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It was a welcome party of sorts, and it was assembled near arrivals at Heathrow’s Terminal 5. A few people clutched flowers, others brought...

👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 Yalda and Richard discuss whether there is any rationale behind...

The biggest city in the Sahel has been ransacked and left in ruins. War erupted in Sudan’s capital Khartoum in April 2023 and sent...

The UK has joined US forces in attacking a Houthi target in Yemen for the first time since Donald Trump was re-elected. The Ministry...

A paramedic in Gaza who was detained for more than five weeks following an Israeli attack that killed 15 aid workers has been released,...

A Palestinian diplomat has told the United Nations’ top court that Israel is “starving, killing and displacing” civilians and targeting aid workers in Gaza....

The conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor will begin on 7 May, the Vatican has announced. Some 135 cardinal electors – those under the...

The strategic peninsula of Crimea is crucial in US-led efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. The peninsula, which was illegally annexed by Russia...

When Canada goes to the polls today, it might be the second election Donald Trump wins in six months. The US president has transformed...

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said the US and Russia are moving in the “right direction” to end the war in Ukraine. “We...

Events in Ukraine over the last 24 hours have been utterly barbaric. Bad even by the standards of this horrendous war.   Multiple Iranian drones...

India has said it has revoked all visas issued to Pakistani nationals following a deadly attack by gunmen in Kashmir that killed 26 people....

Donald Trump wants to emulate Vladimir Putin and “govern his own country in a similar fashion”, his former national security adviser has said. Fiona...

India has closed a border crossing, suspended a water-sharing treaty and downgraded diplomatic ties with Pakistan, a day after a militant attack in Kashmir...

The White House is desperate for a breakthrough. Donald Trump vowed to end the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours of assuming office. This is...

How to describe the moment when you see the open coffin of Pope Francis?  How to sum up an experience that was shared with...

As people take a break for the Easter holiday, in the Gaza Strip there is no respite from the 18-month-long war with Israel. Gaza...

London-born teenager Carlo Acutis is about to become the first millennial saint, almost 20 years after his death. The teenager, whose Italian family moved...

The Israeli military has said its investigation into the killing of aid workers in Gaza has found there were “several professional failures, breaches of...