The Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis is at “breaking point” and risks being overwhelmed amid a surge in Israeli attacks, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said. The “continuous cycle” of mass displacement of civilians in Gaza and people being in

New Prime Minister Keir Starmer named Rachel Reeves as Britain’s first female finance minister and Angela Rayner as his deputy on Friday as he began putting together the team that will help him try to deliver on a promise rebuild the country. Reeves, 45, a former Bank of England

United States President Joe Biden used a much-anticipated interview with ABC News to reiterate that he is the candidate to beat Donald Trump in November’s presidential election and again called his recent disastrous debate against Trump “a bad episode”. Biden, 81,

Reformist Massoud Pezeshkian has been elected Iran's new president, beating his hardline conservative rival Saeed Jalili. The vote was declared in Dr Pezeshkian's favour after he secured 53.3% of the more than 30 million votes counted. Mr Jalili polled 44.3%. The run-off

Nearly 90 migrants bound for Europe died and dozens more are missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, the state news agency and a local official said on Thursday, “The Mauritanian coast guard recovered the bodies of 89 people aboard a large

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded India’s highest-ever growth registered in 2023-24 in defence production which rose to Rs 1,26,887 crore, a 16.8% increase compared to the value of production of the previous financial year. Sharing a post on ‘X’ by Defence

Sir Keir Starmer has officially become the UK's new prime minister after a meeting with the King. The Labour leader had his meeting in Buckingham Palace after Rishi Sunak stepped down following the worst ever general election result for the Conservatives. Sir Keir now takes over

Polls opened across Iran early Friday for the first presidential runoff vote in over 19 years as reformists look to regain power. Two candidates -- Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformist lawmaker and former health minister, and Saeed Jalili, a conservative former lead nuclear negotiator and

Indian police said on Thursday they had arrested six people over a stampede at a Hindu religious event in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh this week in which 121 people were killed. The incident occurred on Tuesday in the village of Phulrai Mughal Garhi in Hathras district where

The UK's Labour Party swept to power early on Friday after winning the country's general election, crossing the 326-seat threshold for a working majority in the House of Commons. "A mandate like this comes with a great responsibility," Labour leader Keir Starmer told

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said a multipolar world has become a reality, with international structures like the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the economic bloc BRICS serving as its main pillars. Speaking at a meeting of the SCO Council of Heads in Astana,

The oldest example of figurative cave art has been discovered in the Indonesian Island of South Sulawesi by Australian and Indonesian scientists. The painting of a wild pig and three human-like figures is at least 51,200 years old, more than 5,000 years older than the previous oldest

A powerful hurricane has hit Jamaica with heavy winds and rain, damaging buildings and felling trees on the Caribbean island. Beryl - a category four storm with winds of up to 130mph (215km/h) - struck the island's southern coast. Photos on social media show flooded streets and

Millions of voters are set to cast their ballots in the UK's first July general election since 1945. Polling stations, set up in buildings like local schools and community halls, will be open between 07:00 and 22:00 BST on Thursday. Around 46 million voters are eligible to elect

US President Joe Biden worked to calm senior Democrats and staff on his campaign on Wednesday, as reports suggested he was weighing his future after his disastrous debate with Donald Trump last week. Mr Biden held a closed-door lunch with Vice-President Kamala Harris at the White House

Unidentified armed men have killed around 40 people in an attack on a village in insurgent-plagued central Mali, local officials say. The attack took place on Monday in the village of Djiguibombo in Mopti region - one of several areas in Mali's north and centre where jihadist

Pakistan has called for urgent intervention to stop the genocide in Gaza, as a UN agency warned on Tuesday that new Israeli military orders for evacuation from Khan Younis would affect an estimated 250,000 people. “There is no more apt situation calling for urgent intervention to

Scientists have discovered a new tipping point toward "runaway melting" of Antarctic ice sheets, caused by warm ocean water intruding between the ice and the land it sits on, according to a study. While this type of melting has been previously studied, models used by the

An Israeli air attack has killed 12 Palestinians, including nine members of one family, in a designated “safe zone” after they followed Israel’s evacuation orders to leave eastern Khan Younis. The UN estimates that up to 250,000 people have been affected by

At least 116 people have been killed in a crush at a religious gathering in northern India, police inspector Gen Shalabh Mathur has said. The incident took place at a satsang (a Hindu religious event) in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh state. The victims, including a large number