on Tuesday, revealing levels of tax money payments to foreigners.

Embattled former talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, who fled the United States for England last year in response to President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, is throwing her support behind fellow U.S.-fleeing comedian Rosie O’Donnell amid her public spat with Trump.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte revealed in conversation with President Donald Trump on Monday that the Russian government sabotaged peace talks with Ukraine in May by sending a historian to meticulously document the history of Russia beginning in 1250.

Rosie O’Donnell — who fled to Ireland in the wake of President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, but somehow still cannot manage to keep herself out of U.S. politics — revealed that she cried and knew Trump was “going to win” as she watched the 2024 presidential debate between the president and former President Joe Biden. “That was one of the most depressing days that I can ever remember,” she said.

Britain quietly earmarked £7 billion to secretly import tens of thousands of Afghans under the cover of a remarkable ‘superinjunction’.

The Kremlin insisted that its officials “need time” to offer a full response to President Donald Trump on Tuesday following the latter’s demand that Russia end its invasion of Ukraine in 50 days or face “secondary tariffs” on its trade partners.

Pop star Boy George says he now feels that queer identity politics have failed to help the LGBTQ+ community.

Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari died in London at the age of 82 on Sunday, following what the office of current President Bola Tinubu described as a “prolonged illness.”

“I’m not done” with Putin, President Trump said as he praised the UK as a model NATO ally, linking mutual defence and trade preference.

One of the British monarch´s less-known titles is Seigneur of the Swans – Lord of the Swans.

The head of London’s Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, said on Sunday that it is “shameful” that there are more black teens being killed in the British capital city than white boys.

Billions of dollars of military equipment including Patriot Missiles will be funded by the European members of NATO, President Trump said. 

Federal prosecutors in Argentina launched a probe to uncover the logistic and financial networks that allowed Russian spies to enter the country and carry out disinformation campaign efforts, the newspaper La Nación reported Sunday.