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Polls have opened for the second round of Romania’s presidential election – with little separating centrist candidate Nicusor Dan from the populist...

We are ushered down some stairs beside a Lebanese restaurant and along a path next to a small garden. We walk past some guards, into a private dining room and...

Tens of thousands are expected to gather at St Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sunday for Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration mass. The service marks the...

Austria has won Eurovision 2025, with Austrian-Filipino singer-songwriter JJ taking the glass microphone. The 24-year-old singer – whose real name is...

Poland has begun voting for a new president in an election that will test the government’s strength against any resurgence of right-wing populism. The...

Five people have died following a mid-air collision between two helicopters near Eura Airport in southwestern Finland, police said. The crash happened shortly...

At least 100 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza overnight and into Sunday, according to Gaza’s health ministry. Local medics also report...

Donald Trump has said he will speak to Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy separately on Monday in a bid to secure a ceasefire deal between Russia and...

Vladimir Putin made a mockery this week of Donald Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Far from punishing him for it, the US president went out of...

Israel and Hamas said ceasefire talks have resumed in Qatar – even as Israeli forces ramped up a bombing campaign and mobilised for a massive new ground...

Five people have died following a mid-air collision between two helicopters near Eura Airport in southwestern Finland, police said. The crash happened shortly...

Around quarter of a million people are expected to pack into St Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Sunday to watch the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV. The...

A chess grandmaster who is playing a single game against 140,000 people thinks the match is heading for a draw. The mega-match features undisputed world number...

Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least 93 people and injured hundreds on Friday, according to local medics. Heavy strikes were reported in the northern town...