Category Politics

The power outage left much of Spain and Portugal without power. Metro and rail services are suspended, telephones are down and traffic lights and ATMs are not functioning for many of the 50 million people living on the Iberian Peninsula.…

British aristocrat Constance Martin has dismissed rumours that she carried her newborn daughter in a shopping bag while on the run, calling it “absolute nonsense”. Marten, 37, and Mark Gordon, 50, are charged with the manslaughter of their daughter Victoria,…

One of Europe’s most powerful floating cranes will be used to lift tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht from the seabed next month, project organisers say. Billionaire businessman Mr Lynch, 59, along with his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, were among seven…

Greenland’s new Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Sunday that US comments about the resource-rich Arctic island were inappropriate, adding that Greenland “will never be a property that can be bought.” Mr Nielsen made the comments despite US President Donald…

Israeli jets attacked Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday after warning about an hour before the strike, the third Israeli airstrike in the region since a ceasefire went into effect in late November. A huge plume of smoke rose into the…

Thousands of marathon runners crossed the finish line of the 45th TCS London Marathon as temperatures in the English capital reached 22.2°C. More than 56,000 runners were expected to take part in the 26.2-mile course, including celebrities, MPs and the…

South Korea’s main liberal opposition party has nominated its former leader Lee Jae-myung as its presidential candidate in the upcoming election. The Democratic Party said Mr Lee won nearly 90% of the votes cast in the party’s primary election, which…

One of the men accused of robbing Kim Kardashian has said he plans to take responsibility for his role in the high-profile 2016 heist and apologize at a trial starting Monday in Paris. Younis Abbas, 71, who has openly admitted…

At least 25 people have been killed and 800 injured in a massive explosion and subsequent fire at a port in southern Iran. The explosion on Saturday was reportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical component used to make…

Across the Netherlands, people dressed in orange, from tuxedos to feather boas, and Amsterdam’s canals filled with boats carrying merrymakers to celebrate their king’s birthday. A dog named Lucy showed off her orange fur in an Amsterdam park. The official…