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Czech explosive experts detonated a Second World War bomb on Friday at a major chemical plant in the north west of the country, where it was found last week, authorities said. Besides a few broken windows, the controlled explosion did…

The Israeli military struck the West Bank city of Jenin, authorities said on Friday, the third day of heavy fighting in the Palestinian territory. The Israeli military says it “struck a terrorist cell”. Such airstrikes, while common over the months-long Israel-Hamas…

Inflation in the 20 European Union countries that use the euro fell sharply to 2.2% in August, opening the door for the European Central Bank to cut interest rates as the ECB and the US Federal Reserve prepare to lower…

Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a new indictment against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election that keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against him. The new indictment removes a section that…

Tim Walz accepted the nomination for US vice president in a Democratic National Convention speech that blended optimism with fierce critiques of Republican rival Donald Trump. The Minnesota governor, little known before his selection by vice president Kamala Harris, thanked…

US vice president Kamala Harris is trying to outmanoeuvre former president Donald Trump and address old vulnerabilities on her policy positions as she begins to fill in how she would govern if elected in November. Vice presidents rarely have policy…

Firefighters in Greece continued to battle scattered fires on Tuesday, hoping to contain the remains of the major wildfire that had burned into the northern suburbs of Athens, triggering multiple evacuations and leaving at least one person dead. Strong winds…

The Russian army is intensifying its attacks in eastern Ukraine, military authorities have said, even as the Kremlin’s forces try to check a surprise week-long incursion into Russia by Kyiv’s troops. Ukraine’s General Staff said on Tuesday that over the…

Cracks are widening in a public tiff between Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his moderate defence minister, the latest spat showing growing discontent with Mr Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza at a sensitive time. Israel is bracing…

Berlin Zoo has announced that Meng Meng the panda is pregnant again, months after the first giant pandas born in Germany were sent to China. The zoo said on Tuesday that ultrasound scans over the weekend showed Meng Meng was…