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Elena Ibrahim, an immigrant who fled Sudan eight years ago, stands next to wire fencing in central Stockholm, Sweden, 7 September, 2026. Photo: REUTERS

As election looms, Sweden's government is paying immigrants to leave

The government has publicised the ⁠programme in multiple languages on its websites.

The Eiffel Tower was closed after staff went on strike to protest the exclusion of female workers during a visit by a Hindu religious group. Photo: AFP

Hindu group apologises over Eiffel Tower row

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy looks on as he walks after the Four Freedoms Awards ceremony in Middelburg, Netherlands, April 16, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

Zelenskiy says Russia 'ready to negotiate': Axios

Photo: Reuters

Britain plans tougher stance on Israel and Gaza aid

King Charles classes Harry and Meghan as 'private citizens'

King Charles classes Harry and Meghan as 'private citizens'

People cool off in the Trocadero Fountain next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris as temperatures rise during a heatwave affecting a large part of France, June 22, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Abdul Saboor

Eiffel Tower staff protest gender restrictions during religious visit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Photo: Collected

Zelensky says talks with US envoys 'very substantive'

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrives for a meeting with Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus January 7, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

Legalise porn, fund 30,000 drones: Inside Ukraine’s unusual war plan

Top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), Ulrich Siegmund, with party co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, reacts after polls close on the day of the Saxony-Anhalt state elections, in Magdeburg, Germany. Photo: Reuters

Far-right AfD wins historic victory in German state election

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen walks with Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a street in Nuuk, Greenland, September 6, 2026. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen/via REUTERS

EU to give Greenland a cash boost amid Trump annexation drive

A police officer in protective clothing walks beside an explosive-disposal robot at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Schkeuditz, Germany, 5 August 2026. Photo: Reuters

Lavrov calls accusations of Moscow's involvement in Leipzig drone incident 'start of real war'

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, January 22, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Kremlin says Ukraine talks with US envoys were useful; no sign of breakthrough

A woman walks past a mural of Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic in Belgrade, Serbia, in 2009. Photo: Reuters

Why Ratko Mladić remains a hero to some despite the genocide of Bosnian Muslims