Protests in UK against asylum seeker housing continue, counter-protests arise

The government is legally obligated to house asylum-seekers. Using hotels to do so had been a marginal issue until 2020, when the number of asylum-seekers increas...

Lesia Khomenko unveils monumental train station artwork on Ukraine’s Independence Day

Lesia Khomenko’s new painting at Kyiv’s main train station honours the people sustaining the country’s war effort – soldiers, medics, railway workers – and reclai...

Rising visitor numbers are leaving a harmful human footprint on Antarctica’s ecosystems

Annual visitors numbered fewer than 8,000 in the 1990s. Last year, more than 124,000 visited.

Antarctica, Earth’s last great wilderness, is facing growing pressu...

Expert: drone incidents will continue in Poland as long as there is a war across our border

'If the conflict across our border continues, the risk of further incidents is significant', warns Andrzej Kinski, editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine Wojsko ...

At least 30 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza

Close to three dozen Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on Saturday across Gaza as Israel intensifies its assault on the enclave and prepares for a major...

Arrested Ukrainian 'probably' head of Nord Stream sabotage plot: was Kyiv involved?

According to the latest findings, the Ukrainian arrested in Italy is said to have masterminded the attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines. Was the Ukrainian governm...

Lithuanian customs uncovers 'particularly audacious' scheme to circumvent sanctions against Russia

According to the investigation, the water treatment equipment was received by Russian oil industry enterprises.

The criminal service of the Lithuanian Customs De...

Ghislaine Maxwell says Trump 'was never inappropriate with anybody.'

Jeffrey Epstein's ex-partner in crime also told the US court that the much discussed client list does not exist.

Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's ex-partner Ghisla...

Death of a 17-year old teenager in the Netherlands sparks outrage over violence against women

'We all have 24 hours in our day. 24 hours that we are free to use how and where we choose,' Dutch actrice and author Nienke Gravemade wrote in a post that went v...

More than a million people in Ukraine require evacuation from frontline areas, officials say

Over one million people in Ukraine need evacuation amid heavy Russian shelling and military assaults in the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions in Eastern Ukraine....

We need to make sure Putin never tries to attack Ukraine again, NATO chief says

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Friday that the security guarantees agreement for Ukraine will consist of two layers: strengthening Ukraine’s army and c...

FBI searching home of Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton, source says

The search of Bolton's home comes as the Trump administration has taken steps to examine the activities of other perceived adversaries of the Republican president...

Libya announces probe after Russian-made rocket hits near UN mission in Janzour

Security forces found a vehicle carrying two other rockets of the same type, as well as the rockets’ launcher, the government said.

The United Nations’ mission i...

EU's position taken into account by Ukraine and US, Kyiv's representative to the EU says

Europe rallied behind Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a meeting with Donald Trump on Monday in an "exceptional format," Ukraine's ambassador to the EU, Vsevolod Chentsov, ...

Pressure on Russia's economy intensifies as full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues

Russians are likely to face higher taxes as the burden on the budget grows and the Central Bank of Russia says that "the economy needs a breather."

Russia's fina...

Famine confirmed in part of Gaza for first time, UN-backed body says

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) raised its classification to Phase 5, worst level on its food insecurity scale.

The world's leading autho...

Doctor accused of recording 4,500 videos in Australian hospital toilets released on bail

Cho was initially charged with six offences but another 127 charges were added on Thursday, including intentionally recording intimate images without permission. ...

Trump administration to review all 55 million people with US visas for violations

The State Department’s new language suggests that the continual vetting process, which officials acknowledge is time-consuming, is far more widespread and could m...

Iran to hold call with Europeans over nuclear programme as sanctions deadline looms

The call comes as the three parties to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal threaten to reimpose sanctions under a mechanism known as "snapback".

Iran said on Friday that ...

Israel's defence minister warns Gaza City could be destroyed if Hamas doesn't accept ceasefire terms

Israel’s defense minister says Gaza City could be destroyed unless Hamas accepts Israel’s terms. Earlier this week, Hamas accepted a ceasefire proposal by Arab me...

Kim Jong-un holds ceremony to welcome back North Korean soldiers returning from Ukraine

North Korea’s state-controlled Korean Central News Agency said Kim awarded state “hero” titles to commanders and soldiers who returned after fighting alongside Ru...