Western Europe was in the grip of a deadly, record-setting heatwave yesterday that has killed dozens of people, closed schools, slowed trains, knocked out electricity and forced farmers to harvest grain at night.

A Pakistani court has sentenced a promiment rights activist from southern Balochistan province to life imprisonment on murder and terror charges, drawing condemnation from civil liberties advocates this week.

Three candidates backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani won Democratic primary elections for seats in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, according to US media projections.

Iran’s top diplomat spoke with a senior official from the Palestinian group Hamas regarding talks between Iran and the United States, state television reported yesterday.

Iran called the deal it struck to end the Middle East war “a declaration of America’s defeat” yesterday, as the top US diplomat kicked off a tour of Gulf countries hit hardest by Tehran.

Ukrainian strikes on Crimea triggered power outages in its largest city, Sevastopol, both sides reported yesterday, as Kyiv intensifies its attempts to cut off the peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014.

Lawyer says verdict will be challenged in high court

Iran's chief negotiator also reiterated that peace in Lebanon was a fundamental pillar of reaching a definitive agreement with Washington

First such war powers resolution to pass House and Senate

Europe's record-breaking heatwave left around 68,000 households without electricity in northwestern France on Wednesday, authorities said, in the country's first major power outage of the latest bout of extreme weather

Tehran and Washington disagree on terms, raising questions about peace deal

Israel is deliberately targeting Palestinian children in what has become a key factor in an ongoing “genocide” in Gaza, United Nations investigators charged yesterday, in a report slammed by Israel.

UN chief Antonio Guterres challenged AI firms on Tuesday to disclose their growing environmental footprint as part of a push for faster global action to curb climate change.

Two Labour lawmakers were yesterday considering whether to challenge Andy Burnham to become Britain’s next prime minister, with some concern in the party about a so-called coronation.

Saudi authorities yesterday executed seven people, bringing the total number of people executed in the kingdom this year to 100, according to an AFP tally based on official announcements.

Irani yesterday announced three days of public holidays in the capital Tehran for late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral ceremonies, state television reported.

Russia yesterday said the United States was no longer an “objective mediator” in its efforts to broker an end to the Ukraine war as it blasted Europe’s plans to bolster defence spending.

Police in Nepal arrested a former finance minister in a money-laundering case, officers said yesterday, the latest case involving a senior ex-official since 2025 anti-corruption protests toppled the government.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called again for his country to increase its military autonomy and reduce its reliance on support from the United States, according to a statement released yesterday by his office.

Czech President Petr Pavel appealed to the Constitutional Court in a dispute over the scope of his authority after the government denied his request to lead the Czech delegation at a Nato summit next month, the presidential office said yesterday.