President Vladimir Putin on Friday repeated Russia’s position that it was ready for negotiations with Ukraine, but that Kyiv was refusing t...

Russia, sidelined from many international sports events over the war in Ukraine, said on Thursday it would organise a competition next year...

The following are some of the major events to have occurred on July 28: 1914 – Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia after the June 28 as...

A newly engaged Turkish woman plummeted 100ft to her death just moments after her husband-to-be asked her to marry him. Yesim Demir, 39, wa...

A group of soldiers announced on national television late on Wednesday that Niger president Mohamed Bazoum has been ousted from power. This ...

Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56 after years of mental health battles, her ‘devastated’ family confirmed. The Irish Grammy-winning...

The United Nations General Assembly on July 25 has adopted a resolution that deplores all acts of violence targeting holy books as a violati...

Nigeria produced the first major shock of the Women’s World Cup as they stunned Australia 3-2 on Thursday to leave the co-hosts’ tournament...

The following are some of the major events to have occurred on July 27: 1921 – Canadians Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolated i...

Presidential guards were holding Niger President Mohamed Bazoum inside his palace in the capital Niamey on Wednesday, as regional leaders ...

Video-sharing platform, TikTok introduced a new mode for text-only posts for its subscribers, becoming the latest tech company to compete ...

The following are some of the major events to have occurred on July 26: 1941 – President Franklin D Roosevelt appointed General Douglas Mac...

Cyprus has joined the Schengen Information System (SIS) on Tuesday after having been positively assessed and following decades of efforts....

A plane fighting wildfires in Greece crashed on Tuesday as Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned of tough days ahead with blazes...

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale has struck Turkey’s central region.  The earthquake’s epicentre was in the country’s Adan...

Human-induced climate change has played an “absolutely overwhelming” role in the extreme heatwaves that have swept across North America, E...

Lionel Messi will be the new captain of Inter Miami, head coach Tata Martino has confirmed. Messi wore the captain’s armband when he came o...

The following are some of the major events to have occurred on July 25: 306 - Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops 1909 ...

A number of human traffickers will be jailed for a combined total of three years for attempting to smuggle Middle Eastern and African nati...

High temperatures are expected on Monday as the yellow weather warning remains in place until 6pm.  Temperatures will hit 42C in the inter...