Mohamed al-Fayed, the self-made Egyptian billionaire who bought the Harrods department store and promoted the discredited conspiracy theory that the British royal family was behind the death of his son and Princess Diana, has died, his family said.

The United States will continue deporting Haitian migrants back to their country.

Iceland’s government said it will resume hunting fin whales after a two-month halt, but with new guidelines aimed at killing them as quickly as possible to reduce suffering.

Hundreds of flights were cancelled in China’s Guangdong province and Hong Kong.

Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia to greet its tiny Catholic contingent.

A Ukrainian government official has confirmed to the BBC that Ukraine was behind Wednesday’s drone attack on a Russian airbase at Pskov.

At least 74 people have died – including 12 children – after a Johannesburg building fire.

Country Garden, one of China’s biggest property developers, has become the latest real estate giant to warn that it could default on its debts.

New York’s attorney general on Wednesday asked a state judge to declare, even before the start of a trial, that Donald Trump committed fraud by submitting false statements to bankers and insurers and overstating his net worth by up to $2.23 billion.

An inquiry into the murder of seven newborn babies by British nurse Lucy Letby will have legal powers to compel witnesses to give evidence, the government said on Wednesday.

Hurricane Idalia plowed into Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday with howling winds, torrential rains and pounding surf, then weakened as it turned its fury on southeastern Georgia, where floodwaters trapped some residents in their homes.

In Hong Kong’s highest court, five judges are deliberating whether to recognise same-sex marriages conducted overseas.