Ukraine fired hundreds of drones at Russia early yesterday, killing five people including a child, according to Russian officials.

A South Korean court yesterday sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, after finding him guilty of violating the election law by making false statements during his 2022 presidential campaign.

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday told his Brazilian counterpart that he supports the country in “opposing external interference”, Beijing’s state media said, reporting a call between the leaders.

Myanmar’s military has sharply escalated attacks on civilians since a new administration took office in the war-torn country, a conflict monitor said yesterday, even as regional governments ramp up diplomatic engagement.

Three people were killed and four others, including a toddler, were wounded on Sunday in a shooting at a downtown Seattle food ​festival, police said, adding that a suspect had been taken into custody.

The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, said yesterday the United States is “stuck and struggling” after its unprovoked attack on the country, while denying that Tehran sought to resume talks with Washington to end the war.

Shelters in France and Spain yesterday overflowed with exhausted locals and holidaymakers forced to flee blazes so massive some were forming their own mini weather systems, as authorities warned a new heatwave was set to descend on parts of the region.

Globally, people currently use roughly 7,500 languages, with English, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic and French the most common, counting native and nonnative speakers. That is a lot of languages. But it is a far cry from the peak number historically.

Insists on retaining control over the management of the Strait of Hormuz

A mass shooting near the Space Needle landmark in Seattle killed two people on Sunday and wounded at least four others, including a child

Israel will allow a multinational security force ​to enter Gaza as proposed under US President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan for the ‌enclave

Iran and the United States held their fire Sunday, handing Gulf shipping and the oil industry a respite from missile strikes as Donald Trump's UN envoy said the president was "giving talks some space"

Typhoon Noul dumped heavy to torrential rains across much of southern China for two days, authorities said, after sweeping the province of Guangdong and neighbouring Hong Kong with gale-force winds, following landfall yesterday.

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank early yesterday, setting fire to two mosques and scrawling graffiti on buildings, Palestinian officials said.

Syrian state media said Israeli forces carried out an incursion into the country’s south yesterday, a day after the visiting UN chief urged an end to Israeli violations and respect for Syria’s sovereignty.

Berlin police have published a picture of a 21-year-old man suspected of carrying out Saturday night’s attack at the celebration in which a vehicle rammed into a crowd, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia has sought an extra 30,000 troops and missile launchers from North Korea to fight his country.

Nearly five weeks after India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) began demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over exam paper leaks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 75, posted a rare Instagram selfie video.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said yesterday difficult hours lay ahead in the fight against the country’s wildfires, but officials had seen positive developments in controlling the blazes around Madrid.

Iran said yesterday it has halted retaliatory attacks against US allies in the Middle East after Washington stopped its strikes on the country for the past two nights.