Iran says it has given the US a "concrete" seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

The Pope has greeted crowds as he was driven around the streets of Paris in his popemobile.

James Copenhaver, one of three people shot during an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a campaign rally, has died.

At least three people have been injured after a building collapsed following a powerful explosion near the Acropolis in central Athens, officials have said.

At least 41 people have died after a boat travelling from Tanzania to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Lake Tanganyika capsized, local authorities said.

Danish intelligence has warned that Moscow could launch a limited military attack in the coming months against a NATO country that borders Russia.

Macklemore has announced a series of European concerts, called the Free Palestine Tour, after he was controversially dropped as Ed Sheeran's support act.

The Premier League and three of its top European counterparts will on Friday issue a joint call for urgent governance reform at FIFA amid the crisis engulfing its president, Gianni Infantino.

The UK has condemned attacks by Tigray forces across Ethiopia's northern region this week, with fears that another civil war could break out.

A priest has died and four others were injured after a stabbing at a Benedictine abbey in southeastern Poland.

Hurricane Polo has brought heavy rain to Mexico's Pacific coast, as Hawaii was braced for the growing Tropical Storm Nolo, which could cause catastrophic flooding.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing history's fastest-growing Ebola outbreak, but the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned the country is short of staff needed for treatment centres.

The son of Israel's ambassador to the US has reportedly been seriously injured in a ramming attack in the occupied West Bank.

The Netherlands will return to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2027 after abandoning ​a boycott over Israel's participation.

A British businessman and an adviser to a quango funded by the UK government have each been jailed for 16 years after brokering illegal arms deals to send fighter jets and weapons to war zones.

Oasis have announced extra shows as part of their new tour - including two more gigs at Knebworth.

At least 11 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a house party in South Africa.

Injuries related to e-scooters and scrambler motorbikes in Ireland are rising at an "exponential rate" and "stretching" an already overstretched system, experts have warned.

Fifteen men have been convicted for their involvement in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings which killed more than 260 people in Sri Lanka.

A doctor is accused of being a party to six genocide murders, including the stoning to death of a taxi driver and the killing of a woman and her child.