Denmark to axe Copenhagen's 'pornographic and too primitive' mermaid statue

"The mermaid has completely normal proportions in relation to her size. Of course the breasts are big on a big woman," the man behind the statue said.

Plans to r...

UN's Guterres launches regional centre in Kazakhstan to drive sustainable development

The UN secretary-general and the president of Kazakhstan held talks in Almaty and signed an agreement on the UN regional hub, which is meant to strengthen coopera...

Trump administration reverses pledge to tie FEMA funds to stance on Israel following criticism

A clause in FEMA’s terms and conditions mandating states to maintain commercial ties with Israel and Israeli companies to be allowed access to federal emergency f...

Brazil's Supreme Court orders house arrest of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro amid coup plot allegations

The ruling comes a month after Brazil’s top court ordered the former president to wear an ankle monitor, submit to a curfew and abide by limitations on his activi...

Brazil's Supreme Court orders house arrest of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro amid coup plot allegations

The ruling comes a month after Brazil’s top court ordered the former president to wear an ankle monitor, submit to a curfew and abide by limitations on his activi...

Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu says decision made for full occupation of Gaza

The Prime Minister's Office said to the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir that, "If this does not suit him, you should resign."

Israel's Prime Minist...

Pakistan resumes forced expulsions of 1.4 million Afghan refugees despite UN concerns

Repatriations on such a massive scale have the potential to destabilise the fragile situation in Afghanistan, where the Taliban government came into power in 2021...

Eight people, including Irish missionary, missing after gunmen storm Haiti orphanage

At least 175 people in Haiti were reported kidnapped from April to the end of June of this year, with 37% of those cases occurring in Port-au-Prince.

Eight peopl...

Romania to access EU funds to help areas affected by devastating floods, PM says

At least three people were killed when torrential rainstorms hit Romania late July, triggering flash floods in the country’s northeast.

Romania's government said...

Dutch group sues FIFA over transfer regulations after midfielder ruling

The lawsuit follows a European Court of Justice ruling in the Lassana Diarra case, which found FIFA’s contract termination regulations violated EU competition and...

Eurostar trains in France cancelled and delayed amid peak travel season due to another power outage

The widespread disruption on one of Europe's busiest international railway routes on Monday is happening during the peak summer travel season.

Multiple Eurostar ...

Ukraine strikes five Russian fighter jets at the airfield in annexed Crimea

Ukraine’s Security Service struck an airfield in Saky in annexed Crimea overnight on Monday, hitting five fighter jets, which Russia uses for its regular attacks ...

Lithuania's government formally resigns after PM Gintautas Paluckas stepped down

Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius was appointed as acting prime minister by Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda after Paluckas' formal resignation on Monday.

F...

UN special representative expresses disappointment at talks' progress upon departure from Cyprus

The UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Cyprus, Colin Stewart, has departed the country while expressing disappointment with the attitude of both si...

Trump sends Witkoff to Moscow days before US sanctions hit Russia

The US president’s special envoy for the Middle East and Russia Steve Witkoff is set to visit Moscow midweek, just two days before Trump’s deadline for the Kremli...

Western leaders condemn Hamas videos of captured Israeli hostages in Gaza

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy called the videos “sickening,” while French President Emmanuel Macron described Hamas’ actions as “abject cruelty".

Western lead...

India and Philippines launch first joint naval drill in disputed South China Sea

The joint naval exercises — carried out over two days — are likely to antagonise China, which claims to control the entire contested maritime area.

India and the...

South Korea takes down border propaganda speakers in gesture of reconciliation with North

The previous conservative government started playing daily broadcasts last June in retaliation for North Korea flying trash-filled balloons to its neighbour.

Sou...

Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir prays at al-Aqsa, violating decades-old agreement

At least 119 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the enclave on Sunday, as the death toll surpasses 60,800, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health ...

The UN says 68 African migrants were killed after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen

The International Organisation for Migration says the bodies of more than 50 migrants washed ashore in southern Yemen as authorities continue to search for surviv...

Kamchatka's Krasheninnikov volcano erupts for the first time in 600 years

The Kamchatka branch of Russia’s ministry for emergency services said an ash plume was recorded rising up 5-6 kilometres following the volcano’s eruption, and dri...