Israel's nine-day bombardment of Gaza has "set Hamas back by many years", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. Israel and Palestinian militant groups in Gaza again exchanged fire overnight into the early hours of Wednesday. Diplomati...
The New York attorney general's office says it is investigating the Trump Organization "in a criminal capacity". A spokesman for the state's top prosecutor, Letitia James, said the inquiry into Mr Trump's property company was "no longer purely civil...
Some $5.8m (£4.2m) recovered by UK agencies that was stolen by a Nigerian former governor and laundered in Britain have now been returned to Nigeria, the Nigerian authorities say. Former Delta state Governor James Ibori was convicted of money launde...
Repair works at a reservoir in Italy have revealed the remains of a village that had been submerged for decades. Lake Resia, in the north of the country, is best known for the church steeple emerging from its icy waters. The iconic scene has even ...
Joe Biden has brought back a US presidential tradition by releasing his tax return, the White House said. The filing shows he and his wife earned $607,336 (£430,000) last year and paid $157,414 in federal income tax. Their income fell from 2019 whe...
More than 90 people are missing after a barge off the coast of India's Mumbai city sank amid a severe cyclone. The Indian navy said it had rescued 177 of the 270 people aboard and that efforts to find survivors were ongoing. Three other commercial...
The European Union's drugs regulator has said the Pfizer Covid vaccine can now be stored at fridge temperature for much longer than it previously recommended. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said that once the vaccines thawed, unopened vials cou...
US President Joe Biden has voiced his support for a ceasefire after eight days of violence between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza. Mr Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US was working with Egypt and other countri...
British tourists will be allowed to enter Portugal from next Monday, the Portuguese authorities have announced. Portugal is on the UK's "green" list for unrestricted travel from then, but there had been confusion over whether the Portuguese would re...
India has begun distributing a new locally developed drug to treat Covid-19 symptoms. Authorities have approved 2-DG and it is to be first used in hospitals across the capital, Delhi. According to a government statement, it "will be of immense be...
