Category: 2. World

The slow-motion getaway of two thieves from the Louvre clutching €88m (£76m) of France’s crown jewels was captured on video, it has emerged – the latest dramatic twist to the country’s most spectacular heist in decades.

The 36-second…

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil prices spiked Thursday after the U.S. announced massive new sanctions on Russia’s oil industry in an attempt to get Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and end Moscow’s brutal war on…

Video has emerged appearing to show the alleged thieves behind the Louvre heist making their escape on a mechanical ladder in broad daylight.

Two people can be seen looking around frantically as they slowly descend, minutes after the famed Paris…

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SEOUL  –  North Korea said on Thursday it had tested a “cut­ting-edge” new weapon system using hypersonic missiles aimed at bolstering its defences against Pyongyang’s foes. The launch was detected by Seoul’s military on Wednesday and…

The United States is considering a proposal for humanitarian aid delivery in Gaza that would replace the controversial US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to a copy of the plan seen by Reuters.

It is one of several concepts being…

FRANKFURT, Germany — FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The U.S. and the European Union are hitting Russia with another round of sanctions, aiming to cut into oil and gas export earnings that fund Moscow’s war against Ukraine.

More than 3 1/2 years into…