Canada Canadian sports fans boo US anthem after Trump tarrifs Fans at NBA and NHL matches in Canada jeered peformances of the US national anthem after US President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs. 03/02/2025
Syria Car bomb in northern Syria kills 19 agricultural workers Eighteen women and one man were killed and more than a dozen others injured in the explosion in the city of Manjib, first responders said. 03/02/2025
Europe News Norway seizes ship with Russian crew in Baltic Sea cable damage probe The NATO military alliance is ramping up efforts to protect undersea cables in the region amid growing concerns of Russian sabotage and spying. 31/01/2025
Japan Rescuers in Japan struggle to save truck driver trapped in sinkhole Officials in Yashio city, located north of Tokyo, are trying to rescue a 74-year-old man whose truck was swallowed by a massive sinkhole on Tuesday. 31/01/2025
North Korea Kim Jong-un slams officials for 'drinking spree' in rare public rebuke At a meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) this week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un criticised dozens of officials for drunken misconduct. 31/01/2025
Europe News French rapist Dominique Pelicot questioned over 1990s cold cases Dominique Pelicot, who was jailed in December for repeatedly drugging and raping his then-wife Gisèle, is a suspect in other cases of rape and murder. 30/01/2025
Europe News Chinese operation tried to overthrow Spanish government, report says Intelligence firm Graphika said a Beijing-linked campaign known as "Spamouflage" spread disinformation about Spain's deadly floods last year. 30/01/2025
Argentina Milei takes aim at femicide law, sparking backlash in Argentina Argentinian President Javier Milei last week told the World Economic Forum in Davos that 'radical feminism is a distortion of the concept of equality'. 30/01/2025
Europe News Valencia councillor caught shopping for wine online at flood meeting José Marí Olano apologised for his "incorrect" behaviour at Tuesday's council meeting to debate extra funding for areas ravaged by flooding in Spain last October. 29/01/2025
USA US foreign aid freeze a 'death sentence' for people in need, NGOs warn US President Donald Trump has ordered most foreign assistance to be halted for 90 days pending a review, causing alarm among aid agencies worldwide. 29/01/2025
Tech News Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico as 'Gulf of America' in US Google has said it will make the change in line with US President Donald Trump's executive order, but users in Mexico will still see the Gulf of Mexico. 28/01/2025
Europe News One of Europe's most wanted fugitives 'is hiding out' in Sierra Leone The Netherlands and Sierra Leone are investigating reports that the Dutch cocaine kingpin Jos Leijdekkers is living in the West African nation. 28/01/2025
USA Trump orders release of files on assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK Executive order by US President Donald Trump aims to declassify files about killings of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. 24/01/2025
Europe News French woman who refused sex with husband wins case at European court The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that a 69-year-old French woman was not "at fault" in her divorce because she stopped having sex. 23/01/2025
Europe News Suspected drug gang leader extradited from Morocco to France Félix Bingui, known as 'The Cat', is alleged to be the leader of the Yoda drug gang in Marseille and is wanted on several charges by French authorities. 23/01/2025
Europe News France issues new war crimes arrest warrant for Syria's al-Assad A court in Paris has accused the overthrown Syrian ruler of complicity in war crimes in relation to a deadly attack on civilians in 2017. 23/01/2025
Israel Israel's army chief resigns over failure to prevent 7 October attack Lt Gen Herzi Halevi said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would complete an investigation into the 2023 attack by Hamas before he steps down in March. 22/01/2025
Europe News French MPs call for rape law to include consent after Pelicot trial Dominique Pelicot was sentenced last month along with 50 other men for the repeated drugging and rape of Gisèle Pelicot in case that stunned France. 22/01/2025
Europe News Lithuania vows to raise defence spending to 5-6% of GDP The Baltic nation's announcement comes weeks after US President-elect Donald Trump said NATO allies should spend at least 5% of GDP on defence. 17/01/2025
Europe News Germany's Scholz under fire for blocking Ukraine aid package German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and other lawmakers have criticised Chancellor Olaf Scholz for refusing further military aid to Kyiv. 17/01/2025