Legislation which would enable the home secretary to designate some state-linked organisations such as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a threat to national security could come into force as early as next month.
BRUSSELS — The European Commission ordered Meta on Tuesday to give competing artificial intelligence assistants free access to WhatsApp, a rare emergency intervention that will stay in force until it completes an antitrust investigation into the company.
LONDON — The United Kingdom will have to slash public sector spending to finance defense, causing “pain and great difficulty” for the ruling Labour Party, a former NATO chief and senior party official warned on Tuesday.
A demonstrator has been shot during a protest in the Kenyan town of Nanyuki against the construction of an Ebola quarantine centre for US citizens, witnesses have told journalists.
The US Department of War has added dozens of Chinese companies, including tech giant Alibaba, search engine Baidu, and electric vehicle maker BYD, to a blacklist of entities it claims are aiding Beijing’s military.
PARIS — France on Tuesday banned Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, from entering the country due to his support for the West Bank annexations that threaten a two-state solution.
As we continue to 'enjoy' expensive gas across the country thanks to a broken campaign promise not to start new wars, President Donald Trump enters the 2026 midterm campaign with an unfamiliar vulnerability: voters are feeling the pain.
France's government is under mounting pressure over the murder of an 11-year-old girl whose alleged killer had several times been denounced to police as a sex offender.
DUBLIN — Northern Ireland leaders appealed for calm Tuesday after police said a Sudanese man was arrested on suspicion of stabbing and seriously wounding a man in north Belfast.
BRUSSELS — The European Union unveiled a new package of proposed sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, targeting the country’s banking, energy and trade sectors in an effort to weaken its economy.
The Indian crew of a sanctioned oil tanker urged authorities to "send help" after the ship was hit by a US missile off Oman on Monday, saying it was on fire and sinking in a distress call shared with BBC Verify.
Two crew members of a US army helicopter that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday were rescued by an American sea drone, US officials have told CBS News, the BBC's media partner.
The final piece of Denby Pottery - which is closing after centuries of production - has been signed by the man who designed the range more than 35 years ago.
BERLIN — Politically motivated crimes in Germany reached a new high last year, with the greatest number of cases attributed to actors with right-wing beliefs, according to statistics released Tuesday by the interior ministry.
US President Donald Trump has confirmed media reports of a US Army Apache attack helicopter going down near the Strait of Hormuz amid Washington’s efforts to curb oil shipments by Iran.
BRUSSELS — The EU will propose freezing the adjustment mechanism in its oil price cap on Russian crude to prevent it from rising with global benchmarks, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday.
Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at a campaign event Friday, June 5, 2026, in Bar Harbor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
BRUXELLES — Les deux organisateurs de la conférence des Nations unies sur le climat de cette année souhaitent que les gouvernements du monde soutiennent un objectif collectif visant à électrifier 35% de la consommation mondiale d’énergie d'ici à 2035.
Vladimir Zelensky has criticized British political party Reform UK for removing Ukrainian flags from public buildings in Britain, warning that such actions can ruin a “big friendship.”
Annabel Rook had dedicated her life to protecting vulnerable women, yet her own life was ended violently by her controlling partner, in the home they shared together.
A man has been given a 12-month community order after being convicted in a first-of-its-kind sex-based harassment prosecution brought by the British Transport Police.
A new study has revealed that over half of former Labour voters who intend to vote for a centre or left-wing party in the next general election cited Israel's genocide in Gaza as a factor in their decision.
BRUSSELS — The hosts of this year’s United Nations climate conference want the world’s governments to support a collective target to electrify 35 percent of global energy use by 2035.
A Seoul court on Tuesday ordered the preservation of ballot storage boxes and other materials from a polling station in Songpa-gu as evidence in potential litigation over a ballot shortage incident during the June 3 local elections.