Russia attacked two Ukrainian Black Sea port cities yesterday, killing three people, officials said, as Moscow intensifies pressure on Ukraine’s key trade routes.

A new wave of US attacks on Iran has plunged Iranians back into deep uncertainty and anxiety after a period of relative calm while a shaky ceasefire held.

A major wildfire that has been raging for two days in northeast Spain has reduced more than 12,000 hectares of land to ash, regional authorities said yesterday, warning of a “very high risk of spreading”.

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck southern Mexico and parts of Central America yesterday, seismologists said, with a tsunami alert briefly issued for a stretch of the Pacific coast.

Sir Garry Sobers, arguably the greatest all-rounder of all time, has died aged 89, West Indies Cricket announced yesterday.

Perched atop a mountain in Chile’s Coquimbo region, where some of the world’s darkest skies stretch over the Andes, a giant ​observatory has begun filming the infinite to create the first movie ‌of the universe.

Andy Burnham, nickna-med the ‘King of the North’, was elected leader of Britain’s governing Labour Party yesterday, the final step before becoming its seventh prime minister in a decade on a pledge to thwart the rise of the populist Reform UK.

US President Donald Trump escalated his effort to make election security a central issue in November’s midterm elections, asserting that China interfered in the 2020 presidential campaign despite a US intelligence assessment that found no evidence to support that claim.

The United States struck bridges and an airport in Iran yesterday and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, as the warring foes risked further escalation by expanding their targets to include infrastructure.

Oil prices jump and global markets fall as both sides widen the scope of their attacks

Residents flee buildings in Guatemala as earthquake rattles the region

The attacks were in response to the crimes of the arrogant enemy, Iran state TV reports

Iran's military had threatened ‘all infrastructure across the region’ in the event of any attacks on its own

Earlier, CENTCOM announced fresh wave of strikes to 'further degrade Iranian military capabilities'

More than 250,000 non-US citizens registered to vote in four states in 2020 US election, claims Trump

Urges global cooperation on its development

US says Navy will continue ensuring safe passage through Strait of Hormuz

The World Health Organization warned yesterday that Ebola was spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo more quickly than during any previous outbreak of the deadly virus.

The Trump administration yesterday moved to tighten the duration of visas for foreign students, cultural exchange visitors and journalists, according to a government notice.

The cost of a healthy diet has increased 25 percent in the past five years, putting it out of reach for one-third of the global population, according to figures released Wednesday by the United Nations.