The World Meteorological Organisation confirmed yesterday that continental Europe recorded in 2021 its highest ever temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius, and warned that new extremes were expected.

Aid groups yesterday condemned a decision by several countries to suspend funding for the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), pointing to a “worsening humanitarian catastrophe” and “looming famine” in Gaza.

Elon Musk yesterday said his Neuralink startup had installed a brain implant in its first human patient with “promising” initial results.

Israel said undercover commandos killed three Palestinians in a raid on a hospital in the occupied West Bank yesterday, a further sign that Israel’s offensive in Gaza is spreading to other fronts.

At least 12 Rohingyas were killed and dozens injured in the Myanmar military’s recent shelling of Rohingya villages, the UN Human Rights Office said in a statement yesterday, calling for the protection of the population from acts of genocide.

North Korea fired another round of cruise missiles yesterday, Seoul’s military said, extending a recent flurry of tests of weapons that analysts warned could be destined for Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Immigration is expected to add 6.1 million people to the UK population by mid-2036, according to official projections that add pressure on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over a sensitive issue in the run-up to an election.

Italian authorities have accused OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, of breaching EU data protection law, giving the US firm 30 days to respond.

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Tuesday at least 26,751 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory during the war between militants and Israel

Soldier says after deserting Myanmar military; junta shaken by rebel advances, losses of men

A special court of Pakistan established under the Official Secrets Act on Tuesday handed both former premier Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi 10 years in jail in the cipher case

In a second successful anti-piracy operation in 36 hours, an Indian naval warship foiled an attempt by pirates to hijack an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel off the east coast of Somalia and rescued 19 Pakistani crew members on board who were taken hostage by 11 Somali pirates, the Navy said today

Authorities in Colombia seized 130 poisonous frogs being trafficked through the Bogota airport on Monday and arrested the Brazilian woman carrying them

North Korea fired several cruise missiles into the waters off its west coast on Tuesday, Seoul's military said, the latest in a string of weapons tests carried out by Pyongyang this year

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday asked the United Nations' agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) to immediately look into the "deeply troubling" allegations that some of its staff were involved in the deadly October 7 attacks in southern Israel

The United States vowed to take "all necessary actions" to defend American forces after a drone attack killed three US troops in Jordan, while Qatar said it hoped US retaliation would not damage regional security or undercut progress toward a new Gaza hostage-release deal

More than 50 people including women, children and two UN peacekeepers were killed in attacks along South Sudan’s border with Sudan, officials said, the deadliest in a spate of incidents since 2021 related to a boundary dispute.

The killing of three US troops and wounding of dozens more on Sunday evening by Iran-backed militants is piling political pressure on President Joe Biden to deal a blow directly against Iran, a move he’s been reluctant to do out of fear of igniting a broader war.

Israel launched an assault overnight on Gaza’s main northern city weeks after pulling back from there, residents said yesterday, while heavy fighting has continued around hospitals in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.

Ukraine yesterday rejected Russia’s claim that it had captured a tiny village in the east, as battles grind on nearly two years into Moscow’s invasion.