Category World News

Hamas has released the names of three hostages due to be freed on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel, after days of fears over the future of the ceasefire. They are Russian-Israeli Alexander Troufanov, Argentinian-Israeli Yair Horn, and…

Sir Keir Starmer has reaffirmed Britain will back Ukraine’s “irreversible path” to joining Nato despite US President Donald Trump appearing to rule out membership. The prime minister told Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky the UK stood by a pledge made alongside…

Pope Francis will be admitted to hospital in Rome to undergo treatment and tests for bronchitis, the Vatican has said. The 88-year-old will arrive at the Gemelli hospital after his morning audiences on Friday, a short statement said. The Pope…

McLaughlin family Danielle McLaughlin’s body was found in Goa in 2017 A man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of an Irish woman backpacking in India. Danielle McLaughlin, 28, from County Donegal, was found dead in a…

Large debris and mud flow pushed a Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) vehicle into the Pacific Ocean in Malibu on Thursday. The LAFD member was able to exit his car and went to hospital with minor injures, fire officials said.…

A Russian drone attack has hit the radiation shelter over the damaged reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The overnight strike hit the shelter of the plant’s destroyed former fourth power unit, causing…

Parents should be allowed to buy baby milk formula using loyalty points and vouchers, the regulator has said after a probe into the market. Restrictions on price promotions and discounts on formula should remain in place so mothers are not…

Perhaps most importantly, there is a huge cultural weight placed on rugby. St Joseph’s first team are presented with their festival shirts at a special assembly before singing, some in tears, to the rest of the school. “It really is…

West Ham boss Graham Potter said he “wasn’t in a good place” after he was sacked by Chelsea but that it made him a “stronger person”. Potter was dismissed by Chelsea in April 2023, less than seven months after replacing…

The trial heard Kerr and her partner Kristie Mewis had been out drinking when they were driven to Twickenham Police Station by a taxi driver who complained that they had refused to pay clean-up costs after Kerr was sick, and…