Plans to install traffic lights on Clachan Bridge will ruin tourist attraction and endanger pedestrians, critics warnTraffic lights are to be installed beside the scenic Clachan Bridge on Scotland’s wild Argyll coast despite fears it will be a “desecra…
Developing a coordinated EU approach to housing
Since 2024, the EU has started developing a coordinated approach to providing affordable and sustainable housing.
Putin issues horror ‘nuclear’ missile warning to Ukraine over Red Square parade
Putin’s annual showpiece event is due to take place in Moscow on Saturday.
Uncertainty continues over safety in the Strait of Hormuz
By R Anil Kumar UN, May 4, 2026. Amid claims and counter-claims of strikes and confrontations in the crucial Strait of Hormuz between Iran and the United States, UN maritime officials continue to urge vessels to exercise “maximum caution”. “We are awar…
Thiago Ávila’s letter from Israeli prison to his daughter
The Brazilian activist explains to his little girl his motivation to join the Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla.
Stricken MSC boxship to be pulled apart and brought ashore
MSC Baltic III has been stuck off Canada since February 2025
Mourners lay flowers and candles in Leipzig after deadly car rampage
People gather in Leipzig to lay flowers and light candles near the site where a car ploughed into a crowd in the historic centre, killing two people and injuring several others.
Explosion at fireworks factory in China kills 26, injures 61
Rescue efforts are still under way after a huge explosion ripped through China’s fireworks capital.
‘What comes next?’: Fear grips Pakistani families of Somali piracy victims
As piracy resurges off Somalia, families of hijacked tanker crew in Pakistan search for answers and help.
Paschalis Diamantidis strikes for UOG tanker as fleet swells to 20 vessels
The Athens-based firm has acquired four similar carriers this year