EPAAnura Kumara Dissanayake offered voters a break with the established political orderLeft-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic second round of counting.No candidate won more than 50% of the total votes in the...
Some X users in Brazil were once again able to access the social media platform on Wednesday despite a ban imposed by the nation’s judiciary last month.Brazilian users swarmed the site after X, which is owned by tech billionaire Elon...
ReutersRupert Murdoch with his sons Lachlan (L) and James (R) pictured in 2016A court battle to determine the future of Rupert Murdoch's media empire and a £14.9bn family trust begins in the US on Monday.The case will pit 93-year-old Mr...
Getty ImagesThe UK has supplied Storm Shadow long-range missiles to Ukraine after a request from Kyiv for its fight against invading Russian forcesThere are strong indications that the US and UK are poised to lift their restrictions within days on...
Israel's military has said it was "highly likely" its forces shot dead a 26-year-old US-Turkish woman at a protest in the occupied West Bank last week, though unintentionally.Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was demonstrating in the town of Beita, near Nablus, against...
EPAIn Hanoi, people are seen battling strong windsSuper Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm in Asia this year, has killed at least four people after making landfall in northern Vietnam.The storm hit Hai Phong and Quang Ninh provinces with winds...
Jimmy McCain, son of the late Republican Senator John McCain, is endorsing Vice-President Kamala Harris following controversy around Donald Trump's recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery. He called Trump's visit last week to the military burial site "a violation". The...
Donald Trump has signalled that he will vote in favour of legalising marijuana for personal use in his home state of Florida, ahead of a ballot on the issue in November.The Republican presidential nominee wrote on his Truth Social platform...
Getty ImagesThree people are still missing after a landslide in Aichi prefectureMore than five million people in Japan have been told to evacuate their homes after the country was hit by one of its strongest typhoons in decades.At least four...
ReutersBeachgoers in Tyre saw smoke rising from the Lebanon-Israel border during Sunday's strikesFor almost a month, many here in Lebanon have been on tenterhooks, waiting for Hezbollah to retaliate against Israel. The region was waiting also, wondering if this would...
