Twenty ships with more than 300 crew members, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and Irish actor Liam Cunningham, departed from the port of Barcelona on Sunday to Gaza in an effort to establish a humanitarian corridor.
The Global Sumud (...)
An aid flotilla bound for Gaza has been forced to turn back to shore, just hours after leaving Barcelona on Sunday.
The first convoy of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is set to involve dozens of boats and participants from 44 countries, returned (...)
India and Canada have appointed new high commissioners to each other's countries, in the latest step to restore ties strained by the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in a Vancouver suburb in 2023.
India's previous high commissioner left Canada (...)
Spain and Portugal are at the epicentre of one of Europe's most destructive wildfire seasons on record.
Data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) show that by 19 August about 9,670 square kilometres of land had burned across the (...)
RIYADH — The Royal Commission for Riyadh City announced that the world-renowned opera "Carmen" will be staged in Saudi Arabia for the first time, with performances scheduled at the King Fahd Cultural Center from Sept. 4 to 6, 2025.
The event is part (...)
At least one person has died and 19 others injured after a boat carrying migrants from North Africa was found south of the Spanish island of Mallorca after drifting at sea for almost a week.
Healthcare workers gave first aid to at least 18 people, (...)
The US has reached bilateral deportation agreements with Honduras and Uganda as part of its crackdown on illegal immigration, according documents obtained by the BBC's US partner CBS. Uganda has agreed to take an unclear number of African and Asian (...)
Hamas says it has agreed to a new Gaza ceasefire proposal as mediators from Qatar and Egypt push to renew talks ahead of a major Israeli assault on Gaza City.
In a statement, Hamas said it had accepted the new proposal presented on Sunday by Qatar (...)
The jailing of hundreds of Scottish gangsters has left prison staff playing what has been described as "a daily game of chess" as they try to keep violent rivals apart.
The Scottish Prison Service says more inmates are being held in segregation than (...)
Augustine Ogbo works as a doctor, treating patients in clinics across the striking Caribbean island of St Lucia.
When he returns to his home in the coastal town of Rodney Bay, he clocks in for his second job — as the owner and solo chef of a (...)
Spain is grappling with a wave of historic wildfires burning across more than 51 locations nationwide, forcing over 4,000 residents to spend the night away from their homes, authorities said Sunday.
According to local officials cited by news agency (...)
RIYADH — The Visual Arts Commission (VAC) announced the launch of the Art Bridges 2025–2026 Cultural Trips initiative, starting in September. The first program, in collaboration with the British Council, will take place in Scotland from September 22 (...)
Authorities on Monday began the preventive evacuation of several homes in the resort town of Tarifa in the Cádiz region of southern Spain after forest fires advanced towards the region, domestic media reported.
According to local reports, some 2,000 (...)
The Spanish government has ordered a town to drop a ban on religious gatherings in public sports facilities, with ministers criticising the measure as discriminatory towards the local Muslim community and arguing that it violates the (...)
Australia has announced a plan to recognize a Palestinian state in September, following similar moves by the UK, France and Canada.
Australia's leader Anthony Albanese said the move will happen at the UN General Assembly and after it had received (...)
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in cities across Europe on Saturday in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, calling for an immediate end to Israeli attacks and unrestricted delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave.
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JEDDAH — Al Ahli have completed the signing of French international Enzo Millot from VfB Stuttgart on a three-year contract, continuing their push to reinforce the squad with high-caliber foreign talent ahead of the 2025-26 Roshn Saudi League (...)
EU diplomats on Monday failed to agree once again on a partial suspension of Israel from the Horizon Europe fund in response to the war in Gaza, several diplomats said.
Gathered online for their regular Mashreq/Maghreb Working Party and despite (...)
Tensions are escalating between Paris and Madrid following comments by Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente in the case involving the removal of a group of French Jewish teenagers from a flight in Spain.
The incident occurred on 23 July, when a (...)
A European Commission proposal to deny Israel partial access to the EU's €95 billion Horizon Europe research fund failed to garner the necessary qualified majority support when EU ambassadors met in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the issue.
If (...)
RIYADH — Al Nassr officially announced the signing of Portuguese international João Félix from Chelsea on Tuesday, confirming a deal that runs through 2027 and could reach a total value of €50 million with bonuses.
In a short reveal video posted on (...)
The European Union and the United States have struck a tentative trade deal to avert a potentially devastating tariff war between two of the world's largest economies, capping a race against time before a self-imposed deadline of 1 August.
Under the (...)
French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement that France will formally recognize the State of Palestine in September has drawn widespread backing from European leaders, with some hailing it as a vital step toward Middle East peace, while others (...)
The EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas is set to offer an exhaustive list of 10 possibilities for the EU to respond to Israel's action in Gaza during a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels this week, but EU diplomats told Euronews there's (...)
An estimated 1,500 people across 12 European cities were killed by human-caused climate change during the latest heatwave, a quickfire study has found.
Burning fossil fuels has made heatwaves up to 4°C hotter in Europe, tripling the number of (...)
