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Ryanair window smashed by engine debris in Thessaloniki incident: report

Serbian national Ljubisa Karović was nearly sucked head-first through the broken window but was saved as other passengers, including his wife, held onto him.

Engine debris smashed Ryanair window in Thessaloniki incident: report

Serbian national Ljubisa Karović was nearly sucked head-first through the broken window but was saved as other passengers, including his wife, held onto him.

BP returns to Venezuela with Gulf partners as post-Maduro energy opening speeds up

Venezuela has awarded BP a licence to develop the offshore Loran gas field alongside state-backed partners from the UAE and Qatar, marking the British company's return to a country whose energy sector has been reopening to foreign investors since US forces captured Nicolás Maduro.

Three firefighters and a child hospitalised in England as 150 million in Europe to experience temperatures above 35C – Europe live

Four people taken to hospital in Stourbridge, West Midlands as extreme heat continues to grip EuropeFour taken to hospital and homes damaged in West Midlands firesWhile the temperatures might be slightly dropping in the UK today, it’s not really the case elsewhere as still some 150 million people in Europe are going to experience temperatures of 35C or above today, an AFP analysis showed.Temperatu...

US missionary kidnapped in Niger is released after 9 months in captivity

An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger in October has been released

Tanzid makes history as Bangladesh dominate first Australia Test

Tanzid Hasan hits first Bangladesh ton in Australia as tourists close Day Two of first Test on 351-6, leading by 153.

"Increased caution": Why is the US warning against travel to Germany?

Unlike for Switzerland, Austria, Norway and Poland, the US is maintaining its travel warning for Germany; France and Italy remain at level 2.

US accuses dozens of countries of helping China avoid Trump’s tariffs

White House report claims tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue lost to transshipments.

South Korea players want K League season change due to ‘worsening climate’

South Korea football players push for a K League season shift as 'punishing heat' hitting summer matches.

Nigel Farage investigation reopened by parliamentary watchdog after Clacton byelection win – UK politics live

Reform UK leader’s re-election restarts inquiry into £5m gift from cyrpto-billionaireWatchdog resumes investigation into Farage over financial giftsFarage wins Clacton byelection Analysis: Futile Clacton byelection has done Farage no favourThis election is a novelty with a record 34 candidates, including Howling Laud Hope of The Official Monster Raving Loony Party and Marcus White from the Everyon...

Stolen Matisse artworks recovered by police in Brazil

A man is arrested after eight works by the French artist are found at a home in greater São Paulo.

Hundreds of flights cancelled due to ash from Mount Etna eruption

Drifting ash caused by an eruption from Mount Etna has led to hundreds of flights being cancelled in the past week.

Unprecedented rainfall in Japan leaves at least four dead in Chiba prefecture

Unprecedented rainfall battered Japan on Thursday, leaving at least four people dead and flooding parts of Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo. Authorities issued the region’s highest-level rain warning for the first time, while landslide alerts and power cuts affected thousands of residents.

Just like with the yen, America cannot save the AI bubble

In a rare intervention, the US has propped up the Japanese yen. The move is seen as a bid to hold off a further rise in yields for US government bonds – amid Japan’s sell-off of US Treasuries to fund its shoring up of the yen – a rise that threatens the US artificial intelligence bubble. That the United States bought yen for the first time in decades – coordinating with Japan – had a bigger psycho...

Skies turn red as wildfires burn across Europe - with thousands of people evacuated

Thousands of people have been evacuated in the wake of wildfires burning across much of Europe.

Indian-origin man rejected for H-1B three times, spent $13,000 and formed 700 pages of evidence to stay in US

Sohan Sethi faced multiple H-1B visa rejections after arriving in the United States. He then pursued an O-1 visa, requiring extensive documentation and lawyer fees. Sethi demonstrated extraordinary ability through achievements and industry recognition to secure his stay. This path highlights the challenges faced by skilled professionals seeking to remain in America. He now manages a team, sharing ...

Great Barrier Reef coral cover rebounds to 35.1% despite bleaching

China urged to avoid ‘us or them’ split with US over AI governance

China should try to make sure that its new international artificial intelligence body is not seen as “naturally opposed” to the United States and its allies in case it puts off prospective members, analysts have warned. They said the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (Waico) was not designed as an alternative to the US Pax Silica partnership, which was established last Decembe...

Futile Clacton byelection has done Farage no favours

The Reform UK leader forced a vote that failed to make financial questions disappear, only the man himself• Clacton byelection – UK politics liveDawn had long broken in the Essex town of Clacton-on-Sea when the results for the byelection came in. After a gruelling count, an atmosphere of deep exhaustion had settled over the room. Even the man with a dustbin on his head looked weary.As it was decla...

Wildfires force thousands to flee as blazes spread across Europe

At least a dozen people have reportedly been hospitalised in Croatia after blazes tore into the tourist town of Omis.

18-year-olds spend more and more time online, especially on social media

Internet use was the focus of a study by the Institute for Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (ICAD) carried out among young people on National Defence Day 2025.

18-year-olds spend ever more time online, especially on social media

Internet use was the focus of a study by the Institute for Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (ICAD) conducted among young people on National Defence Day 2025.

Standards watchdog resumes investigation into Nigel Farage over financial gifts

Reform UK leader’s return to Clacton restarts inquiry into £5m gift from cyrpto-billionaire and support from fraudsterThe suspended parliamentary standards investigation into Nigel Farage over accusations he failed to declare gifts and donations has resumed after the Reform UK leader’s re-election as the MP for Clacton.The twofold investigation by Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary commissioner f...

Engine debris shattered Ryanair window, pulling passenger out, NTSB says

Flight crews had recorded four suspected bird strikes involving the same engine during the previous year.

Hong Kong teen’s will to fight illness incredibly low after near-death scares

A teenager who fears dying young has narrowly escaped death twice this year after contracting influenza and respiratory virus infection, enduring what he described as his “most emotionally devastating breakdown”. Chen Tsz-kin, 17, was diagnosed with the incurable muscle-wasting disease at the age of 18 months and was told that people with the condition had an average life expectancy of 18. In a Fa...