The nightmare scenario: Are we on the eve of a global war?
In the aftermath of yesterday’s airstrike killing 500 Palestinians in a Gaza hospital, what are the risks of the conflict escalating into a regional or even global...
Biden sides with Israel on hospital air strike during Netanyahu meeting
Tensions in the Middle East are currently high following the hospital rocket attack that claimed hundreds of lives, with Israel and the Palestinians exchanging...
Update 2 | Suspect in MP’s murder gives name as ‘death to traitors', linked with white supremacy

Thomas Mair, 52, remanded in custody after he was charged with the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox • US human rights NGO publishes 'proof' that...

Thomas Mair, 52, remanded in custody after he was charged...

Belgian police arrest 12 in anti-terror raids

Belgian police arrest 12 people suspected of plotting a terrorist attack...

Belgian police arrest 12 people suspected of plotting a...

Canada passes assisted suicide bill

Canadian Senate passes law to allow doctors to euthanise terminally ill patients  

Canadian Senate passes law to allow doctors to euthanise...

Texas school being sued after classmates allegedly pulled girl by the neck with a rope

The injuries happened during the class’s overnight campout at the end of April when a group of students began to play with a rope swing hanging from a...

The injuries happened during the class’s overnight...

Facebook, Twitter and Google sued for ‘material support’ of Daesh

The family of a US student studying in Paris, who was a victim of the Daesh...

The family of a US student studying in Paris, who was a...

US diplomats urge for strikes against Assad

51 officials signed an internal memo calling for military strikes against...

51 officials signed an internal memo calling for military...

Two-year-old boy killed in mother's arms by sniper as they fled Fallujah, Iraq

Sniper wounds mother and kills her two-year-old son as they tried to escape the besieged city of Fallujah

Sniper wounds mother and kills her two-year-old son as they...

Updated | UK Labour MP dies after being shot twice and stabbed

41-year-old Jo Cox was also kicked and left lying bleeding on the pavement in...

41-year-old Jo Cox was also kicked and left lying bleeding...

Update | EgyptAir MS804 black box recovered, found damaged

The cockpit voice recorder of the crashed EgyptAir flight has been recovered;...

The cockpit voice recorder of the crashed EgyptAir flight...

Apple up for internet hero of the year, Donald Trump for villain

The US presumptive Republican presidential candidate earned his Internet...

The US presumptive Republican presidential candidate earned...

Man whose image defined apartheid brutality still unidentified

40 years to the day after Soweto students took to the streets in protest in...

40 years to the day after Soweto students took to the...

Cliff Richard will not face sex abuse charges

Prosecutors say there is insufficient evidence to proseucte; singer slams BBC...

Prosecutors say there is insufficient evidence to...

Financial institutions found to invest in internationally banned munition

United Kingdom, Canada, France and Germany, among others, have been noted in a PAX report to have financial institutions investing in cluster bombs, which are...

United Kingdom, Canada, France and Germany, among others,...

Mossack Fonseca IT worker arrested over data theft

Computer technician at Geneva branch of Mossack Fonseca arrested on suspicion...

Computer technician at Geneva branch of Mossack Fonseca...

EgyptAir crash wreckage found in Mediterranean

Egyptian investigators find wreckage of EgyptAir flight MS804 that crashed...

Egyptian investigators find wreckage of...

Melbourne cycling track tacker close to being identified

The police in Melbourne have reportedly narrowed down on a man who has been...

The police in Melbourne have reportedly narrowed down on a...

Phillipine president-elect to negotiate with Maoist rebels

Rodrigo Duterte will resume formal peace negotiations with Maoist-led rebels,...

Rodrigo Duterte will resume formal peace negotiations with...

Bill Gates' chicken faux pas

Bill Gates offers to donate 100,000 hens to Bolivia, which produces just under 200 million chickens annually

Bill Gates offers to donate 100,000 hens to Bolivia, which...