President Donald Trump threw a summit of Nato leaders into disarray yesterday as he demanded the United States cut trade ties with Spain and made renewed claims on Greenland, but later changed tack and said there had been love and “a lot of unity”.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez played down the rift and said he had had a "very cordial" conversation with Trump during the summit

Ukraine has been struggling to down Russian ballistic missiles since this year's US-Israeli war against Iran hit supplies of the crucial US-made Patriot interceptors

The potential reclosure of the Strait of Hormuz led to a sea of red on equity trading screens in markets across the world

"To me, I think it's over. I don't want to deal with them," Trump said ahead of a NATO summit in the Turkish capital Ankara.

Iran warns of further action as Washington revokes oil export licence

A paramedic, hair bands and nail scissors helped deliver a newborn as twin quakes left thousands dead and missing

Relatives mourn loved ones killed in the conflict as an estimated 100,000 people have died since the 2021 military coup, according to ACLED

Iraqi authorities declared today a public holiday

US forces launched strikes on Iran on Tuesday after three commercial vessels were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, the US military said.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and senior Iraqi officials receive the remains of the late supreme leader

Two bombs exploded yesterday near a hotel in Damascus where French President Emmanuel Macron spent the night, wounding 18 people and overshadowing the first visit to Syria by a European Union head of state since Bashar al-Assad was toppled.

South Korea yesterday began enforcing a revised law targeting false information posted online, toughening penalties for repeat offenders despite concerns over the impact on free speech.

French far-right chief Marine Le Pen’s political future remained uncertain yesterday after a court sentenced her to a year under house arrest, potentially hampering a campaign for next year’s presidential elections when her party has its strongest chance yet of winning power.

Two tankers were hit in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, including an LNG carrier at risk of explosion, as huge crowds mourning Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei thronged the holy city of Qom.

The death toll from devastating storms in parts of China rose to 17 yesterday, with hundreds more injured and tens of thousands evacuated, state media reported, as President Xi Jinping urged “all out” rescue efforts.

India will supply Indonesia with long-range missiles, an Indian official said yesterday as their leaders agreed to deepen ties in defence, critical minerals and other areas.

British anti-immigrant politician Nigel Farage announced yesterday he would resign as a member of parliament to run in a snap by-election, in a high-stakes gamble following scrutiny over his finances.

At least nine policemen and 15 militants were killed in an overnight clash in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, authorities said yesterday.

An Indian court directed the federal government to unblock the X account of the youth Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) yesterday, more than a month since it went offline after amassing some 200,000 followers within days of being created, its founder and a lawyer involved in the case said.