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Global stocks and bonds were sold off on Friday as concerns over a lasting inflationary impact from the Middle East conflict led traders to anticipate higher US interest rates.

Promoted to governor of Kabul in late 2023, Aminullah Obaid cut his teeth in central Afghanistan’s Daykundi Province.

The Post Office awarded a £2.4m contract to a crisis PR company as it fights legal claims by victims of the Horizon IT scandal.

Harvey Weinstein’s third trial in New York has ended in a mistrial on Friday, after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict.

İn early 2026, Geneva-based trader Alvari SA emerged as one of the most controversial intermediaries in the movement of Russian oil products into North Africa.

Russian oligarch Dmitriy Punin, who was placed under sanctions and is the owner of Pin-Up, and who is reportedly hiding in Cyprus from law enforcement authorities, is attempting to challenge the decision of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the NSDC.

The farmers watch their sheep grazing in the rolling fields of north-west Turkey. It’s a quiet existence here in Beylikova, where livestock and shepherds outnumber cars.

Russian oligarch Dmitriy Punin, who was placed under sanctions and is the owner of Pin-Up, and who is reportedly hiding in Cyprus from law enforcement authorities, is attempting to challenge the decision of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the NSDC.

German prosecutors have charged a pediatrician with 130 counts of sexual abuse, including the rape of children, most of them in his care, in a case that has caused shock and prompted clinics to increase safeguards.

Valie Export, the Austrian performance artist and filmmaker who inverted the male gaze in ways that were provocative, shocking, and often outrageously fun, has died aged 85.

Five tourists have died 160ft underwater during a diving trip in the Maldives – as the victims including a mum and daughter are pictured.

Spanish police have arrested a British fugitive on the same day that he was named in a list of 12 "most wanted" men believed to be hiding in Spain.

A former Russian deputy minister who fled the country in April has been charged with large-scale fraud, becoming the latest target in a widening dragnet aimed at senior officials and state-linked executives in Moscow.

A sprawling Balkan media empire known for its independent journalism is being quietly prepared for sale to an investment fund with deep ties to the political orbit of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Croatian police are hunting for an alleged people smuggler who is believed to have dumped the bodies of four migrants and abandoned dozens of others near the Slovenian border earlier this month.

Sweetener and ingredients firm Tate & Lyle has revealed talks over a possible £2.7 billion takeover by US rival Ingredion Incorporated in the latest swoop on a UK company.

The enthusiastic voice on the phone gave us directions the way people in many parts of Latin America do: “Go past the flower market”.

Law enforcement on Thursday charged former Lithuanian prime minister Gintautas Paluckas with illicit enrichment.

A top Philippine politician wanted by the International Criminal Court was no longer taking refuge at the Senate after what his wife called an "escape", the Senate president said on Thursday, a day after chaos erupted over his possible arrest.

The technical infrastructure for Crimenetwork, a relaunched darknet marketplace used to sell stolen data, cybercrime tools, drugs, forged documents, and money-laundering services, was hosted on servers belonging to a company in Moldova, the country’s police said Wednesday.

Four Australian citizens who were aboard the MV Hondius, the cruise ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak, will soon be home after the government secured a suitable aircraft and crew for the journey.

A British man has been detained in a bar despite being under quarantine orders for hantavirus in Italy.

Xi Jinping has issued a stark warning to Donald Trump about the potential dangers of war between the two superpowers.

A man and a woman have been arrested after €198,000 worth of drugs were seized in Dublin city on Wednesday.

Brigitte Macron’s infamous "slap" of her husband Emmanuel was sparked by a jealous row over messages from an Iranian actress, it has been claimed.