Lawmakers are set to confirm centrist Andris Kulbergs as prime minister with the aim of leading the Baltic nation until parliamentary elections on October 3. Evika Silina resigned as prime minister on May 14 after she fired her defence minister and...

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, May 27, 2026: First, US President Donald Trump's attempts at finding a deal with Iran are under a lot of scrutiny. Next, the EU is asked to consider the environmental impact of mega data centres, as locals fight back aga...

The French were the third largest slave traders in Europe, after the British and the Portuguese. Ships departing from French ports between the 17th and 19th centuries forcibly transported more than one million men, women and children from Africa in...

The teenage opener hit 12 sixes, including three in a row off Australia captain Pat Cummins, before he was out for 97 off 29 balls for Rajasthan Royals in Wednesday's playoff win over Sunrisers Hyderabad. "Yeah, he played pretty well," said a shell...

Beijing claims the South China Sea in nearly its entirety despite a 2016 international ruling rejecting its assertion, fuelling tensions with its regional neighbours. The Dutch navy frigate De Ruyter "repeatedly launched its shipborne helicopter" t...

The French were the third largest slave traders in Europe, after the British and the Portuguese. Ships departing from French ports between the 17th and 19th centuries forcibly transported more than one million men, women and children from Africa in...

The teenage opener hit 12 sixes, including three in a row off Australia captain Pat Cummins, before he was out for 97 off 29 balls for Rajasthan Royals in Wednesday's playoff win over Sunrisers Hyderabad. "Yeah, he played pretty well," said a shell...

Beijing claims the South China Sea in nearly its entirety despite a 2016 international ruling rejecting its assertion, fuelling tensions with its regional neighbours. The Dutch navy frigate De Ruyter "repeatedly launched its shipborne helicopter" t...

Israel the previous day had declared all areas south of Lebanon's Zahrani River - an area roughly 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the border and including Tyre - as "combat zones" and told residents to evacuate ahead of attacks against Iran-backed Hez...

Hundreds of women from Western nations were lured to the Middle East as IS gained prominence in the early 2010s, in many cases following husbands who had signed up as jihadist fighters. A joint counter-terror police team said they will allege that ...