A man wrote birthday cards for the first 30 years of his twin daughters' lives as he was dying from an aggressive brain tumour. Nick, from Lindfield, West Sussex, died in 2020 at the age of 34. His twin daughters, Rose and Sophia, were just 17 months old at the time. His wife

Wagner mercenaries are no longer participating in “any significant capacity” in combat operations in Ukraine, the Pentagon said Thursday, more than two weeks after the group’s aborted mutiny in Russia. “At this stage, we do not see Wagner forces participating in

Japanese TV personality Ryuchell has been found dead by their manager at the agency's office in Tokyo. The 27-year-old's cause of death has not yet been confirmed, but police said they are investigating if they took their own life. Ryuchell married a fellow model, Peco in

The reformist winner of Thailand's elections in May faces an uncertain vote as he runs for prime minister at the opening of parliament. Pita Limjaroenrat swept to victory as voters rejected conservative military rule that had been in place since a coup in 2014. But he needs the

Hundreds of residents have been evacuated in the Indian capital Delhi as the water level of the Yamuna river continues to rise. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said it had reached a 45-year high, already rising above the "danger mark". Some near Delhi have seen record

Ex-President Donald Trump can be held liable for disparaging comments he made about a woman who accused him of rape, the US Department of Justice has said. The department previously maintained Mr Trump was legally immune as he was president when he made remarks in 2019. But on

Russia launched a wave of drones to attack Kyiv and other regions for a second consecutive night, with air defence systems engaged in repelling the aerial weapons hours before Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was to meet with leaders of the NATO military alliance. All

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) swept the West Bengal panchayat elections, winning a majority in all three tiers of the rural local government. The TMC won 2,552 out of 3,317 gram panchayats, 232 panchayat samitis, and 12 out of 20 zilla parishads. The BJP was a distant second, winning only

North Korea has fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Japanese and South Korean officials report. The long-range missile flew for more than an hour before landing short of Japanese waters on Wednesday morning. Pyongyang's launch comes after it threatened

Nato states have said Ukraine can join the military alliance "when allies agree and conditions are met" after President Volodymyr Zelensky criticised the "absurd" delay to accession. In a communique, Nato said it recognised the need to move faster but would not be

All six people aboard a tourist helicopter in Nepal were killed when it crashed soon after take-off near Mount Everest on Tuesday, aviation authorities said. The Manang Air chopper was heading for the capital Kathmandu from near Lukla, the gateway for climbing expeditions to the

The head of the BBC will be questioned today over allegations that one of its top presenters paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit images. Director-general Tim Davie is due to be quizzed when he faces the media for a scheduled briefing this afternoon. A male member of

The beginning of July was the hottest week on record for the planet as a whole, according to the World Meteorological Organization. This year had already seen the hottest June on record, the UN body said, driven by climate change and the early stages of an El Niño weather pattern.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin for three hours, days after a short-lived rebellion led by the mercenary chief and his private army, the Kremlin has confirmed. Monday’s announcement came shortly after Russia’s defence

The Spanish coastguard says it has rescued 86 people from a boat off the Canary Islands that had been spotted earlier in the day by a rescue plane. A plane and ship were dispatched to initially search for a fishing vessel from Senegal that had about 200 people on board and had been

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to support Sweden's bid to join Nato, the military alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg says. He said the Turkish leader would forward Sweden's bid to parliament in Ankara and "ensure ratification". Meanwhile,

Russian President Vladimir Putin met mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin after the failed Wagner group mutiny last month, the Kremlin says. Prigozhin, who heads the mercenary group, was among 35 Wagner commanders invited to the meeting in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov added.

The United States military says it has killed a leader of the ISIL (ISIS) group in eastern Syria in a drone strike. The strike on Friday resulted in the death of Osama al-Muhajer, the US Central Command said in a statement on Sunday. “We have made it clear that we remain

Spanish rescuers are searching waters off the Canary Islands for a boat carrying at least 200 African migrants who went missing more than a week ago. The aid group Walking Borders says the fishing boat sailed from Kafountine, a coastal town in southern Senegal that is roughly 1,700km

Six people including three children have been killed in a kindergarten stabbing in China's south-eastern Guangdong province. Police said they have arrested a 25-year-old man with the surname Wu in Lianjiang town. The other victims are a teacher and two parents, AFP reported,