World

Germany’s parliament has voted to reintroduce voluntary military service, but getting Gen Z recruits could prove tricky. Across the country, students gathered to demonstrate...

It would be “unacceptable” for Ukraine to “simply give up territory” in any peace deal with Russia, the head of the Ukrainian armed forces...

Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has been fined €120m (£105m) by the EU after it found rule breaches had left users...

Netflix has agreed a $72bn (£54bn) deal to secure Warner Bros Discovery’s film and TV studios and supercharge its library through rights to top...

Several websites, including Linkedin, Zoom and Canva, went down after new issues with internet provider Cloudflare. The web infrastructure company said at around 9am...

Iran’s capital is counting down to “day zero” – the day the water runs out and the taps run dry. Reservoirs that supply Tehran’s...

Russian President Vladimir Putin was given a red carpet ceremonial welcome as he arrived in New Delhi for the 23rd India-Russia summit. Breaking protocol, India’s prime...

Israel will be allowed to compete in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, organisers have said – with several broadcasters saying they will now boycott...

Australia will introduce one of the world’s toughest social media policies for children next week, with a ban that comes into effect on Wednesday....

There is a sense of impotent futility to the latest sanctions imposed by the UK on Russia in the wake of the Dawn Sturgess...

There is a desperate desire for normality in Gaza – for full shops, functioning hospitals, open schools, habitable homes and usable roads. For electricity...

There is a sense of impotent futility to the latest sanctions imposed by the UK on Russia in the wake of the Dawn Sturgess...

Israel will be allowed to compete in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, organisers have said – with several broadcasters saying they will now boycott...

The assassination attempt on a former Russian spy was authorised by Vladimir Putin, who is “morally responsible” for the death of a woman poisoned...

A Ukrainian farmer-turned-soldier in the Donbas has a message for Donald Trump as the US president attempts to broker a peace deal between Kyiv...

This community in Sri Lanka’s Kandy District is a mass of mud and loss. The narrow, filthy streets in Gampola are filled with broken...

The Americans were given the full VIP treatment on their visit to Moscow.  There was a motorcade from the airport, lunch at a Michelin-starred...

The Rafah crossing will open “in the coming days” to let Gaza residents cross into Egypt, the Israeli military’s arm that oversees aid flows...

The Americans were given the full VIP treatment on their visit to Moscow.  There was a motorcade from the airport, lunch at a Michelin-starred...