Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is visiting Beijing amid criticism from some MPs over the government's approach to China. Mr Cleverly, the first senior UK minister to travel to China since 2018, said the country's global significance meant it could not be ignored. But MPs

A drone attack on an airport in the north-western Russian city of Pskov has damaged two military transport planes, Russian news agencies are reporting. The Ilyushin 76 transport planes caught fire in the attack, the reports say. The local governor said earlier the military was

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he will not attend the G20 Summit in Delhi next month. India is hosting this year's summit, which will be held in the capital Delhi from 9-10 September. Mr Putin rang Mr Modi and told him that

The Islamabad High Court has suspended the conviction of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case. Khan has been in prison since he was sentenced to a 3-year jail term on August 5 on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts during his tenure as prime minister

Iraq has hanged three people convicted of involvement in a vehicle bombing in Baghdad that killed more than 300 people and injured hundreds in 2016. It was the deadliest single bombing in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003. The Islamic State group (IS) said it had carried out

Three US marines who were killed in a fiery helicopter crash during a military drill in Australia have been identified. The MV-22B Osprey came down on a remote island north of Darwin on Sunday. Captain Eleanor LeBeau, 29, Corporal Spencer Collart, 21, and Major Tobin Lewis, 37, were

Vessels from the Russian Navy returned from more than three weeks of joint-patrolling the Pacific Ocean with Chinese warships – manoeuvres that came close to the US West Coast. Warships of Russia’s Pacific Fleet, together with a detachment of Chinese navy ships, travelled

Former President Donald Trump‘s campaign says it raised more than $7m after he was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia on charges he schemed to overturn the 2020 election in the state. Since appearing on Thursday to have his mugshot taken – the first time

France will ban children from wearing the abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robe worn by some Muslim women – in state-run schools, the country’s education minister has said ahead of the back-to-school season. France, which has enforced a strict ban on religious

A man who shot dead three people in a racially motivated attack in Florida wrote of his hatred of Black people, police have said. Twenty-one year old Ryan Christopher Palmeter fired eleven rounds at one woman sitting in her car in Jacksonville, before entering a shop and shooting

Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh suspended Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush on Sunday after she secretly met in Rome with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. "It was decided to suspend Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush and to launch an investigation against

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been confirmed dead after genetic analysis of bodies found in Wednesday's plane crash, Russian officials say. The Investigative Committee (SK) said the identities of all 10 victims had been established and corresponded to those on the flight's

At least 23 people were killed in heavy combat between Yemeni government troops and Houthis in the southern province of Lahj on Sunday, as the Yemeni government criticized the militia for rejecting peace efforts to end the war.  The Houthis launched an attack on government troops

A rescue operation is under way after a United States military aircraft crashed off the northern coast of Australia with 20 Marines on board, in what Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called a “tragic” incident. Several people were rescued, according to the

Former President Donald Trump has raised nearly $20 million in the past three weeks, a period that roughly coincides with his indictment in federal and state cases connected to his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him, Trump’s campaign spokesman said on Saturday.

One person died and 46 were injured after two blasts at a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) station in Romania. The injured included 26 firefighters who rushed to the scene, following the first explosion near the capital Bucharest on Saturday evening. Shortly after, a second blast sent

Thousands of Americans converged on the US capital to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, a pivotal event in the 1960s civil rights movement at which Martin Luther King Jr gave his galvanising “I have a dream” speech. The 1963 march brought more

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been elected to a second term with 52.6% of the vote, the electoral commission says. However, the opposition claimed there had been widespread vote-rigging and international observers said the vote fell short of democratic standards.

A gunman killed three black people in a racially motivated attack then killed himself in Jacksonville, Florida, the city's sheriff said. The man, described as white and in his early 20s, entered a Dollar General store and opened fire, triggering a standoff with police. Sheriff T

One of Ukraine's most celebrated fighter pilots and two other airmen have been killed in a mid-air crash. Andrii Pilshchykov won fame taking part in dogfights over Kyiv during the early phase of Russia's invasion. The Ukrainian military called the airmen's deaths