A Ryanair passenger plane is parked at Cologne/Bonn Airport. Low-cost airline Ryanair is paying back a surcharge fee it imposed on tens of thousands of passengers in Italy for checking in at the airport, a total amount of more than €1.5 million ($1.6 million). Thomas Banneyer/dpa Low-cost airline Ryanair is paying back a surcharge fee […]
Israeli military attacks more than 100 targets in Gaza, Lebanon
The Israeli military said it had attacked more than 100 targets in Gaza and Lebanon in the last 24 hours as it continues fighting on multiple fronts in its war against Islamist groups. The military targeted weapons depots, rocket launchers and command centres, the military said. “The troops found a large quantity of weapons and […]
A Russian man stands treason trial on charges he filmed military equipment for Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian man faced trial on Thursday on charges of high treason for a video he had allegedly sent to Ukraine’s security services, the latest in a growing series of espionage cases amid the fighting in Ukraine. The Volgograd District Court began hearing a new case against Nikita Zhuravel, who is currently […]
Spain flood epicentre survives fresh rain alert
Spain’s traumatised Valencia region woke up unscathed after an overnight rain alert on Thursday, two weeks after the country’s deadliest floods in decades killed more than 200 people there. National weather agency AEMET downgraded the highest red warning for rain for the eastern Valencia coast after a new storm made landfall without cau
Court in Argentina confirms ex-president Kirchner’s conviction
A court in Argentina on Wednesday upheld a six-year prison sentence and lifelong ban from public office against former president Cristina Kirchner, according to a press report. She was initially convicted in 2022 for the embezzlement of public funds and subsequently filed an appeal but the federal criminal court upheld the original verdict, the new