President grapples with finding a resolution to Middle East conflict that has pushed up gasoline prices ahead of vital midterm elections ...

US president’s Board of Peace hails ‘critical step’, but responses of Israeli and Hamas officials suggest disagreements remain ...

Fifa is accelerating plans to expand the World Cup to 64 teams from 2030 and has opened a tender to research companies to assess the economic benefits on a hugely accelerated timescale ...

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world ...

Enclave has been a diplomatic flashpoint and is seen as a destination for people trying to reach Europe ...

With run-times hitting three hours, you will probably need to take a bathroom break during this season’s blockbusters. Here’s a handy guide for your urination calculations ...

You’ve got to admire the Fifa president’s chutzpah in trying to flog off football’s greatest prize. If only Uefa wasn’t being so pesky about it all, says Marina Hyde ...

UK prime minister is the first head of a major nation to call on the under-pressure Fifa president to step down ...

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President’s former lawyer has been struggling to persuade some Republican senators to back his nomination ...

Hugh Grant gives a gleeful, career-best performance in A24’s terrifying horror, while Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun star in a fun post-apocalyptic love story ...

Passports with the president’s portrait, previously only available in DC, will be offered at 27 agencies nationwide ...