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After being stranded in the South China Sea following a power failure in July, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Benfold was towed to Subic Bay in the Philippines for emergency repairs. The facility is among the repair and maintenance hubs the US Navy has been developing in the region, strategically pushing for allies to perform major maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) work on US naval ves...
The painting was among the artworks looted and sold under duress to Nazi officials from art dealer Jacques Goudstikker after Adolf Hitler's Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940.
Reports of dwindling US weapons stocks have triggered an unusually sweeping hunt for leakers inside the Pentagon.
Spain's Interior Ministry has extended checks on travellers arriving from Italy for a further 15 days, until 22 September, mirroring Rome's move after the Ceuta migration crisis.
The latest Eurostat figures show a trend: beer production is slowly declining year after year. Germany leads in 2025, closely followed by Spain.
Traffic at Britain's largest international port briefly halted as 'stop the boats' protesters blocked approaching roads.
Houthi rebel offensive against government forces on west coast leads to some of deadliest clashes in yearsClashes between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces and the Iran-aligned Houthi rebel movement killed more than 60 people, including civilians, as the Houthis pushed forward with a military offensive on Yemen’s western coast.Twenty-six government troops and 31 Houthi fighters were killed du...
As the UN adopts a new world map to reflect Africa's true size, let's take a closer look at what different maps get right and wrong.
U.S. envoys are trying to revive a stalled push to end Russia's invasion.
Dozens of masked anti-immigration protesters blocked roads leading to Britain’s busiest ferry port on Saturday, clogging traffic and disrupting travellers and cargo vehicles heading for France. The government condemned the action, saying it went beyond peaceful protest. The Port of Dover said Saturday morning that all traffic in and out was “stopped due to an ongoing public order incident” and pol...
The Cielo Vista Ranch in Colorado is at the centre of a land dispute dating to the 1844 Sangre de Cristo Land Grant. The 80,000-acre property has been the subject of decades of legal battles over access rights for land grant heirs. Governor Jared Polis has now appointed Ken Salazar as a special envoy to help the heirs, community and property owner find a way forward.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv, according to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov
Serbia’s governing party has proposed President Aleksandar Vucic as prime minister if they win an early parliamentary election
A Greek air force jet has crashed at an aerial show north of Athens
Iran has accused the U.S. of attacking an Iranian tanker near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso do battle in the Premier League for the first time on Sunday.
Masked protesters blocked major roads around England’s Port of Dover on Saturday.
The upgrade reflects years of falling public debt and stronger-than-expected growth in Portugal, Fitch said, restoring a rating not seen since 2011. President Seguro hailed the news, though Fitch cautioned that defence spending and housing costs still pose risks.
On Friday, the financial agency raised Portugal's debt rating from "A" to "A+", with a "stable" outlook, the agency said in a published note.
Amid rising public discontent, Iranian authorities say adversaries are focused on encouraging domestic unrest.
China has started an international project to build a three-dimensional satellite network between Earth and the moon that will track solar activity and study some of the universe’s most powerful explosions. The project plans to send 30 backpack-sized CubeSats into highly elliptical orbits around Earth in the next four years or so, according to the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory, which will lead...
The attack on a crowded road comes amid fierce clashes across Taiz and Hodeidah and rapid civilian displacement.
The new map makes Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania larger than the traditional Mercator projection.
Rescuers in Nepal pulled alive on Saturday a Chinese national from a tunnel and a local woman from her partially submerged home, as emergency response teams searched with renewed vigour for thousands missing since catastrophic flooding 10 days ago. Our correspondent Shahzaib Wahlah tells us more.
Medical experts have stressed that Hong Kong’s next generation of healthcare professionals must combine clinical rigour with emotional resilience, an open-minded approach to artificial intelligence (AI) and the drive to transform the sector. The remarks came during a panel on the first day of the Global Education Summit, co-organised by the South China Morning Post and HSBC Premier. “We always tal...
A major Houthi offensive towards Bab al-Mandeb has triggered some of Yemen’s worst fighting in years.
Activist group behind protests says individual shown in widely-circulated video is considering police appeal for her to come forward No real mention by Anderson of the problems that overshadowed events yesterday. He ended his opening speech saying: "Yesterday was great. Today is going to be absolutely brilliant.”Laila Cunningham is speaking next. Continue reading...
