China has released the first pictures taken by its Zhurong rover on Mars. The forward view shows the landscape ahead of the robot as it sits on its landing platform; the rear-looking image reveals Zhurong's solar panels. The rover touched down on t...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netnayahu has just briefed foreign journalists on the efforts to end the fighting. “We’re not standing with a stopwatch," he said. "We are taking care of the operation’s objectives.” He said earlier that Israel was f...
The head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK has said the latest outbreak of fighting is part of a much bigger historical picture. "This isn’t a confrontation between Netanyahu and Hamas, this as a confrontation that has lasted for 100 years, betwe...
Google has unveiled a tool that uses artificial intelligence to help spot skin, hair and nail conditions, based on images uploaded by patients. A trial of the "dermatology assist tool", unveiled at the tech giant's annual developer conference, Googl...
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for a diplomatic boycott of next year's Winter Olympics in Beijing due to concerns over human rights abuses. While athletes would still participate, Ms Pelosi said heads of state should not attend. Ms Pelos...
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...
