Watch: Moment workers are rescued from Nepal tunnel
After spending more than seven days trapped beneath tons of water and debris, two construction workers were pulled to safety from a…
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Palestinian teens killed during settler attack on West Bank village, officials say
Grief swept through al-Mughayyir, a small village near Ramallah, on Thursday as mourners carried the coffins of two teenagers shot dead Wednesday…
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US billionaire Leon Black defies summons and sues Epstein panel
One of America's wealthiest investors has chosen the courtroom over the witness stand, filing a federal lawsuit to block a congressional committee's…
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Around 2,000 fall ill in Indonesia after eating free school meals
Roughly 2,000 students and teachers across the Indonesian archipelago have been struck by foodborne illness within a single three-day window, all traced…
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Feminist activist and journalist Gloria Steinem dies, aged 92
Gloria Steinem, the journalist and organizer who helped define the American women's liberation movement of the 1970s, has died at the age…
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UN warns of ‘supersized’ El Niño as countries prepare for impact
The Panama Canal will cut the number of vessels transiting its locks by more than 10 percent this Thursday, a precaution tied…
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Three farmers detained by Israel in Lebanon, village leader says
Three Lebanese farmers were seized by Israeli forces in the occupied strip of southern Lebanon after being summoned by phone to a…
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Nepal tunnel rescuers hunt for survivors with rafts and drone
Rescue crews working along the banks of the Trishuli River in central Nepal have entered their ninth day of searching for people…
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Schools to close early for A66 crash funeral
Parents across South Bank and surrounding neighbourhoods received notice this week that their children's schools would end the school day well before…
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Burnham and Macron agree to scale up action on small boats
The handshake outside Number 10 on Thursday carried symbolic weight that few observers missed: for the first time since Andy Burnham assumed…
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