A longtime ally of Israel, the U.K. has condemned plans to expand the settlements, which are widely considered illegal under international law.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz was a drag on his conservative party in its disastrous loss to the far right in a state election. He has vowed better communication, but no policy changes.

Technology companies have been “running real-time, unregulated product testing on Australians” for too long, communications minister says.

The latest escalation threatens to drag Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthi militia back into a full-blown war.

Melting ice is opening a trade route through the Arctic. China has begun the first regular service, part of its polar ambitions.

The authorities have not released an official list of those missing in the Tibet flood, creating an information void that people have tried to fill.

The expected move will be announced on Tuesday, officials said, and underscored Israel’s mounting isolation over its policies toward Palestinians following the war in Gaza.

The government insisted the funeral was a private affair, even as government ministers attended and state-controlled news media lavished praise on the convicted war criminal.

A blowout win by the far-right Alternative for Germany party in a state election has revealed a split among voters about whether to uphold a decades-old strategy for sidelining extremists.

The Trump administration had let the peace process enter such a freeze that a trip to Kyiv was just an initial step. Any new talks will happen alongside escalating fighting.