ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday called capital punishment "inadmissible" on World Day Against the Death Penalty, amid the Pentagon’s plans to livestream the December execution of former…

Storm expected to make landfall on US’s northern Gulf coast with risk of flash floods and isolated river flooding. Isaias has become the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2026…

Global sportswear brand is suing online retailer in the federal court for selling clothes featuring ‘deceptively similar’ design. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily…

Trump says the U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, relaxing years of U.S. pressure on Moscow, to combat prices before midterms. He said he struck the deal with Russian President…

Alonzo Lunsford tells the BBC the punishment befits the crime but he has some doubts whether the public should be able to watch it

Prediction market Kalshi has opened an investigation into suspicious bets related to President Trump’s selection of his next press secretary, The Wall Street Journal reported. The…

Trump announced that the U.S. will not attack Iran ahead of the midterms. And, a 28-year-old man is receiving treatment at the hospital after an ICE agent shot him in the neck

U.S. authorities added new torture charges to their case against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, ramping up pressure on the ousted authoritarian leader already…

Hammam al-Hammami is believed to have been targeting the passenger terminal at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv. The co-pilot who tried to seize control of a passenger jet flying…

A spokesperson for the tech company did not specify what kind of behavior would be considered abusive. Anthropic has barred users from exhibiting “sustained and needless abusive…

Storm damage stretches across Florida and Alabama as officials warn of continued flooding and possible tornadoes

The Court of Appeal quashes the conviction of Christian Bittar, a former Deutsche Bank trader jailed in 2018

Authorities say suspect among dead in house after standoff with police in Erie and there is no ongoing threat. Nine people, including children, died in a mass murder on Friday in…

Polish police had already deployed to schools after a female caretaker was killed and several others injured in two earlier attacks in two days

The AI firm instead claims the researchers were fired for mishandling sensitive information

Philadelphia police said the tip was "flagged as spam", but criticised the tech company for taking more than two months to detect and report the breach

Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the Trump administration is suspending Microsoft , Adobe and several other IT firms' ability to hire foreign-born workers for permanent…

Climate change is blamed for dramatic decline of chinstrap penguins living on a remote volcanic island

The Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from 1 June to 30 November, has been unusually quiet this year

Saudi authorities yet to confirm strike as government-allied forces in Yemen claim successful offensive to retake Bab al-Mandab strait. Yemen’s Houthis have launched a missile…

A search for forecourts will now display their pricing, using the government's Fuel Finder scheme

Leftwing Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores beats far-right candidate in election in remote district of Andes. A businessman called Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has been elected the…

A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more. If a third runway is built at…

Exclusive: Federal government under scrutiny as documents reveal serious security lapses at Melbourne and Villawood immigration detention centres. Get our breaking news email ,…

The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis. Would you mind fixing the NHS? And while you’re at it,…

Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer. Cape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently”…

Family run private businesses helped power China’s economic miracle, but the next generation is finding it difficult to carry on the work of their parents. Growing up, Ayu would…

Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner, but his mea culpa left the audience not much the wiser. Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to…

We have a deep reservoir of assets, but struggle to turn small companies into global success stories. Innovation needs to be at the heart of government policy. Gordon Brown was UK…

Exclusive: Former Brazilian environment minister warns of destruction as far-right scion favourite to become president. The former Brazilian environment minister Marina Silva has…

A new global biodiversity report strikes an encouraging note. But we cannot rest on our laurels – and resilience is key. The new Living Planet Report is out. Published every two…

Mark Zuckerberg's Biohub is partnering with Google and the federal government in its ambitious effort to use AI for generating vast quantities of biological data that can predict…

Amid a cost-of-living crisis, with US midterms a month away, the president held a ceremony to celebrate our tech overlords – again. He stands accused of being out of touch ,…

Owner of South West Water, Bristol Water and Bournemouth Water is tapping its investors for £550m after sewage spills. South West Water owner taps investors after sewage spills.…

First Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season makes landfall in the US. Full story: Two dead as Isaias weakens to post-tropical cyclone after striking Florida panhandle. Key things…