Italy’s foreign minister has canceled a planned visit to the United States over comments President Donald Trump made about Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni earlier this week.

’’I was honoured to be aboard Air Force One last night on its final flight,’’ Monica Crowley, the US chief of protocol, said on X.

A new round of direct talks between the US and Iran have been postponed after Vice-President JD Vance delayed a planned trip to Switzerland.

Afghanistan’s government on Friday claimed it had carried out strikes against alleged ISIS-linked targets in Pakistan’s border regions.

For many cardiac patients, risk does not end with surgery. It follows them home after discharge, when follow-up can be delayed and warning signs may be missed.

India’s thermal coal imports fell to a 4-year low in January-May due to higher local ​output and rising renewable energy generation, commodities consultancy BigMint said.

A super El Nino is likely to unsettle global weather and threaten food output in the coming months, but near record world inventories, expectations ​of near-normal conditions in some key producing regions and advanced planning could limit the fallo

Thirty-five people have been killed after gunmen struck Niger’s largest airport on Thursday, officials say - the second attack in less than five months.

FIFA World Cup 2026 cohosts Mexico became the first team to reach the knockout rounds with a 1-0 win over South Korea at a delirious Guadalajara Stadium on Thursday.

Talks that had been planned for ​Friday between the ‌United States and Iran at the Burgenstock mountaintop ​resort in Switzerland ​will not take place, ⁠according to a ​Swiss foreign ministry statement.

Dark Horse England moving out for the first time in the 2026 World Cup produced two stunning goals in the second half to out-play Croatia at the Dallas Stadium, USA yesterday.

Indonesia will suspend its free meal scheme during holiday periods, after mass protests in the capital condemned wasteful spending and demanded that the goverment address worsening economic conditions.

Labour mayor Andy ​Burnham cleared a path to ousting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after winning a parliamentary seat in northern England on Friday in what could be most consequential ‌local election in more than six decades.

As policymakers gather in Islamabad for the Breathe Pakistan International Climate Change Conference over May 6 and 7, the urgency of the climate challenge is undeniable. Yet beneath the speeches and symbolic gestures lies a harsher truth: Pakistan r

In the crowded streets of Karachi in Pakistan, narcotics are no longer confined to hidden corners or criminal enclaves. They move through smartphone apps, courier-style delivery networks and organised supply chains that reach affluent neighbourhoods,

The Major Oak, one of the UK’s most iconic trees due to its vast age, size and links to the legend of Robin Hood, is believed by experts to have died.

Bars in Boston are gearing up for a second tidal wave of drinking by Scotland’s Tartan Army of football fans who nearly drained some pubs of all their beer in the first ​weekend of their World Cup occupation of the city.

Three Saudi-flagged supertankers carrying 6 million barrels of crude sailed through the Strait of Hormuz ​on Thursday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a deal with Iran to end the war that has disrupted global energy supplies.

As many as 100 million Chinese consumers are struggling to service their personal debt, fueling a largely hidden crisis that threatens Beijing’s efforts to revive the world’s second-largest economy.

The UAE Cabinet has issued a resolution regulating children’s access to social media platforms and sets the minimum age for social media use at 15 years.

Telegram has taken the Indian government to court over its decision to temporarily ban the messaging platform days before millions of students retake a crucial medical entrance examination.

Russia has offered India access to the Tomtor rare earth metals deposit in the republic of Sakha (Yakutia), one of the world’s largest undeveloped sources of rare earth elements, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing a source familiar with the talks.

China’s expanding footprint in Spain’s ports is raising concerns in Brussels and among security experts, who warn that commercial infrastructure near key naval facilities could one day serve military or intelligence purposes.

The FBI thwarted a plot targeting Sunday’s UFC event at the White House and has arrested five men, the US justice department said on Tuesday.

Global crude oil prices remained below the key US$80 per barrel mark on Wednesday, easing from recent highs as expectations of improved oil supply and easing geopolitical tensions weighed on the market.

Yum! Brands is selling its struggling Pizza Hut chain in a deal worth $2.7bn (£2bn), the company has announced.

A Chinese-linked hacking group spent more than a year secretly stealing data from U.S. and Canadian academic, medical and military research institutions, before being ​detected, Google said on Monday.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) said the government has restricted Telegram in India for a limited period and asked the platform to disable message editing, after cheating rackets used it to spread fake NEET leak claims. The steps are aimed at prot

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to a 31-year high on Tuesday, ​marking another landmark step in normalising monetary policy as it focused on taming price pressures from the energy shock caused by the Iran war.

An influential Protestant church in China has said two of its leaders were detained after more than dozens of congregants, including children, were rounded up for interrogation.