LightRocket via Getty Images Air Transat, one of Canada’s largest airlines, said it will start gradually suspending some flights starting on Monday ahead of a planned strike. The union representing the airline’s pilots issued a 72-hour strike notice on Sunday, announcing that Air Transat pilots will stop showing up to work on Wednesday if a … Read moreCanadian airline to start cancelling flights ahead of planned strike
BBC The SG-1 Fathom monitors the water, using its sensors to gather information In the dark waters off the west coast of Scotland, a slender submarine glider, like a torpedo with wings, slips under the surface and quickly disappears off into the murk. The SG-1 Fathom is on the prowl for intruders. “The glider patrols … Read moreRoyal Navy unveils new Atlantic strategy to counter Russian threat
Reuters President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet key European leaders in London on Monday, as Ukraine’s allies plan their response to an ongoing US push for Kyiv to accept concessions in peace talks. The leaders of France and Germany will join Zelensky and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at No 10 as they seek to ensure … Read moreZelensky due at Downing Street for high-level Ukraine talks
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is visiting Israel for the first time since taking office in May. His visit comes just days after Germany decided to lift a three-month suspension on arms exports to Israel that it said could be used in the Gaza Strip. Merz, who has said he does not consider Israel’s actions in … Read moreWhat has Germany’s position been on Israel’s genocide in Gaza?
Getty Images Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses. US President Donald Trump has said that he will pardon the ex-president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted of drug trafficking charges in a US court last year. Trump made the announcement in a Truth … Read moreTrump says he will pardon ex-Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has resigned, as a major corruption investigation continues to roil Kyiv and cause consternation among its allies. Zelenskyy’s announcement on Friday came just hours after anticorruption authorities searched Yermak’s home. “The Office of the President of Ukraine will be reorganised. The head of the … Read moreZelenskyy’s top aide resigns after search by anticorruption investigators
France has charged the fourth alleged member of a four-person gang arrested over last month’s jewel heist at the Louvre, officials said. Prosecutor Laure Beccuau, whose office is heading the investigation, on Friday said the 39-year-old man has a criminal record, with six previous convictions. On October 19, the gang raided the world’s most-visited art … Read moreFourth suspect charged in Louvre jewel heist investigation
Reuters The Trump administration is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington DC, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) director Joseph Edlow has said. On Friday, in a post on X, Edlow said the pause would be in place “until we can ensure that every … Read moreUS halts all asylum claim decisions in wake of National Guard shooting
A close ally of Bosnia’s former Serb Republic leader Milorad Dodik, who was ousted from office over his separatist policies, has won the territory’s snap presidential election, according to electoral authorities. Sinisa Karan of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats party (SNSD) won 50.89 percent of the vote in Sunday’s poll, the election commission’s president … Read moreBarred Bosnian Serb leader Dodik’s ally wins snap presidential election
The United States says it has made significant progress on crafting a plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war during talks with Ukrainian and European officials in Switzerland. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said “a tremendous amount of progress” was made on a US proposal to end Russia’s nearly four-year war on Ukraine, … Read moreUS ‘very optimistic’ Ukraine peace plan can be reached ‘very soon’: Rubio