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The IMF, which is holding its spring meetings in Washington this week, downgraded its outlook for global growth and said its medium term forecast...

Maintenance at nine French nuclear reactors was disrupted due to the strike against the government’s planned pension reforms. About 8.2 gigawatts of the country’s...

Iranian authorities are installing cameras in public places to identify and penalise unveiled women in an attempt to rein in the increasing numbers who...

The US and the Philippines are holding their largest combat drills in decades after China conducted mock air and sea attacks off the coast...

The mother of two British-Israeli sisters who were killed last week in a shooting attack in the West Bank has died of her wounds,...

A boat carrying about 400 people “in distress” has been spotted adrift between Greece and Malta and is taking on water, support services have...

The Dalai Lama has apologised after footage emerged showing him kissing a young boy on the lips and asking him to “suck my tongue”....

A boat carrying about 400 people “in distress” has been spotted adrift between Greece and Malta and is taking on water, support services have...

Two bodies have been found under the rubble of two buildings that collapsed following an explosion in the south of France. Rescuers are continuing...

Spain’s Jon Rahm has won the 87th Masters at Augusta National. Forty years after the late Seve Ballesteros won his second Masters title and...

A British woman is in a critical condition in hospital after falling from a sixth-floor hotel balcony in Benidorm. Her 40-year-old British husband, who...

Nearly 20 military ships – about 10 Chinese and 10 Taiwanese – are involved in a stand-off near the Taiwan Strait’s sensitive median line,...

Two British-Israeli sisters who died in a shooting in the West Bank have been named by Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. One of the...

Copies of Prince Harry’s memoir smeared with the blood of Afghan people are set to go on sale – with a five-figure price tag....

US approval of the abortion medication mifepristone has been revoked, in a decision that could further disrupt reproductive healthcare for millions of people. District...

Three people have died across Israel and the West Bank in terrorist attacks as violence in the region continues. An Italian tourist, 30, was...

Several spectators had a lucky escape on Friday as strong winds brought three trees crashing down during the second round of the 87th Masters....

US approval of the abortion medication mifepristone has been revoked, in a decision that could further disrupt reproductive healthcare for millions of people. District...

An Italian tourist has been killed and several people injured in a terror attack in Tel Aviv, hours after it was confirmed that two...