Lakshmi Mittal-backed ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih hit by Russian missile strike; 2 killed

Lakshmi Mittal-backed steel plant hit by missile strike

Missile hits Lakshmi Mittal-backed plant in Zelenskyy’s hometown, 14 injured

Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks in Sicily museum

Antonello da Messina works worth up to €80 million stolen during holiday

A journalist browses the Messina museum website showing a picture of the Early Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina's artwork where three of the five panels belonging to the Polyptych of San Gregorio and the double-sided panel with the Madonna and the Christ in Pietà, stolen from the Sicilian museum on Aug. 15, in Rome, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026.

2 killed as fires break out in Greece, Belgium

Belgium’s record blaze and fatal Greek island fire expose Europe’s growing wildfire threat

2 killed as fires break out in Greece, firefighters battle massive wildfires in Belgium

Strikes kill 19 in Russia and Ukraine

Drone warfare spills into Europe as both sides target infrastructure and industry

Russia says 822 Ukrainian drones had been intercepted in Moscow overnight, with over 200 intercepted near the capital. Photo shows alleged fires at a Wildberries warehouse in Podolsk. Casualties were reported both in the Moscow and Rostov regions.

Spanish soldier dies in Aragon wildfire

Soldier killed as Aragon battles one of its largest wildfires on record

Massive Aragon wildfire threatens historic monasteries, forces evacuations

UK PM calls for reflection after death of Jason Arday

Jason Arday’s death follows plagiarism storm and claims of racially driven abuse

A person walks past Jesus College, where black academic Jason Arday was a Fellow, at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, eastern England on August 15, 2026.

Five killed in Turkish wedding party road accident

Tyre burst blamed as family’s wedding trip turns deadly in Diyarbakir province

Illustrative image. Children aged 4 and 10 are among victims as wedding journey ends in fatal crash.

Dubai foils 70m illicit cigarettes hidden as ‘clothing’

Dubai Customs linked the shipments to one importer after analysing risk indicators

Customs teams analysed risk indicators and reviewed shipment information to identify links between the consignments.

Jason Arday found dead after Cambridge plagiarism row

Police say 41-year-old’s unexpected death in London not being treated as suspicious

Torchbearer Jason Arday carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Sutton and Merton, in London, July 23, 2012.

France strikes down social media ban for under-15s

Macron tasks PM with working on a new ‘legally robust draft’ of the legislation

The Constitutional Council of France has found that Article 1 of the legislation “constitutes an infringement that is neither appropriate, necessary, nor proportionate” to the freedom of expression and communication of those under 15.

European countries battle multiple wildfires

Record heat grips continent as flames burn inside charred walls

Firefighters battle the flames as a wildfire rages through the Landes forest in Luglon, southwestern France, in the early hours of August 14, 2026.

Farage has won Clacton. What happens next?

UK Reform leader returns to Parliament as an investigation into his finances resumes

Britain's Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage arrives at a polling station in Walton on the Naze, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026 to cast his vote for the Clacton on Sea by-election.

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