Australia’s prime minister yesterday expressed his sorrow at the killing of a 15-year-old Aboriginal boy, insisting that the attack was clearly “racially motivated”.

Two Palestinians were killed yesterday by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.

Elon Musk yesterday began his first full day leading Twitter, with critics and fans anxious to see how the planet’s richest man will run one of the world’s leading social media platforms.

Russia yesterday announced it had finished calling up reservists to fight in Ukraine, having drafted hundreds of thousands of people in a month, with more than a quarter of them already sent to the battlefield.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has plunged Europe into an era of insecurity, Germany said yesterday, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin predicted a “dangerous” decade ahead.

The European Union on Thursday struck an agreement on legislation to phase out new CO2-emitting vehicles by 2035, negotiators announced.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the “acute threat” posed by Moscow, but China is the most consequential challenge for the United States, the Pentagon has said.

When we look at the Russia of today, there is no room for old dreams. Our countries are standing against each other today.

The historical period of the West’s undivided dominance over world affairs is coming to an end. We are standing at a historical frontier: Ahead is probably the most dangerous, unpredictable and, at the same time, important decade since the end of World War Two.

If he has no intention, why does he keep talking about it? Why is he talking about the ability to use a tactical nuclear weapon? He’s been very dangerous in how he’s approached this.

Nasa’s robotic InSight lander, in the twilight of its service after nearly four years on Mars, is revealing new details about Earth’s closest planetary neighbour based on data from two big meteorite impacts that shed light on the Martian crust’s structure.

Everybody is holding its breath about this. Further tests, of course, means that they are refining the preparations and the construction of their arsenal.

Nigeria yesterday said it had beefed up security and called for the public to be vigilant but calm after the United States and Britain warned of a high “terror” threat in the capital Abuja.

Like many around the world, Iceland’s prime minister delved into her hobby during the pandemic. Now, the crime novel she co-wrote with one of Iceland’s most popular authors has just been published.

Israeli forces killed two Palestinians on Friday, Palestinian sources said, in what the Israeli military said was a response to a shooting at soldiers in the occupied West Bank.

Iraqi lawmakers approved a new government on Thursday ending over a year of deadlock, but still faces many challenges.

Israeli and Lebanese leaders signed a landmark US-brokered agreement on their maritime boundary yesterday, marking a diplomatic departure from decades

Iran’s president yesterday claimed “riots” sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death paved the way for “terrorist” attacks, a day after a gunman killed at least 15 people at a Muslim shrine.

Government pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for an average 2.8 degrees Celsius temperature rise this century, after “woefully inadequate” progress to curb warming, a United Nations report said.

Bees order numbers in increasing size from left to right, a study has shown for the first time, supporting the much-debated theory that this direction is inherent in all animals including humans.