5 h. ago UN's grim week: 6 peacekeepers and an interpreter killed, while 10 more staffers detained in Yemen

It’s been a grim week at the end of a tough year for the United Nations: Six U.N. peacekeepers were killed in a drone attack in Sudan

Events

6 d. ago UN chief visits Iraq to mark end of assistance mission set up after 2003 invasion

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has visited Iraq to mark the end of the political mission established in 2003 in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion and occupation as well as the fall of Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship

Events

7 d. ago Michail Antonio training with Championship club in return bid after horror car crash

Michail Antonio has been training with a Championship side this week with the aim of earning a short-term contract a year after he was seriously injured in a car crash

Events

7 d. ago Michail Antonio closing in on new club after recovering from horror crash

The striker is on the lookout for a new club after leaving West Ham United in the summer

Events

1 week ago UN chief calls on Yemen's Houthi rebels to free all UN detainees

The United Nations chief is calling on Yemen’s Houthi rebels not to prosecute detained U.N. personnel and to work “in good faith” to immediately release all detained staff from the U.N. and foreign agencies and missions

Politics

1 week ago German leader says US strategy shows the need for more European security independence

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says the Trump administration’s new national security strategy underscores the need for Europe to become “much more independent” from the United States in terms of security policy

Politics

2 w. ago Michail Antonio opens up on horror car crash as he eyes career rebuild

Michail Antonio has been without a club since leaving West Ham just months after his horror car crash but the forward remains determined to find a club sooner rather than later

Events

4 w. ago Landlord arrested two years after shooting dead tenant when argument erupted during move

Shooting suspect Joshua Ford reportely reported the incident to police after the 2022 incident, but was not arrested until this week

Events

4 w. ago Cop30 conference centre evacuated as fire breaks out – as it happened

UN secretary-general António Guterres earlier used speech at Belem summit to urge countries to find compromises in final hours of negotiationsInside the halls of Cop30 you see people from all around the world, and it can be easy to forget that there are many people who remain unrepresented.On Thursday morning, Magne Tony was standing with compatriots from French Guiana outside the entrance to the conference centre, trying to push pieces of paper into the hands of arriving delegates and observers headed: “Our Amazon is dying”.The main problem is that France are in 9,000 kilometres from Amazonia, from South America, and they’re taking decisions. [But] they don’t really know what is the problem really. They’re taking the decisions from their own mind and the problem is that they’re far from reality.That’s why we decided to alert the people in the world about [our] problems: water coming up, getting enough to eat, more heat – in some parts of French Guiana, people don’t have water.These...

Events

4 w. ago Texas woman filmed pepper spraying BABY enjoying cruise down famous waterway

The attacker was filmed aggressively threatening other occupants of a boat on the popular riverwalk before she got off and allegedly pepper-sprayed a group of eight people.

Politics

4 w. ago Cop30 live: current climate pathway ‘a death sentence for many’, says UN secretary

António Guterres uses speech at Belem summit to urge countries to find compromises in final hours of negotiationsInside the halls of Cop30 you see people from all around the world, and it can be easy to forget that there are many people who remain unrepresented.On Thursday morning, Magne Tony was standing with compatriots from French Guiana outside the entrance to the conference centre, trying to push pieces of paper into the hands of arriving delegates and observers headed: “Our Amazon is dying”.The main problem is that France are in 9,000 kilometres from Amazonia, from South America, and they’re taking decisions. [But] they don’t really know what is the problem really. They’re taking the decisions from their own mind and the problem is that they’re far from reality.That’s why we decided to alert the people in the world about [our] problems: water coming up, getting enough to eat, more heat – in some parts of French Guiana, people don’t have water.These crises, a consequence of Wes...

Society

4 w. ago UN secretary general urges nations at climate talks to be flexible to get results

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is urging countries gathered for climate talks in Brazil to be willing to compromise to deliver results in the fight against climate change

Society

4 w. ago Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious

Transport