Poland on Wednesday signed a $1.4 billion deal with the U.S. to officially buy 116 M1A1 Abrams tanks, with deliveries set to begin this year. The Polish Ministry of Defence said $200 million of the latest Abrams contract is financed by the U.S. through…

The online retail giant Amazon has announced plans to cut more than 18,000 jobs from its workforce, citing the “uncertain economy” and the fact it hired rapidly during the Covid pandemic.

Pope Francis, global leader of the Catholic church, presided over the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI on Thursday in the presence of tens of thousands of mourners in St Peter’s Square in Rome.

Emmanuel Macron has pledged to provide Ukraine with light armoured vehicles to help in the war against Russia. The Elysée made the announcement following a phone call between the French President and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky late W…

Pope Francis will lead the funeral later today, Thursday, in the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square before Benedict’s remains are placed in the vaults beneath the basilica. He will be buried in the tomb which held pope John Paul II’s remains until 2011. 

Iran warned France on Wednesday it would respond after “insulting” cartoons depicting Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were published in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

A former top Russian official injured in Ukraine said Wednesday he had sent the shrapnel from a French howitzer shell that he claimed struck him to President Emmanuel Macron. 

China has described the extension of international restrictions on travellers from its territory as “unacceptable” as countries including France, Japan, India and the United States impose Covid controls on visitors from the world’s most populous nation.