Trade ministers from 166 countries are gathering in Cameroon’s capital this week for a high-stakes World Trade Organisation meeting – with divisions over reform, digital trade and development raising doubts about whether the body can adapt to a rapidl…

A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman because of an addictive design of their social media platforms, ordering the companies to pay $6 million in damages, including $3 million in punitive damages.

Hungary’s prime minister said on Wednesday that Budapest would phase out gas deliveries to Ukraine, the latest broadside in a bitter dispute between the two countries over a damaged pipeline carrying Russian oil.

Britain’s Labour government said Tuesday it wants “long-term value for money” as it seeks to renew a 2023 migration deal with France that is set to expire next week.

France’s foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Tuesday urged Israel not to send in forces to take control of a zone in south Lebanon, saying such a move would have “major humanitarian consequences”.

Danes are voting in general elections on Tuesday, with left-leaning Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen seen as the favourite after standing up to United States’ President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland.

The world has given Israel “a licence to torture Palestinians”, a UN expert Francesca Albanese said Monday, with life in the occupied territories “a continuum of physical and mental suffering”.

The European Union and Australia struck a long-awaited free-trade deal on Tuesday, while also agreeing to boost defence cooperation and access to rare earth minerals in the face of global uncertainty over trade. 

The International Committee of the Red Cross demanded Monday a halt to the “war on essential infrastructure” in the Middle East, warning of potential “irreversible consequences” including harm to nuclear facilities.