Alexandra Hudson

Britain's opposition Conservative Party called on the Labour government to cut spending and borrowing at next week's budget, as leader Kemi Badenoch set out her ​party's approach to the economy in an effort to win back ‌voters' confidence.

Ukraine's military said on Thursday ​it had damaged six Russian Su-34M military ‌aircraft in an overnight strike on the Borisoglebsk airfield in ​Russia's Voronezh region.

A woman in Russia's Far East was fined this week after an AI-generated image of a bear, created to prank a friend, went viral ​and triggered a real-life hunt, the regional courts said.

Slovakia's parliament on Wednesday ‌narrowly approved a 2027 budget which widens the deficit to 4.94% of gross domestic product and ends consolidation efforts in an election year.

A majority of Greenlandic lawmakers signalled support for the Arctic island's ‌recent security agreement with US President Donald Trump in a debate on Monday, although some opposition party members questioned the deal's economic value.

Saudi Arabia's airports in ​Jazan and Najran were targeted in ‌two attacks on Monday evening, injuring three people and causing limited damage, the ​Saudi aviation authority said, as ​hostilities between the kingdom and Yemen's ⁠Iran-backed Houthis escalated.

Surging ‌energy costs, higher yields and shrinking budget support could all weigh on economic growth and may limit how much the European Central Bank needs to tighten policy to quell price pressures, Philip Lane, the bank's chief economist, said.

Iran executed two men arrested ​over January protests ‌in Isfahan in connection with the deaths of ​four police ​officers, the judiciary's Mizan news ⁠agency reported on ​Monday.

Turkey's market regulator (SPK) said ​on Thursday it would begin making interim payments ‌to investors in more than 100 funds that were ordered to shut down this month after a market-manipulation scandal triggered heavy losses and ​redemption pressure.

A 24-year-old ​man arrested earlier this month as part of an ‌investigation into the hacking group ShinyHunters is also being investigated over allegations that he ordered two murders abroad, Dutch media ​reported on Tuesday.