U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith urged the federal judge presiding over the prosecution of Donald Trump for his retention of classified records to deny the former president’s request to postpone his criminal trial.

A police investigation has been launched after a chopped finger was sent to the official residence of the French president, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday debated proposed amendments to its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, an annual bill setting policy for the Pentagon, including measures that could change the military’s policy on hot-button issues like abortion rights.

The Pacific Islands Forum chair Mark Brown says the planned release of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean cannot be a breach of the Rarotonga Treaty as it’s a controlled release and not a dump.

A Russian general said he had been dismissed as a commander after telling the military leadership about the dire situation at the front in Ukraine, where he said Russian soldiers had been stabbed in the back by the failings of the top military brass.

COVID vaccine makers should price their updated shots for the fall at a reasonable rate that would reflect the benefits they received through government investments, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said.

A prolonged heat wave blanketed a swath of the U.S. stretching from California to South Florida, with forecasters expecting temperatures that could shatter records in parts of the Southwest in the coming days.

Fifty-three children have been rushed to hospital in Nairobi after tear gas was thrown into their class by police during protests.

A senior Russian general has been killed in a missile strike in Ukraine, Russian sources have said.

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) board has given its approval for a much-needed $3bn (£2.3bn) bailout for crisis-hit Pakistan.

For twenty years, Huw Edwards anchored the BBC’s flagship News at Ten programme – watched by millions each weeknight for the latest on the day’s news.

Deadly violence has plunged Manipur, a scenic Indian state bordering Myanmar, into turmoil for more than two months.