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Thousands march against antisemitism in London

Tens of thousands of people have marched through central London at a demonstration against antisemitism. Organisers estimated 100,000 took part in the first march of its kind since the Israel-Gaza war began, including former Prime…

Former England manager dies aged 80 after a long illness

Former England manager Terry Venables has died at the age of 80 after a long illness. Venables managed England from 1994 to 1996, most notably leading them to the semi-finals of Euro 96 on home soil. A former England player, he also…

Cargo ship sinks off Greek island

A Comoros-flagged cargo ship with 14 people on board has sunk off the island of Lesbos in gale-force winds, the Greek coastguard said yesterday, prompting a major rescue operation. A navy helicopter picked up one crew member of the RAPTOR…

WHO voices concern over fate of Gaza hospital chief

The World Health Organization voiced concern on Friday about the fate of the head of Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital, whom Israeli forces detained over the facility's alleged use by Hamas. The WHO said in a statement that the chief of…

Russia must rival Western AI: Putin

President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that the West had a "dangerous" monopoly over artificial intelligence and Russia needed to rival "biased" Western chatbots with its own technology. The race to develop AI has heated up since the…

Gazans fill streets, head home as truce begins

With children and pets in their arms and their belongings loaded onto donkey carts or car roofs , thousands of displaced Gazans headed home yesterday as a four-day Israel-Hamas truce began. The din of war was replaced by the horns of…

N Korea scraps military deal with South

North Korea said yesterday it would deploy stronger armed forces and new weapons on its border with the South, a day after Seoul suspended part of a 2018 military accord between the two Koreas in a protest over Pyongyang's launch of a spy…

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