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A furious Qatar has accused Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being a “narcissistic saboteur-in-chief” determined to wreck the chances of peace in the Middle East, after Israel bombed the Qatari capital on Tuesday.

Authorities in the US were still searching on Thursday for a suspect in the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, hours after the close ally of Donald Trump was killed at a Utah university, sparking condemnation from both sides of politics and grave threats from the president.

Ireland will not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2026 if Israel takes part, broadcaster RTE has announced.

President Donald Trump has said he is "not thrilled" about Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, which promises to give him a fresh diplomatic headache in the Middle East.

A joint operation between several central European countries has identified an alleged Belarusian spy ring that reportedly included a former deputy head of Moldovan intelligence.

The Trump administration led a “campaign of retribution” against a group of decorated FBI agents who were seen as opponents of the White House agenda, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in a Washington, D.C., federal court.

A U.S. senator unveiled legislation today intended to force the Treasury Department to release financial documents containing names of women and girls potentially trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender

A Ukrainian man accused of leading a global ransomware network has been placed on the European Union’s Most Wanted list.

The US tech billionaire Larry Ellison has surpassed Elon Musk as the world’s richest person after shares in Oracle, the business he co-founded, soared in early trading on Wednesday.

Harry Potter legend Stuart Craig has died aged 83 after a battle with Parkinson’s disease.

A court in South Korea has acquitted a woman convicted six decades ago for biting off part of a man’s tongue during an alleged sexual assault, after she challenged the ruling, inspired by the country’s #MeToo movement.

A Syrian man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for a 2024 stabbing attack in Western Germany in which three people were killed and 10 others injured.

Ursula von der Leyen has implored divided EU governments to take action against Israel for its "man-made famine" in Gaza.

French President Emmanuel Macron has named his defense minister and close ally, Sebastien Lecornu, as the new prime minister after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou resigned after losing a confidence vote.

Hamas has claimed its leadership survived Israel’s airstrike on the Qatari capital, but said six people have died.

Donald Trump has said he is prepared to hit India and China with even more sweeping tariffs if Europe is willing to cooperate with him on squeezing Russia economically to stop the war in Ukraine.

Police in New Zealand have released the first photographs of one of the makeshift campsites where fugitive Tom Phillips and his children were hiding for years before he was shot dead in Waitomo on Monday.

First Minister John Swinney has met President Donald Trump in the Oval Office to discuss whisky tariffs.

The U.S. has sanctioned 19 individuals and companies in Southeast Asia, accusing them of running scam centre operations that use slave labour to defraud Americans of billions of dollars.

Violence outside a Tbilisi mayoral campaign office left journalists beaten and protesters injured, as reporters said police stood by while ruling party supporters attacked.