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Three years after Beirut’s massive port blast, attempts to prosecute those responsible are mired in political intrigue and many Lebanese have less faith than ever in their disintegrating state institutions.

It is a humanitarian duty for the Council of the European Union to support the people of Lebanon and issue targeted sanctions against those who continue to promote their own interests to the detriment of the population, Zena Wakim writes.

A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny of extremism charges and sentenced him to 19 years in prison Friday. Navalny is already serving a nine-year term on a variety of charges that he says were politically motivated.

TikTok will face a fine over its handling of children’s data in the EU following a decision made Friday by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB).

Gibraltar is one of the UK’s Overseas Territories and, according to its citizens, it’s happy to be one. Often described to be “more British than Britain”, the identity of its younger generation is rooted in the territory’s relationship with Spain. However, there are now fears that Brexit may change its character.

Trump arraigned at the same courthouse where more than 1,000 of his supporters, fueled by his false claims of election fraud, have been charged with federal crimes related to the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.

French writer Gilles Perrault, whose “Le Pull-Over Rouge” novel helped spark debate over capital punishment in France, has died, his family said on Thursday. He was 92.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has accused Russia of an ‘assault’ on the global food system, saying grain prices have increased by eight per cent since it pulled out of the Black Sea initiative.

With just one year to go before Paris hosts the Olympic Games, one of the city’s airports suffered an unprecedented breakdown Thursday that led to a mountain of luggage piling up and delayed flights.

The pope said that ignoring the clergy sexual abuse scandal for so long marred the Catholic Church and drove people away from it.