International

GBDESK// The head of Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has said that around 10,000 prisoners he recruited to fight in Ukraine have been killed on the battlefield. Last year, Prigozhin toured Russian prisons in a bid…

GBDESK// Net migration in the UK hit a record 606,000 in 2022, official figures showed yesterday, heaping pressure on the government, which has pledged to cut dependency on foreign labour. Responding to the figures, Prime Minister…

GBDESK// Leaders of the world's richest democracies said yesterday they would not back down from supporting Ukraine, in a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin as he claimed to have taken the eastern city of Bakhmut, something Kyiv…

GBDESK// A private rocket carrying the first Arab woman astronaut has blasted off on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, is the first Saudi woman to voyage into space and…

GBDESK// The UK government yesterday announced a package of measures aimed at international students, including a ban on some family members, as ministers come under growing pressure to cut immigration. After a drop during the pandemic,…

GBDESK// G7 leaders yesterday warned China over its "militarisation activities" in the Asia-Pacific region but said the bloc also wanted "constructive and stable relations" with Beijing. In a final communique issued at a summit in…

GBDESK// US President Joe Biden announced Sunday a new weapons package for Kyiv, as he met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Hiroshima. Biden said the package would include "ammunition, artillery, armored vehicles" --…

GBDESK// The European Union should crack down on India reselling Russian oil into Europe as refined fuel, including diesel, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in an interview with the Financial Times published on Tuesday.…

GBDESK// Competing claims surfaced today over Prince Harry and his wife Meghan's purported involvement in a "near catastrophic car chase" with paparazzi in New York. A spokesperson for the couple drew global attention by announcing…

GBDESK// Leaders of the world richest democracies yesterday agreed to stiffen sanctions against Russia and pledged financial support for Ukraine as its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, prepared to join them in the Japanese city of…