International

GBNEWS24DESK// Russian troops and mercenaries rained artillery on the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut yesterday, bringing Moscow closer to its first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest fighting…

GBNEWS24DESK// Two people on motorcycles shot at a supermarket belonging to the family of Antonela Roccuzzo, wife of Lionel Messi, in Rosario, in Argentina's Santa Fe province early on Thursday morning, local media and the city's mayor…

GBNEWS24DESK// The toll from Greece's worst rail accident has risen to 42, the fire department said Thursday, as hopes faded of finding anyone still alive in the wreckage from the head-on collision. The two trains collided near a…

GBNEWS24DESK// The United States and its European allies sparred with Russia over the war in Ukraine at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in New Delhi yesterday, with the rival sides each accusing the other of destabilising the world.…

GBNEWS24DESK// Ukrainian forces hung on to positions in the ruined eastern city of Bakhmut yesterday, while Moscow said its security forces had battled Ukrainian saboteurs who had taken hostages in a cross-border raid. Russia's FSB…

GBNEWS24DESK// The European Parliament has told staff to purge TikTok from devices used for work because of data protection concerns, after similar moves by the EU's main governing bodies last week. The parliament's president,…

GBNEWS24DESK// A Greek passenger train collided head-on with a cargo train late on Tuesday, throwing entire carriages off the tracks and killing at least 36 people in the country's deadliest rail crash in living memory. Dozens were…

GBNEWS24DESK// Elon Musk is once again the richest person in the world with a net worth of $187 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Tesla CEO was unseated from the top spot by Bernard Arnault, CEO of French luxury…

GBNEWS24DESK// A fire services spokesman confirmed that three carriages skipped the tracks just before midnight after the trains -- one for freight and the other carrying 350 passengers –- collided about halfway along the route between…

GBNEWS24DESK// Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday promised US help for Central Asia to reduce the region's reliance on Russia, vowing support for the sovereignty of former Soviet republics unnerved by the Ukraine war. Days…