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...

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...

Wellington needed to ensure "the capability to defend and advance New Zealand's interests," said Willis, adding that the NZ$3.5 billion ($2.05 billion) in new funding over the next four years will include extending the life of Anzac-class frigates, ...

The price jumps erased much of Wednesday's declines on the hopes of an imminent deal to end the conflict that has all but halted shipping through the crucial Strait of Hormuz for months. An American official said the military had shot down four Ira...

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 ...

Arriving in Paris on the back of winning all three of the clay-court Masters titles to become just the second player after Novak Djokovic to complete the set of nine 1000-level tournaments, Sinner currently stands head and shoulders above his closes...

Their respective countries have been drawn together into the same pool, alongside New Zealand and Iran, whose participation at the World Cup had been thrown into question following co-host country United States and Israel's war with the Middle East ...

Smith's club Braintree Town were relegated to the sixth tier of English football at the end of the season, but the 36-year-old centre-back still earned a shock call-up to New Zealand coach Darren Bazeley's World Cup squad. His defensive teammates h...

Powerhouses of African football with a record seven continental titles, Egypt have struggled to make a dent on the global stage in three previous attempts. Salah should have arrived at the 2018 World Cup in the form of his life. Fresh from scoring...

Assistant Minister for Defence Peter Khalil told reporters the Australian government was seeking damages to recover the cost of managing environmental contamination at 28 bases from per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). It was the most signi...