Explosions were heard in Saudi Arabia's capital, including a large blast at Riyadh's international airport, where flights were subsequently halted.

Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores have been charged by US authorities with conspiracy to commit torture in a new superseding indictment.

Lithuania is no stranger to the threat posed by Russia given its geography and history.

Russia has denied that a second case of an infectious disease has emerged where a woman who worked at a laboratory died last week.

A school employee was killed and two others were injured after a knife attack in Poland - the second such incident in the country in two days

A junior Royal Navy serviceman accused of plotting to leak classified information to Russia has appeared in court.

The UK government said it will retain its presence in East Jerusalem as Israel insisted the British consulate in the city had "ceased to function".

The population of a penguin colony that was previously the largest in the world has fallen by almost two-thirds, a new study has revealed - with climate change thought to be a major reason for the decline. 

A Texas death row inmate has been put to death by lethal injection - despite objections following Christa Pike's botched execution last week. 

An 87-year-old woman, whose eviction from her home sparked major protests in Spain and was partly responsible for a snap election, has died.

A man who allegedly stabbed a British toddler at a playground in the French Alps will go on trial charged with attempted murder, prosecutors have said.

Russia's health watchdog claims there is no risk of an epidemic following the death of a plague institute worker in Siberia - with the Kremlin accusing the media of providing false information about the case.

A man has been arrested after seven people were injured in an attack at a school in Poland.

Lionel Messi was on the scoresheet as he played his final game for Argentina on an emotional evening in Buenos Aires.

Skydance-owned Paramount has completed its $81bn (£61bn) takeover of Warner Bros Discovery - bringing together the two media giants under a combined company.

The risk to the UK from plague is very low, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said, after the death of a laboratory worker in Russia who may have been exposed to pneumonic plague.

A plane crash in Nigeria killed all 25 on board, the country’s air force said.

A former German intelligence chief has been arrested on suspicion of passing state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, federal prosecutors said.