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Deadly blast rocks police station in eastern Syria, killing three: Report 

18 May 2025

News|Syria’s War At least three people have been killed in a blast targeting a police station in the eastern Syria...

Israeli strikes batter Gaza hospitals as brutal siege, bombing intensify 

18 May 2025

In its latest assault on Gaza’s decimated healthcare system, Israel has once again targeted the partially operating In...

Russia detains Greek oil tanker after it departs Estonian port 

18 May 2025

News|Oil and Gas Russia has detained a Greek oil tanker sailing under the Liberian flag as it left the Estonian port of ...

Pro-EU Nicusor Dan on course to beat hard-right rival in Romania election 

18 May 2025

Centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, who has pledged to clamp down on corruption and is staunchly pro-EU and NATO, is o...

EU, UK leaders to speak with Trump before his Putin call as Ukraine hit 

18 May 2025

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he and the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Poland aim to speak with ...

South Korea’s presidential candidates hold first heated debate 

18 May 2025

South Korea’s two leading presidential candidates, Lee Jae-myung and Kim Moon-soo, have held the first of three televi...

Pope Leo XIV meets Ukraine’s Zelenskyy after his inaugural Mass 

18 May 2025

Pope Leo XIV has met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his inaugural Mass in the Vatican, where he delivered...

India’s space agency suffers setback as it fails to launch satellite 

18 May 2025

News|Space India’s space agency says it has failed to place the EOS-9 surveillance satellite into the intended orbit a...

Portugal holds its third election in three years 

18 May 2025

News|Elections Voting is under way in a general election in Portugal – its third vote in as many years – with immigr...

Indian professor held over remarks on military operation against Pakistan 

18 May 2025

A professor from an elite, private liberal-arts university in India has been arrested for a social media post about news...