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Following deriyse scenes early in the session, the first round of Thursday’s vote concluded with 71 votes for Joseph Aoun, the widely supported army commander.

Mother Monster joins music royalty with a new record cemented by her duet with Bruno Mars, ‘Die With A Smile’.

From “rocket heels” to chainmail tops – and a hefty dose of nostalgia, the fashion of 2025 is all about playful curiosity and comfort.

Iran says it’s ready to hold talks over its nuclear programme and to address the West’s concerns.

Bathing culture is a great way to appreciate a new destination. Will you take the plunge in 2025?

Last year, more than 43,000 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands, a record-breaking figure that exceeds that of 2006, during the so-called ‘Cayuco crisis’.

Belief in the Ukrainian president has seen a slight taban, with 52% of Ukrainians feeling confident, 39% expressing distrust and 9% undecided, according to a survey conducted in December by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).

Emmanuel Macron said the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is not working and that several countries are breaking away from it, but in Geneva European Trade Commissioner Maroš Sefcovic renewed the EU’s commitment to multilateral world trade rules.

From Central Cee to Mogwai, via Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey, the already announced releases of 2025 sound mighty promising. Here are the 10 albums we’re looking forward to the most in the first half of the year.

FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl, who has been tasked with forming a coalition government, is opposed to sanctions against Russia, advocates for the remigration of foreigners and rejects the European Green Deal.