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Spain police enter PM Sanchez’s Socialist Party HQ in corruption probe 

27 May 2026

News|Politics Police have entered the headquarters of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) in Madrid as part of...

‘Eid does not enter tents’: Palestinians in Gaza face grim holiday 

27 May 2026

Gaza, Palestine – On previous Eid holidays, the Baroud family would set out in the early light of dawn to kick off fes...

In Britain, Brexit is debated again as Starmer’s grip on power slips 

27 May 2026

London, England – For record stall owner Johnny Skates, leaving the European Union has made travelling to DJ in Europe...

US strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills one 

27 May 2026

News|Conflict A US military attack on what it called a drug trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific has killed a person ...

US, Iran have launched multiple attacks during ceasefire: A timeline 

27 May 2026

Iranian and US forces have continued to exchange strikes despite an April ceasefire, fuelling tensions across the Gulf a...

Sanctions fears as Krygyzstan shutters companies suspected of aiding Russia 

27 May 2026

The mountainous, landlocked Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan has historically been one of the region’s poorest econo...

Israeli air attack kills at least two in southern Lebanon 

27 May 2026

An Israeli air attack has killed two people and injured another in the town of Deir Amas in the Tyre district, Lebanese ...

Israel claims head of Hamas military wing killed in Gaza strike 

27 May 2026

Israel says it has killed Mohammed Odeh, the leader of Hamas’s military wing in Gaza, in an air strike in the northern...

Ken Paxton wins Texas primary election: Results and key takeaways 

27 May 2026

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican nomination for the United States Senate on Tuesday, defeating four-...

Taiwan’s economy is booming thanks to AI. Not everyone sees the benefits 

27 May 2026

Taipei, Taiwan – For Li, an engineer at Taiwanese computer giant ASUS, the AI boom sweeping Taiwan has made it an exci...