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In a bid to win back his party's traditional base, the new Labour prime minister is focusing on domestic policy. However, his ambitions for industrial revival could pave the way for closer ties with the European Union, observes political scientist Sébastien Maillard.
In 2006, at the height of the Sri Lankan civil war, 17 Action Against Hunger workers were executed at point-blank range while providing drinking water to local communities. Since then, humanitarian work has been profoundly disrupted, write two legal advisers, calling on states to protect the profession.
Pro-democracy activists Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, and Chow Hang-tung, 41, led the Hong Kong Alliance, a group that organized annual vigils before it was disbanded. They could face up to ten years in prison.
For the second year in a row, the Vyriy music and visual arts festival brought together several thousand people in Kyiv on August 8 and 9, despite relentless Russian drone attacks. Soldiers on leave and families joined partygoers to dance and celebrate Ukrainian folklore inside this rare bubble of peace.
From September 3, the number of vessels allowed through each day will fall from 36 to 34 due to low water levels in two artificial lakes that feed the canal, the Panama Canal Authority said on Thursday. It will drop to 32 from September 15 on.
After nearly three years of relative de-escalation, a series of Turkish initiatives in the Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, along with Greek military partnerships, have reignited discord between the two neighbors.
Liberia announced on Tuesday, August 18, that it would accept up to 1,200 foreign nationals deported from the US within a year. It said they were 'free to depart the country when they so desire' or apply for asylum.
The announcement follows months of negotiations between the two sides after a January agreement that called for the full integration of Kurdish institutions into the state.
MPs will debate a bill in September to establish an 'agency for cinema and audiovisual media' amid budget austerity. However, the plan would still leave significant powers in the hands of political authorities.
Imran Khan was returned to jail after visiting a public hospital in Islamabad. The Supreme Court approved the visit on Tuesday after his lawyers petitioned the court, citing concerns about his health condition.
After thousands of migrants entered the Spanish north African enclave of Ceuta in July, many who remain, including women, girls and other unaccompanied minors, have struggled with basic food, water, shelter and sanitation needs.
The widening US budget deficit and massive investments in artificial intelligence have fueled a rise in interest rates in the debt market. The Treasury Department has been working to ease investors' concerns.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said eight people were killed and 33 wounded in the overnight attack, while an attack in the surrounding region killed one man and wounded another, according to the Kyiv regional governor.
Romanian political scientist Cristian Pirvulescu argues that, by once again choosing a politically divisive subject while refusing to deliver a moral verdict, filmmaker Cristian Mungiu cultivates ambiguity that serves reactionary circles.
Rescuers are searching for survivors at the site, located near the border with Cameroon.
Lev Shlosberg, one of the few Russian opposition figures to publicly denounce the offensive in Ukraine while remaining in Russia, has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison. His party, the only anti-war political group, has been barred from the September 20 election.
Two French filmmakers, who were detained at the end of July while filming the final footage for a documentary in the country's north, are still being held in Lomé and face charges of making false statements related to their visas.
According to British news outlets, the couple will leave the US by the end of the month to settle in a non-royal residence outside of London. Their two children have already been enrolled in a British school.
The latest US sanctions target the core of the International Criminal Court's investigation into the situation in Palestine and, more broadly, any investigation that targets nationals of non-ICC countries, such as Americans and Israelis.
The record milestone underscores the mounting cost of government borrowing as Washington faces growing spending demands and rising interest payments.
German prosecutors said they had arrested a trained diver, dubbed Vladimir Z., whom they 'strongly suspected of jointly causing explosions' that damaged the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which runs between Russia and Germany, in 2022.
The company is being sued in California by 29 US states for deceiving consumers and violating federal child protection laws by exposing young users to violent or sexual content and addiction risks.
The popular former minister, recently ousted from government, has inadvertently plunged the country into political crisis.
France, whose relationship with Iran has been strained, announced the expulsion of two Iranian diplomats. The retaliatory measure follows the detention of two French embassy staff members and the arrest of two Iranian graphic designers in Tehran.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said there is still 'important work to be done' before a deal could be reached, while Trump suggested that the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline could be revived.
Mykhailo Fedorov, whose dismissal triggered a political crisis in Ukraine, called for presidential elections to be held despite the ongoing war, breaking a taboo since the start of Russia's invasion.
A pair of journalist-directors working for a French production company have been held in Togo since July 27, the French Foreign Ministry said.
The annual exercises, designed to prepare for a possible attack by North Korea, will end around a week earlier than planned. US President Donald Trump said he had told the Pentagon to curtail the exercises, citing his 'good relationship' with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
With negotiations over a security agreement between Israel and Syria's new leadership at a standstill, Israel targeted a military site to prevent the country from rebuilding its air force with Turkey's help.
President Xi Jinping used the centenary of former Chinese Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin's birth to praise his toughness after the crackdown on the June 1989 student movement and recall the golden age of China's economy.
The drones, which had been supplied to Ukraine, were reportedly used in Russia. In a statement, Russia's embassy in London accused Britian of becoming 'an accomplice and co-perpetrator' of the attacks.
In areas under Israeli control, Lebanese firefighters require authorization to intervene. In villages that remain inhabited, residents feel isolated and fear they may be forced to leave their homes.
Public figures including Sophie Pouget, president of UN Women France, and Chela Noori, president of Afghanes de France, are calling for urgent action to support Afghan women who, five years after the Taliban's return to power, are both victims and resisters.
The popular messaging platform ended livestreaming and video calls in the country after a 13-year-old girl was pressured into taking her own life during a broadcast. Five teenagers and one adult have been arrested in connection with the death.
The $1.7 billion border project, which has faced bipartisan opposition, broke ground earlier this month on public lands that are known for rich biodiversity, including hundreds of species of birds, bobcats, and black bears.
Star academic Jason Arday was found dead on Friday, August 14, amid growing furore over claims of academic plagiarism.
'Animal Soldiers' (1/6). Le Monde recounts the forgotten animals who served on battlefields, such as Glen the dog and his master Emile. Killed together in Normandy on June 6, 1944, they were buried side by side in the Ranville military cemetery.
Following the expulsion order issued against the Russian propagandist at the end of July, Jean-Noël Barrot emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between opinion, which seeks to persuade; information manipulation, which aims to deceive; and interference, whose objective is to exert outside pressure on our freedom of choice.
'Voices of Afghan Women' (2/6). Upon returning to power on August 15, 2021, the Taliban dismantled institutions, laws and services related to women's rights in a matter of days and purged the judicial system of all female presence. Here is the next installment of testimonies collected by our reporter in Kabul.
British group Virgin received high-speed rail access through the Channel Tunnel, an element needed to launch a rival service to Eurostar, which has held a monopoly on passenger services through the tunnel since 1994.
Prominent Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg has repeatedly called for a ceasefire in Ukraine and was charged over his participation in an online debate on the war as well as for sharing critical articles about it.
Trump and the Justice Department are also asking the high court to toss out a second Carroll verdict totaling $83 million.
The diplomats had been briefly arrested on July 19, in what the French Foreign Minister called a 'flagrant violation of diplomatic immunity.' Tehran claimed they had 'interfered in Iran's internal affairs' and barred them from returning to Iran.
In mid-July, two French diplomats were arrested and two Iranian graphic designers were detained in a new low in the deterioration of relations. The case centers around a meeting about Villa Zadig, a cultural project aimed at promoting residencies and exchanges with Iranian civil society.
Belgian officials said Monday weather conditions had caused a wildfire to spread more slowly overnight as reinforcements were sent to contain a blaze that had been headed to the German border.
Official figures in the Democratic Republic of Congo showed Monday that 2,325 people have died in the current outbreak of the disease, which was declared in May.
Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has racked up several failures in the region, from the war he launched against Iran alongside Israel to how he has handled the Palestinian issue, demonstrating his incompetence.
The 413th Unmanned Systems Forces Regiment has been stepping up strikes deep within Russia from Ukrainian territory. Kyiv has accelerated its military efforts to bring the fight to the heart of its invader's economic infrastructure.
Hayden Panettiere, star of several popular television series including 'Heroes' and 'Nashville,' and later an award-winning country music singer, was announced dead by her father, in a statement to ABC News on Sunday.
Survivors of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck the country on Saturday were camping in public buildings or outside on Monday. Some expressed frustration over the long wait for government-deployed aid, which was still being organized as the country marked its Independence Day.