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The centrist D66 party achieved significant gains in Dutch elections, likely positioning it to lead government formation as the party of far-right leader Geert Wilders lost support.

Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of State for Defense Affairs HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Thani met with UK Secretary of State for Defense HE John Healy and his accompanying delegation during their visit to the State of Qatar.

A former policeman has been found guilty of second-degree murder after the fatal shooting of a woman in the US.

When Google and Amazon negotiated a major $1.2bn cloud-computing deal in 2021, their customer – the Israeli government – had an unusual demand: agree to use a secret code as part of an arrangement that would become known as the “winking mechanism”.

Iran appears to be stepping up the rebuilding of its ballistic missile program, despite the reintroduction last month of United Nations sanctions that ban arms sales to the country and ballistic missile activity.

A cruise passenger in her 80s, who had just embarked on a 60-day luxury tour around Australia, was found dead after being left behind on a tropical island.

Eric Trump was in Dubai on family business. Meeting with a Chinese businessman and his associates on the sidelines of a cryptocurrency conference in May this year, the son of US President Donald J. Trump ran through his usual talking points about the inefficiency of traditional banks and his own famous father’s conflicts with financiers.

Portuguese police searched the premises of Novo Banco, the country’s fourth-largest bank, as well as the local unit of auditing firm KPMG on Wednesday as part of an investigation into suspected corruption linked to the sale of the lender’s assets, prosecutors said.

The Criminal Court has sentenced two employees of the Public Authority for Civil Information and an expatriate representative to five years in prison.

Polish prosecutors are seeking to charge Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro with misusing public funds and purchasing Israeli spyware Pegasus, allegedly to target opposition politicians.

British tourists have been advised to remain indoors after Storm Melissa completely submerged towns in Jamaica.

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba early Wednesday, after devastating western Jamaica on Tuesday.

Before Thursday’s long-awaited first meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping since the US president’s return to office, officials from both sides have been working hard to shape the framework of a potential trade deal between Washington and Beijing, an agreement that could end months of global economic turmoil caused by the US-China trade war.

Voting is currently underway in parliamentary elections in the Netherlands, and polls suggest that Geert Wilders’s anti-immigration Freedom Party (PVV) could again be the frontrunner, although there’s little likelihood of it being part of the next government.

Elon Musk launched Grokipedia – his version of Wikipedia – on Monday, as the richest man in the world further seeks to create an alternative information and media ecosystem molded to his views.

A doctor prohibited from practicing medicine in the United Kingdom for malpractice and sexual misconduct has been suspended in Spain following revelations from a joint investigation by Spanish outlet infoLibre and the OCCRP-led “Bad Practice” project.

The Hong Kong Customs Service seized over 150 tonnes of donkey skins in a major operation, intercepting two shipments, according to a statement released by the customs office late Monday.

Brigitte Macron’s daughter has informed a Paris court that false online claims stating the French first lady was born a man have negatively impacted her mother’s quality of life, making her constantly concerned about the clothes she wears and her posture.

A Kyrgyz court has labeled three independent news outlets as "extremist" organizations and banned their publications, marking the latest escalation in a crackdown on media outlets investigating corruption and criticizing the government.

A group of Pakistani farmers whose livelihoods were devastated by floods three years ago has initiated legal action against two of Germany’s most polluting companies.

A new United Nations force has begun operating in Haiti amid a flurry of media messaging about its mandate to “neutralize” heavily-armed criminal gangs, which have seized control of much of the Caribbean nation in a murderous rampage.