China imposed export controls on 10 US companies involved in defence and rare earths mining in response to Washington’s blacklist of Chinese firms, Beijing said yesterday.

Two students opened fire yesterday inside a school in the central Philippines, a rare campus shooting that killed three teens and wounded seven others.

Chinese authorities have launched an investigation after local media reported that a rash-causing irritant had been found in nappies from brands including Huggies, Beijing’s market watchdog said yesterday.

A huge blast at a Qatar gas hub killed 13 people and injured 66 others, the Gulf state’s energy minister said on Monday, one of the deadliest accidents at a Gulf energy facility.

World leaders are “feeding” wars instead of the hungry, Pope Leo said yesterday, telling the UN food aid agency that global priorities were badly skewed.

Thirteen people died by drowning in searing temperatures in France over the weekend, with the heatwave set to intensify from Monday across much of Europe, forcing warnings and special measures.

Moscow shot down dozens of drones in the early hours of yesterday, just days after a repeated Ukrainian strike on the city’s oil refinery, while Russian attacks in Ukraine killed at least six people, including a boy and his father, authorities said.

UK leader Keir Starmer announced his resignation yesterday following months of pressure, kickstarting a process that will see Britain get its seventh prime minister in a decade.

US Vice President JD Vance yesterday said talks with Iranian officials in Switzerland had laid a “good foundation” for a final peace deal, despite tensions over the Strait of Hormuz and Lebanon.

The leaders of Europe’s top military powers will meet Wednesday in Berlin to discuss the Ukraine conflict and an upcoming Nato summit, the German government said.

Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinian teenagers in the occupied West Bank yesterday, Palestinian officials said, while the Israeli military said the two had attacked a nearby Jewish settlement with fire bombs and burning tyres.

Other BRICS representatives, including Russia, South Africa, and Brazil, are also in New Delhi

The general license, announced by the Treasury Department, allows the sale of crude oil and petrochemical and petroleum products ​of Iranian origin through August 21

Authorities say a 'technical accident' caused explosion

Jose Luis Abalos was convicted of offences including criminal organisation, bribery, embezzlement and influence peddling

Of the victims, 224 were women and 153 children

Resignation follows months of political setbacks and falling approval ratings

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said today he would resign, with a new leader to be in place by the time parliament returns in September, paving the way for Britain to have its seventh leader in 10 years.

In France, 49 of the country's 96 mainland departments were on a red alert weather warning, up from 35 over the weekend

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi hailed the "major progress" achieved with the help of mediators Pakistan and Qatar, while the United States government has yet to issue a statement