Concerts by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters were cancelled by a venue in the Polish city of Krakow, organisers said yesterday, after the artist’s comments on the war in Ukraine caused a storm of criticism.

Italians voted yesterday on whether to usher in the country’s first government led by the far right since World War II, bringing eurosceptic populists to the heart of Europe.

Ukraine yesterday said that the southern port city of Odessa was attacked by Iranian-made drones overnight, two days after a Russian attack with such a weapon killed two civilians.

Russia accused the United States on Saturday of “playing with fire” around Taiwan while China said it will press on working for “peaceful

Russia has sought to defend its seven-month old war, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov telling the United Nations that regions of Ukraine where widely-criticised referendums are being held would get Russia's "full protection" if annexed by Moscow.

Gov Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for all of Florida on Saturday as Tropical Storm Ian gained strength over the Caribbean and was forecast to become a major hurricane soon on a track toward the state.

Twelve more bodies were recovered yesterday after a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon sunk off Syria’s coast, raising the overall toll to 89,

Nasa has called off the scheduled Tuesday’s launch of its historic uncrewed mission to the Moon due to a tropical storm that is forecast to

Ukraine said on Friday it would downgrade diplomatic ties with Iran over Tehran’s decision to supply Russian forces with drones, a move President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called “a collaboration with evil”. 

The popular revolt in Iran triggered by the death of a woman held by police is unlikely to pose an immediate threat to clerical rulers whose elite security forces have crushed one protest after another in recent years. 

The official death toll has doubled to 35 in a crackdown by Iran’s security forces on more than a week of protests that erupted after the death of a young woman in custody. 

China has accused the United States of sending “very wrong, dangerous signals” on Taiwan, and has told Washington that it had “no right to interfere” in whatever methods Beijing may use to “resolve” the Taiwan issue. 

The death toll from a capsized boat off Cambodia’s coast rose to three Chinese nationals yesterday, with a further nine rescued in Vietnamese waters and eight still missing, Cambodian authorities said. 

Moscow replaced its top logistics general yesterday after a series of setbacks as Kremlin-held regions of eastern and southern Ukraine voted for a second day on becoming part of Russia. 

Australian police yesterday located the body of a five-year-old boy trapped in floods west of Sydney, the latest death from a prolonged period of heavy rainfall.  

Powerful storm Fiona yesterday slammed into eastern Canada with hurricane-force winds, blowing over trees and powerlines and leaving

President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday that Iran must "deal decisively with those who oppose the country's security and tranquility", Iranian state media reported.

A group of 32 countries, including Bangladesh and India, have called for urgent and comprehensive reform of the UN Security Council, to deliver solutions for pressing and evolving developmental challenges, poverty, climate change, pandemics, global food security, international conflicts and terrorism.

Ukraine will never forgive Russia for a shameful conflict which has thrown back Russia's development by half a century to Soviet times predating Mikhail Gorbachev, journalist and Nobel Peace laureate Dmitry Muratov told Reuters.

Voting on whether Russia should annex Kremlin-controlled regions of Ukraine opened yesterday as the West denounced the referendum that has dramatically raised the stakes of Moscow’s seven-month invasion.