India: Race against time to save eight workers trapped inside tunnel

Authorities in the southern Indian state of Telangana are racing against time to save eight construction workers trapped inside a tunnel for more than 72 hours. Around 50 workers had…

USA: Greenpeace risks bankruptcy at US pipeline trial

Greenpeace has said that a lawsuit brought by an energy company over the Dakota Access Pipeline could wipe it out. The Texas-based company, Energy Transfer, alleges protest tactics by Greenpeace…

China: Bangladesh wooed by Beijing as ties with India fray

A 22-member Bangladeshi delegation of political leaders, civil society activists, academics and journalists have begun a 10-day visit to China. They will be having talks with Chinese government officials and…

UK: We may have to leave human rights treaty- Badenoch

The UK must look again at international agreements, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said. In her first major speech on foreign policy, Badenoch said if the European Convention on Human…

Ukraine: Zelenskyy negotiating a minerals deal with the US

Kyiv and Washington are close to signing a deal over US access to Ukraine’s mineral deposits, a Ukrainian minister says. Olga Stefanishyna, deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, said…

Ukraine: Zelensky says he hopes to end the war ‘this year’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said “we hope that we can finish this war this year” on the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion. But he warned that Ukraine needs…

France: Prisoner ‘The Fly’ arrested nine months after deadly van ambush

A French convict who went on the run after escaping a police van in a deadly ambush has been arrested in Romania, French authorities have said. Two prison officers were…

France: Ex-surgeon admits ‘despicable acts’ in French child abuse trial

A French former surgeon accused of abusing hundreds of patients, most of them children, has told a court that he admits to having “committed despicable acts” and “understands and shares…

Germany: Big challenges loom for Merz in divided country

Germany is at a crossroads and now for Friedrich Merz the hard work begins. The point of this election was never just about a nation’s struggle to rediscover its economic…

German: ‘Firewall’ under threat after AfD success

Is German ‘firewall’ under threat after AfD success?One in five Germans put an X in the box for Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Sunday: a record result that has made…