WORKERS in Germany will want to think twice before ringing in sick as they could have sick pay slashed in a new crackdown to “toughen” the workforce. It comes as employees in Germany take an average of 14.8 sick days per year - one of the highest in Europe. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s sick-leave smackdown hopes...

DONALD Trump says Iran called this morning to "work a deal" as his blockade of the Strait of Hormuz takes hold. The US president told reporters: "We've been called by the other side, they'd like to make a deal very badly, very badly." As the US blockade of the shipping lane began, Trump said negotiators...

A YOUNG woman born and bred in England has been denied entry into the UK and left stranded in Spain under a bizarre new passport rule. Natasha Cochrane De La Rosa, 26, has been blocked from entering the country despite being a dual national and flashing officials her British birth certificate. The young Brit tried...

PETER Magyar has stormed the polls to become Hungary’s next Prime Minister, ending the 16-year rule of Putin ally Victor Orban. The centre-right politician ran on an anti–Russia, pro-Europe campaign, promising to "end corruption" and build a country that works for the people. Viktor Orban was considered a disruptor at the heart of Europe, blocking aid...