Hong Kong has been bracing for the outcome of the territory's largest ever national security trial for months.

The first time the world learns whether the UK has allowed Ukraine to fire British Storm Shadow cruise missiles inside Russia will probably be the moment they are actually used. 

If there’s one thing that defines what Russia has become over the past 1000 days, it’s the letter Z.

Russia has been strongly criticised by Britain's foreign secretary for vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution pressing for a ceasefire in war-torn Sudan.

An undersea fibre optic cable between Germany and Finland has stopped working and might have been deliberately cut by an unknown party, according to authorities.

Barely anyone speaks – there is virtual silence apart from the sounds of passing vehicles and the wind whipping through flags and photographs commemorating the dead in a war that started 1,000 days ago when Russia invaded.

Two British men have been killed in Spain after their car hit a suspected drug trafficking boat when it fell out on a dual carriageway.

Gisele Pelicot's sons have faced their "devil" father in court, with one saying he wanted to vomit when his mother revealed how he had let strangers rape her for years.

The Kremlin's reaction to reports that Washington has lifted restrictions on how Ukraine uses its weapons was nothing we haven't heard before.

At least eight people have died in the northern Philippines after high winds and torrential rain from Typhoon Man-yi triggered storm surges and landslides.

A beauty queen who found herself at the centre of a citizenship row in South Africa has come second in the Miss Universe competition - representing Nigeria.

An acclaimed Russian ballet dancer has died aged 39 after reportedly falling off a balcony while on painkillers.

Schools have been shut in New Delhi after "hazardous" toxic smog worsened.

An Australian indigenous politician who heckled King Charles during his visit to the country last month has been censured.

Dozens of people are said to have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza, while in Beirut, another Israeli strike has reportedly killed Hezbollah's head of media relations.

Several people have been killed after Russia launched its largest aerial attack on Ukraine since August.

If you know a teacher, or you are a teacher, you'll understand that many in the profession consider their jobs one of the best in the world, while also acknowledging it can be one of the most stressful.

The UK will double the amount of aid to Sudan and neighbouring countries, providing more than £110m to those affected by the war.

At least eight people have died after a stabbing attack at a Chinese school, with 17 others injured.

Heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Sara has caused widespread flooding along the northern coast of Honduras.

Ten newborn babies have died after a fire swept through a neonatal intensive care unit at a hospital in northern India.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticised a phone call between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying it has opened a "Pandora's box".

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, The Guardian newspaper, and even the Clifton Suspension Bridge have joined swathes of people deserting Elon Musk's social media site X.

The frozen remains of a sabre-toothed cat thought to be about 31,800 years old have been studied for the first time in history, according to a study.