Almost a year after his arrest at Algiers airport, French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, 81, has been pardoned by the Algerian presidency and allowed to leave the country. Sansal, who has been at the center of a tense diplomatic row between Paris and Algiers, departed for Germany on a military plane to receive medical treatment for […]
Italian prosecutors in Milan have launched an investigation into shocking allegations that wealthy tourists from Italy and other countries paid to shoot at civilians during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s. The so-called “sniper safaris” allegedly took place in the besieged city of Sarajevo, where participants reportedly paid varying amounts to target men, women, […]
Marks & Spencer (M&S) is overhauling its fashion supply chain from “factory to floor” as part of a major strategy to double its annual online fashion, home, and beauty sales to nearly £3 billion ($4 billion). John Lyttle, who took charge as Managing Director for Fashion, Home, and Beauty in March, said the revamp aims […]
Alphabet’s Google has announced plans to invest €5.5 billion ($6.4 billion) in Germany between 2026 and 2029 to strengthen its cloud infrastructure and data centre capacity. The investment includes building a new data centre in Dietzenbach near Frankfurt and expanding its existing facility in Hanau, both located in the state of Hesse. The initiative is […]
A Turkish C-130 military cargo plane carrying at least 20 personnel crashed in Georgia on Tuesday after taking off from Azerbaijan. Footage from the scene near the Azerbaijan border showed debris scattered across a grassy hillside, with parts of the aircraft still burning. The cause of the crash and the exact number of casualties have […]
Russian teenager Diana Loginova, an 18-year-old street musician performing under the stage name Naoko with her band Stoptime, has been handed another 13-day jail sentence in St. Petersburg for a new public order offence. Loginova and her fiancé, the band’s guitarist Alexander Orlov, have already served multiple short jail terms and fines after performing songs […]
Spain’s King Felipe VI has begun a four-day state visit to China — the first by a Spanish monarch in 18 years — as Madrid deepens its diplomatic and economic outreach to Beijing. The trip highlights Spain’s strategic push to rebalance trade relations and expand cooperation in key sectors, particularly as ties with the United […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made a visit to the embattled frontline city of Kherson on Tuesday, just kilometres from Russian-controlled territory across the Dnipro River. The city continues to suffer near-constant artillery strikes and drone attacks from Russian forces positioned nearby. Posting a photo taken beside Kherson’s iconic city sign, Zelenskiy also
Turkey’s Football Federation (TFF) has suspended 1,024 players across professional leagues as authorities investigate widespread betting violations, including alleged involvement of 27 top-flight players. Matches in the third and fourth divisions have been paused for two weeks, while games in the top two tiers will continue. The TFF has requested FIFA extend the winter
German authorities have arrested a Polish-German citizen accused of operating a dark web platform that called for the assassination of high-profile political figures. Prosecutors said the suspect — identified only as Martin S., in line with German privacy laws — offered cryptocurrency bounties for “successful hits” and shared personal details of individuals he had labelled









