At least 15 people were killed as tornadoes and storms tore across central areas of the US, destroying homes and cutting power to hundreds of thousands.

A set full of flashing lights, fireworks and confetti by Coldplay closed this year’s Radio 1 Big Weekend.

Andy Murray may have played his final French Open singles match after losing to Stan Wawrinka in a one-sided first-round meeting between the veteran pair.

Warwickshire dominated a rain-affected third day with Lancashire to give themselves a chance of a first victory of the season.

Canterbury Bulldogs second-rower Viliame Kikau will sit the next four to six weeks on the sidelines after fracturing his finger.

Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad states that 39 projects valued around $1.3 billion are currently under construction.

Ten people have been killed and at least 160 other villagers have been kidnapped from a remote community in Nigeria’s central Niger state, officials say.

In the heart of Peru’s Amazon region, a poor neighbourhood put aside the trials and tribulations of everyday life and celebrated an international film festival with works from countries with tropical forests.

The Fisheries Ministry is working with its stakeholders and partners to take the aquaculture sector to greater heights.

“Anora,” a darkly funny and touching drama about a young exotic dancer who becomes involved with a Russian oligarch’s son, won the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or.

Emergency crews in Papua New Guinea on Monday continued their rescue efforts to find survivors after more than 670 people were feared killed in a massive landslide which flattened a remote village in the Pacific nation’s northern region.

Israeli air strikes killed at least 35 Palestinians and wounded dozens in an area in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah designated for the displaced, Palestinian health and civil emergency service officials said.