World

Israel has said 24 hostages are alive in Gaza – after Donald Trump said there were 21. The US president told reporters on Tuesday...

India has fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory, Pakistani security officials have said. Locations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and in the country’s eastern...

The writer of Conclave has said he believes the role of women in the Catholic Church will be a “big issue” for the next...

Friedrich Merz has become Germany’s new chancellor after winning a second vote in the country’s parliament. He unexpectedly failed in the first parliamentary ballot...

The UK and India have struck an “ambitious” trade deal that will slash tariffs on products such as whisky and gin.  The agreement will...

Munzir is hunched over in a chair when we get to the office of a displacement camp for the undocumented in Sudan’s capital. He...

The cardinals have arrived, the finishing touches are being made; Vatican City is preparing for an election like no other. On Wednesday, the papal...

Israel has approved a plan to capture all of the Gaza Strip and remain there for an unspecified length of time, Israeli officials say....

Yemen’s Houthi rebel group has said 15 people have been injured in “US-British” airstrikes in and around the capital Sanaa. Most of those hurt...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to retaliate against the Houthis and their Iranian “masters” after the group launched a missile attack on...

The Israeli Air Force is regarded as one of the country’s most elite units. So, when hundreds of current and former pilots call for...

The smell of explosives is still in the air when we arrive. Hours before, a displacement camp in Atbara housing families who fled the...

A ship carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza has been bombed by drones while it was in international waters. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, the NGO...

Emergency crews in Israel are battling a wildfire that sent smoke drifting over Jerusalem and forced drivers to run from their cars. About 5,000...

This is a significant moment in this war. It strengthens ties between Ukraine and the US which have been fraying to the point of...

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...