For three weeks, Israel has been bombing the Gaza Strip as part of its war with Hamas. The two sides have published conflicting accounts of the...
The US military has launched retaliatory airstrikes on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon has said. The strikes –...
Twenty seven people have died and four are missing after Hurricane Otis made landfall in Mexico, authorities have said. The hurricane intensified yesterday before hitting Acapulco,...
Israel has staged the “biggest incursion” of the war so far – briefly sending tanks and troops into northern Gaza. According to the Israeli Defence Forces,...
A woman has been found guilty of helping to carry out the female genital mutilation (FGM) of a three-year-old British girl during a trip to Kenya....
All the civilians being held hostage in Gaza can be released in days, if there is a pause in the fighting, the Qataris leading negotiations say....
Israel sent tanks and troops into northern Gaza overnight, in the “biggest incursion” of the war with Hamas so far, according to the country’s military. The...
At least 20 people are feared to have been killed after a shooting in the US state of Maine, with the suspect – a firearms instructor...
With Israel’s darkest hour falling on his watch, the Israeli prime minister knows that he must show strength and purpose in his war with Hamas, but...
One-third of hospitals in Gaza and nearly two-thirds of primary health care clinics have had to shut due to damage or lack of fuel, the United...
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will have to “answer for what happened” on 7 October as he addressed the nation. Mr Netanyahu also vowed...
A “catastrophic” hurricane has made landfall in Mexico as Category 5 storm with 165mph winds. Hurricane Otis rapidly intensified before hitting Acapulco, a beach resort town...
A team of scientists say they have discovered what caused the sudden deaths of hundreds of elephants in Africa in 2020. More than 300 elephants died...
The story we’re currently seeing unfolding in Israel and Gaza at present doesn’t seem to have much to do with economics. It’s about murders, terrorism and...
There was a nervous energy at a dusty staging post for ground troops, waiting for an order to invade Gaza. Several soldiers, stern-faced and in full...
An Iranian activist based in Turkey is in danger of imminent deportation to Iran, where she could face torture, interrogation, a lengthy sentence, and even capital...
Asking Israel to reach a ceasefire with Hamas is “untenable”, the UK’s defence secretary has said, as the number of MPs calling for a cessation of...
A YouTuber could be investigated by Japanese police after begging for cash and hitching free train rides in a video online. Fidias Panayiotou posted a video...
Prosecutors in Cyprus have begun their appeal case against the verdict and sentence of a British expat who killed his seriously ill wife. David Hunter was...
Negotiations to release more Hamas hostages from Gaza are ongoing but could be jeopardised by an Israeli ground offensive, Qatari mediators have warned. “If we can...