A flurry of world leaders on Wednesday sent their congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump after the 78-year-old triumphantly declared a “magnificent” victory. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the UK’s Keir Starmer…
USA: Donald Trump elected 47th president after winning key swing states
Donald Trump has been elected the 47th president of the United States, an extraordinary comeback for a former president accused of sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of…
Israel: Military says Hezbollah operative captured in naval raid
The Israeli military said a senior Hezbollah operative was captured in a naval raid in the northern Lebanese town of Batroun on Friday. An official said special forces had apprehended…
Ireland: MMA fighter Conor McGregor in court over sexual assault allegations
Irish mixed martial artist Conor McGregor has been accused of raping a woman in a Dublin hotel, the city’s High Court has been told. Nikita Hand is claiming civil damages…
Equatorial Guinea: VP Teodoro Obiang Mangue warns against office sex after viral videos
Civil servants caught having sex in their offices will face “severe measures”, the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea has warned after hundreds of allegedly pornographic videos were leaked to the public.…
Iran: Authorities say German-Iranian died before execution was reported
Iran’s judiciary has said Iranian-German dissident Jamshid Sharmahd died before his execution was reported by state media late last month. The judiciary’s news agency said on 28 October that Sharmahd…
Germany: Eight members of far-right group arrested
Eight suspected members of a right-wing hardline group have been arrested in Germany and Poland on charges of promoting conspiracy theories and militarily training for the collapse of state order,…
Netherlands: Netflix Europe offices raided in tax fraud probe
Offices of streaming giant Netflix in Paris and Amsterdam have been raided by the French and Dutch authorities as part of an investigation into tax fraud, French judicial sources say.…
Syria: Authorities call for UN to stop ‘Israeli aggression’ against civilians after fatal strike near Damascus
Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has called on the United Nations to act following Israeli air strikes south of the Syrian capital Damascus, which a human rights monitor…
Russia: Moscow rejects links to bomb scares at polling places in key US states
Moscow has described as “malicious slander” reports that fake bomb threats directed at polling locations in four battleground states in the United States election – Georgia, Michigan, Arizona and Wisconsin – originated…