Europe News Ukrainian strike reportedly kills one person in Russian-occupied city Meanwhile, three civilians were injured after the Russian army shelled the city of Kherson on Saturday morning, local media reported. 08/02/2025
Lebanon Newly appointed prime minister Nawaf Salam forms government in Lebanon President Joseph Aoun has accepted the resignation of the former caretaker government and signed a decree with the new prime minister to form the new government. 08/02/2025
Ukraine Ukraine's president says North Korean troops have returned to battle Ukraine's claim came just days after South Korea's intelligence service stated that North Korean troops had been pulled back from the front lines. 08/02/2025
Europe News Baltic states cut Russian electricity ties, ending decades of reliance Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia all disconnected from the Soviet-era grid on Saturday morning and will merge with the European energy system on Sunday. 08/02/2025
USA US judge stops Musk's DOGE from accessing sensitive Treasury data A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing sensitive US Treasury Department material. 08/02/2025
Russia Russia and Ukraine blame each other for attack on school in Russia Competing claims have emerged over a deadly attack on a boarding school in Sudzha, a city in Russia’s Kursk region, that Ukraine has controlled for five months. 02/02/2025
USA US businesses fear Trump's tariffs will trigger inflation The Budget Lab at Yale University estimates Trump's tariffs would cost the average American household 965 euros to 1,160 euros in annual purchasing power. 02/02/2025
Somalia US airstrikes target IS fighters in Somalia, Trump says The US president said he had ordered airstrikes on the so-called IS group targets in Somalia on Saturday. 01/02/2025
Sudan Dozens killed after market is shelled by paramilitary group in Sudan An attack on an open market in the Sudanese city of Omdurman by a paramilitary group killed 54 people and wounded at least 158, health authorities said on Saturday. 01/02/2025
Myanmar Four years ago Myanmar's military staged a coup and sparked a war Peace prospects look bleak as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government. 01/02/2025
United Kingdom UK ambulance service pleads with public to stop non-urgent calls Ambulance Service, is the patient breathing? Yes, but we haven’t got any heating due to a power cut, can someone bring us a heater? 01/02/2025
Norway Norway releases Russian-crewed ship after cable damage investigation Norway has released a Russian-crewed ship authorities suspected of damaging a fibre optic cable connecting Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland. 01/02/2025
Democratic Republic Of Congo Rebels move deeper into eastern DR Congo as UN says hundreds killed Rwanda-backed rebels are quickly expanding their presence in eastern DR Congo after capturing Goma, the region's major city, the U.N. said on Friday. 01/02/2025
Venezuela Venezuela frees six US citizens after Trump's envoy meets Maduro The visit by the envoy came as a shock to many Venezuelans who hoped that Trump would continue the “maximum pressure” campaign he pursued against Maduro during his first term. 01/02/2025
Gaza Three Israeli hostages and dozens of Palestinian prisoners freed Israel has begun releasing a group of Palestinian prisoners after Hamas freed three hostages as part of the ceasefire deal that has halted 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip. 01/02/2025
Italy Italian court refers asylum seekers case to ECJ in challenge to Meloni The Italian appeals court refused to approve the speedy expulsion of 43 asylum seekers detained in Albania under a controversial migration deal. 31/01/2025
Health news New CIA report claims COVID 'probably' leaked from Chinese lab It points the finger at China, despite acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion of a lab leak in Wuhan. 26/01/2025
Democratic Republic Of Congo Thousands flee as rebels enter the outskirts of the city of Goma M23 rebels and allied Rwandan forces entered the outskirts of Goma on Sunday and the airport in the key eastern city was no longer in use, the top U.N. official in Dr Congo said. 26/01/2025
USA Trump floats plan to 'just clean out' Gaza by depopulating it “I’d like Egypt to take people,” Trump said. “You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, ‘You know, it’s over.’” 26/01/2025
Poland A third coal miner dies in Poland after a methane explosion The victims were among 16 miners injured at the Knurow-Szczyglowice coal mine on Wednesday, when methane gas ignited about 850 metres below ground level. 26/01/2025