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EU foreign ministers to hold urgent Ukraine talks Monday 10 Aug 2025 - 05:19 pm
Kaja Kallas, the European Union's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy and vice president of the European Commission talks to journalists before the EU-Southern Neighbourhood Ministerial Meeting in Brussels on July 14, 2025. Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP
'Challenging day' for firefighters battling huge blaze in France 10 Aug 2025 - 03:09 pm
The evacuated sheep are collected at the Chateau Beauregard Mirouze following wildfires in Bizanet, southern France on August 9, 2025. (Photo by Idriss Bigou-Gilles / AFP)
Italy's Mount Vesuvius closed to tourists as wildfire rages 10 Aug 2025 - 02:56 pm
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Around 1,000 evacuated due to wildfires in northwest Turkiye 09 Aug 2025 - 09:22 pm
This handout photograph taken and released on August 8, 2025 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows people working to extinguish wildfire in Canakkale, northwestern Turkey in the Marmara region. (Photo by HANDOUT / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP)
Two killed in small plane crash in western Romania 09 Aug 2025 - 06:21 pm
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Massive French wildfire contained but 'not under control' 09 Aug 2025 - 03:14 pm
This photograph shows a burned entrance sign following wildfires in Durban-Corbieres, in the Aude department, southern France on August 9, 2025. (Photo by Idriss Bigou-Gilles / AFP)
UN plastic pollution treaty talks progress not 'sufficient': chair 09 Aug 2025 - 02:58 pm
Women sort plastic waste at a workshop in Pekanbaru, Riau, on August 8, 2025. (Photo by Wahyudi / AFP)
Historic Spanish mosque-cathedral reopens after blaze 09 Aug 2025 - 12:42 pm
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire which broke out in the historic mosque-turned-cathedral in the southern Spanish city of Cordoba on August 8, 2025. (Photo by Madero Cubero / AFP)
Portugal's top court rejects parts of immigration law 08 Aug 2025 - 10:12 pm
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Spain busts criminal ring shipping hazardous waste to Ghana 08 Aug 2025 - 04:11 pm
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Germany suspending arms exports to Israel for use in Gaza: Merz 08 Aug 2025 - 02:23 pm
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz makes a statement to journalists following a meeting of the security Cabinet of the German government at the Chancellery in Berlin on July 28, 2025. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Russia breaks ground for Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant 08 Aug 2025 - 12:58 pm
A view of the area where the construction of a nuclear power plant is planned near in the village of Ulken, located on the shores of Lake Balkhash, about 400 kilometers north of Almaty, on September 21, 2024. Photo by Ruslan PRYANIKOV / AFP
Camel-led protest in Hungary aim to raise alarm over drought 07 Aug 2025 - 08:19 pm
A camel-led caravan of farmers, scientists and environmentalists crosses through central Budapest, Hungary to protest against the government's water management policy on August 7, 2025.(Photo by Attila Kisbenedek / AFP)
Trump might meet Putin in UAE coming days 07 Aug 2025 - 04:37 pm
This combination of pictures created on March 30, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump at the White House on March 24, 2025, in Washington, DC and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 18, 2025. Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI and Maxim Shemetov / AFP.
Kremlin announces upcoming meeting between Russian, US Presidents next week 07 Aug 2025 - 03:13 pm
(Files) US President Donald Trump (R) attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
New discoveries at Pompeii show signs of life post-eruption 07 Aug 2025 - 03:01 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by the Pompeii Archaeological Park on August 6, 2025, shows new discoveries at Pompeii, where archaeologists have uncovered new evidence indicating the reoccupation of Pompeii following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which left the city in ruins. Photo by Handout / POMPEII ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK / AFP
France seeks to 'stabilise' wildfire raging in the south 07 Aug 2025 - 02:00 pm
A Canadair aircraft of the French civil security drops fire retardant over a wildfire in Villeseque-Corbieres, southern France on August 7, 2025. Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP.
Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk posts strong results but competition weighs 06 Aug 2025 - 03:57 pm
An employee walks past a door bearing the logo of Novo Nordisk at the factory in Hilleroed on September 26, 2023. Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP