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Greece's former parliament speaker Constantine Tassoulas, a lawyer and lawmaker of the centre-right ruling party, was sworn in as the new president. Tassoulas, 66, was nominated by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for the large…

A narrow majority in the Dutch parliament has urged the government not to join recently agreed EU plans to strengthen European defence through laxer fiscal rules and joint borrowing. European leaders including Dutch Prime Minister Dick…

An Argentine court has started its trial of seven healthcare professionals accused of negligence in the death of soccer great Diego Maradona, at age 60. Maradona was under the care of those professionals when he had a cardiac arrest in a…

Eleven people died and at least 12 were injured in southern Mexico morning after the bus transporting them flipped over, authorities in the state of Oaxaca said. Authorities were still investigating the cause of the accident, which…

Polish border guards have detained a Ukrainian woman who was sentenced in Kazakhstan to 12 years in prison for participating in an organised criminal group trading in human organs and selling 56 kidneys, prosecutors said. The 35-year-old…

Ukrainian and US officials have held crunch talks in Saudi Arabia to find a path towards ending the war with Russia, hours after Kyiv's forces launched their largest drone attack on Moscow to date. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hopes the…

The United States is open to exploring critical minerals partnerships with Congo, the State Department said. This comes after a Congolese senator contacted US officials to pitch a minerals-for-security deal. Democratic Republic of…

Sudan has filed a case against the United Arab Emirates at the World Court for allegedly violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention by arming the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the International Court of Justice said.…

Syria has imposed a curfew in the northwestern port town of Latakia and the port city of Tartous. This comes after fierce clashes between fighters linked to Syria's ousted leader Bashar al-Assad and government forces, the state news…

The Philippines and Canada are set to sign a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA) after negotiations aimed at enhancing defence and security cooperation between the two nations, Manila's defence ministry said. The agreement would…