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“We sat in the yard from 8am to 5pm under the sun with no water or food.” Sixteen-year-old Mohammed* was separated from his mother by Israeli forces as his family tried to flee northern Gaza. Mohammed’s mother was taken to a “sandy pit” with other women and children and sat in the heat for hours

Iran’s president has warned against further attacks on his country after Israel targeted military sites in pre-dawn airstrikes on Saturday. In a statement on X, Masoud Pezeshkian gave his condolences to the families of the four people killed in the attacks and said Iran would continue to defend itself. “Enemies of Iran should know these

Georgia’s ruling party is leading the crucial election race that could decide the country’s role in Europe. The Central Election Commission said the ruling Georgian Dream party had won 52.99% of the vote after 97% of the electronic vote was counted. Not all paper ballots and votes cast by Georgians abroad have been counted. Both

Israel’s unprecedented night of airstrikes across Iran may be just what was needed to pull the Middle East back from all-out war. That might sound odd because for hours, it seems, Israeli jets ranged freely across Iranian airspace, apparently attacking targets and air defences at will in a flagrant violation of Iranian sovereignty and provocation,

Ask people to predict the result in this weekend’s parliamentary election in Georgia, and you will get an “absolutely no idea” or a “totally up in the air” coming straight back at you. Which is strange when you consider the fact that the matter before the voters in this small but strategically vital nation goes

This was a royal tour that marked a number of firsts. It was the first real test of the monarchy in an overseas realm, the King’s first time at a Commonwealth leaders’ meeting as head of the Commonwealth. And for the King personally, this was his first big trip since his cancer diagnosis. It was

Several loud explosions have been heard in Iran’s capital Tehran and Israel has confirmed it has launched strikes on military targets. The Israeli military said it is conducting “precise strikes” on military targets in Iran in response to what it called “the continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against Israel”. An Israeli Defence Forces (IDF)

Cuba’s national power grid shut down on Friday, leaving around 10 million people on the island without electricity. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said officials were giving “absolute priority” to fixing the problem. “There will be no rest until it is restored,” he added. Image: A man at his home in Matanzas, Cuba, during a power

Iran’s supreme leader has claimed its missile attack on Israel was “fully legal and legitimate” – as he warned “it will be done in the future again if it becomes necessary”. In a rare speech, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also described the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October as a “legitimate” act – and he

Russian forces launched a major attack across 15 Ukrainian regions overnight, authorities said, damaging energy infrastructure and residential buildings. Drones hit power lines in the Kyiv, Odesa and Ivano-Frankivsk regions over the past day, Ukraine‘s energy ministry clamed, causing power cuts in the southern Odesa region. The Ukrainian air force said it shot down 78

A former minister in Singapore has been jailed for a year for receiving more than £230,000 worth of gifts, including tickets to Premier League matches and West End musicals. S Iswaran, who was a member of Singapore’s cabinet for 13 years in which he held the trade, communications and transport portfolios, pleaded guilty last week

Doctors at one of the biggest hospitals in southern Lebanon say they’re scared for their lives after a string of nearby attacks within a few days. Half of the staff have already left. The others have moved into the building and have been living at the hospital for the past ten days. “You know, it’s

Israel has sent more troops into Lebanon after a night of escalation brought the Middle East a step closer to war. Overnight, in a move anticipated by officials, nearly 200 missiles were launched from Iran into Israel. The attack, coming in retaliation for Israel’s campaign of strikes against Hezbollah including the killing of its leader,

There were celebratory fireworks set off in parts of the Lebanese capital Beirut as Iran launched volleys of missiles in its most serious attack yet against Israel. Israel has made plenty of enemies not just in Lebanon but throughout the region. It can be no coincidence that the attack came on the same day that

Ahead of this direct Iranian missile attack on Israel, the second in its history, the US was warning Iran in the strongest terms: don’t do it. If you do, it told Tehran, you will face severe consequences. Israel’s messaging was reportedly going further. Attack us and we will come after your alleged nuclear weapons programme.

Iran has launched missiles into Israel, the Israeli military says. Reports said warning sirens sounded in Jerusalem shortly after 5.30pm UK time. Earlier today, the US warned that Iran was getting ready to launch the attack and Israelis were subsequently told to “stay close to a protected space”. Israel-Lebanon latest: Follow live updates An unnamed

The far-right Freedom Party finished first in the Austrian general election, early projections show. Led by Herbert Kickl, a former interior minister who was dismissed over the country’s Ibiza scandal, the party is projected to finish first on 29.1% of the vote, according to election researchers Arge Wahlen for PULS 24 TV. They are projected

The body of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been recovered from where he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday, sources have said. Nasrallah‘s body was found “intact” in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahieh – where senior members of the militant group were gathered, according to a medical and security source. He was

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed after airstrikes in Beirut, the Israeli army has said. Recent weeks have seen Israel unleash a barrage of strikes against Lebanon after it turned its attention to the conflict at its northern border. On Saturday, Israel targeted the capital Beirut with a series of attacks claiming to have

With Vladimir Putin issuing another thinly veiled nuclear threat to the West, I’ve come to one of Moscow’s Cold War bunkers to gauge the mood. The entrance is through an apparently ordinary building, not far from the Kremlin. But inside, there are 18 flights of stairs, which take you 65m (213ft) underground and into a