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Almost one in three people in Gaza are going days without eating, the UN's food aid programme has warned. The World Food Programme says malnutrition is surging with 90,000 women and children in urgent need of treat
A baby boy was born mid-flight on an Air India Express plane bound for Mumbai from Muscat, with cabin crew and a nurse, who happened to be one of the passengers-assisting in the emergency delivery. As soon as the T
The International Court of Justice has delivered its historic first advisory opinion on the obligations of States in relation to climate change. The top United Nations court has cleared the way for countries to sue
US President Donald Trump's administration has released a trove of records on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, including FBI surveillance files on the civil rights leader. A court-imposed order had kept
At least 19 people have died and 164 were injured after a Bangladeshi air force training jet crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka. Footage from Milestone School and College in the northern suburb of U
A sustained Ukrainian drone attack on Russia has caused Moscow's major airports to be temporarily closed and has seen at least 140 flights cancelled. According to the Russian defence ministry, more than 230 Ukraini
Three officers have died following an explosion at a law enforcement training facility in East Los Angeles. Officials say the blast occurred yesterday at the Biscailuz Centre Academy Training Facility, which house
Continuous heavy rainfall in parts of Mumbai has led to flooding, especially in low-lying areas of the India’s financial capital. The flooding has disrupted suburban train services and forced the closure of schoo
United States President Donald Trump has laid out a pair of steps intended to pressure Russia to end its war in Ukraine, including funneling new weapons to Kyiv and threatening economic punishment on Moscow if peace is
The London Southend Airport has confirmed a small plane crash this morning with no details on where the plane was heading or how many people were on board at the time of the crash. In a statement on social media, t
President Donald Trump has announced that the European Union and Mexico will face a 30 percent tariff on imports to the US from 1st August. He warned he would impose even higher import taxes if either of the US tra
A preliminary report into the Air India crash last month finds that both fuel control switches were moved to cut-off position - a step that usually turns off the engines - moments before the plane crashed. The repo
At least 15 Palestinians — including eight children and two women — were killed in an Israeli airstrike outside a clinic in central Gaza. BBC News says according to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the victims were qu
U.S. President Donald Trump says there would be “no extensions†granted to the new August 1 deadline he set for U.S. trading partners to negotiate new deals or face significantly higher tariffs on goods imported fro
At least 90 people have died after devastating floods hit central Texas. Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp that sits along the Guadalupe River, has confirmed that 27 campers and counselors died in weekend flood
At least 69 people have been killed after flash floods swept through parts of central Texas. Kerrville County Sheriff Larry Leitha confirms 59 people, including 21 children, have been killed in the county, as other
Four people in the United States have been killed and at least 14 others wounded when gunmen opened fire on a crowd outside a lounge in downtown Chicago. According to police, the mass shooting took place on Wednes
Sean "Diddy" Combs has been found guilty of transportation for prostitution following a landmark trial in New York - but cleared of more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. Sky News repo
Anti-war demonstrators and the families of Israeli hostages held protests in Tel Aviv, the capital city of Israel, to demand a ceasefire in Gaza following the truce between Israel and Iran. Rallygoers urged Prime M
Japan executed a man yesterday who killed nine people after contacting them on social media, the first use of capital punishment in the country in nearly three years. Takahiro Shiraishi had been sentenced to death
