Friedrich Merz clinging to power after Christian Democratic Union loses two state elections ...

Storm system expected to hit Izu Islands as it strengthens. Meanwhile, Atlantic hurricane season is unusually quiet ...

Before United Nations meeting, prime minister says Australians knows the impact of global heating as well as anyone ...

Students faced prison terms and thousands of dollars in restitution over campus protest against Israel’s war on Gaza ...

Editorial: New facilities for witnesses who have been sexually assaulted are a step towards halving violence against girls and women ...

Dr Vincent Brown will appear at Westminster magistrates court charged with seven offences ...

Protesters in Austin, Texas, demonstrated against the Trump administration’s hardline anti-immigration campaign after an ICE agent shot and wounded a man on Sunday afternoon ...

Granit Xhaka has been withdrawn from Switzerland’s squad after he admitted receiving a fake Covid vaccination certificate in 2022 ...

States including California and New York sued over concerns of ‘extinguishing competition’ with $81bn merger ...

Small traders and drivers bear the brunt of a refining shortage taking UK diesel towards £2 a litre as wars wipe out about a fifth of global supplies ...

President to meet Ukrainian counterpart in New York as Ukraine steps up attacks on Russian energy sector ...

Dozens of US attacks on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean have killed more than 230 people since September 2025 ...