FIFA has pledged to push ahead with consultations for a plan to allow private investors to buy a stake in a potential commercial subsidiary of the world football governing body despite stinging criticisms. Europe’s UEFA has threatened to boycott the…
Anthropic said three versions of its Claude AI model gained unauthorised access to external organisations during safety tests after a configuration error exposed them to the internet, days after OpenAI disclosed similar security failures. The incident is likely to intensify…
US President Donald Trump has said that his Board of Peace has reached an agreement to disarm Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza. Meanwhile, mediator Pakistan insists that negotiations between Iran and the United States are ongoing, even as Washington carried out a…
The renewed fighting has widened fears of a broader regional conflict, with Egypt hit for the first time and Gulf states scrambling to secure key shipping routes.
Researchers warn that hotter, drier conditions are making severe wildfire seasons increasingly frequent across Europe.
In tonight’s edition, Cameroon’s president, Paul Biya, has not been seen in public for more than 50 days, his longest absence from public view. Also, in Tunisia, the impact of weeks of power cuts is coming into sharp focus, with…
A massive wildfire that has devastated southwestern France was no longer advancing on Thursday, local authorities said, raising hopes the crisis was easing. In Spain, most of the tens of thousands of people evacuated from areas west of Madrid were…
A Russian ballistic missile and drone barrage across Ukraine overnight killed at least 10 civilians, including children. Ukraine’s air force said it had managed to intercept 55 missiles and 265 drones launched by Moscow — but it has struggled to…
Madrid on Thursday said it would deploy soldiers to Ceuta to ensure security after hundreds of migrants entered the Spanish north African exclave from Morocco, mainly by swimming, and reported nine deaths. The Italian government is considering suspending the EU…
France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nunez defended the decision to expel pro-Kremlin commentator Xenia Fedorova, saying on Thursday that the measure was “not an infringement on freedom of expression”. Authorities ordered her to leave France on Wednesday amid allegations that she…