The greatest team effort at these Olympics might be the one most people take for granted. The French capital is under more scrutiny than any athlete.
A woman has been injured and flights from major airports were disrupted after Moscow was hit with the biggest drone strike since Russia's invasion of Ukraine....
Tributes have been paid to a "brave" 22-year-old British man who was killed while fighting in Ukraine. ...
Nearly 70% of deaths in the Gaza war, which have been verified by the United Nations, were women and children, its Human Rights Office has said....
US allies and enemies are having to adjust rapidly after Donald Trump's stunning victory in the presidential election. In the corridors of power the world over, they are working overtime to accommodate a new reality....
Vladimir Putin has hailed Donald Trump as "courageous" for his response to an assassination attempt as he congratulated the next US president....
The UK has sanctioned a Russian military officer accused of helping poison former double agent Sergei Skripal with novichok in Salisbury....
This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, likely averaging 1.55C to above pre-industrial levels, the EU earth observation agency said....
A "dangerously fast" wildfire in California fuelled by strong winds has spread, destroying dozens of homes and forcing thousands of people to flee - as forecasters warned of the potential for "extreme and life-threatening" blazes....
A man described by not one but two of his closest former aides as a fascist will become the most powerful man in the world when he takes office. How worried should we be?...
Ukraine has begun firing on North Korean troops inside Russia for the first time since they were deployed in the conflict, a Kyiv official said....
An apparent firebomb attack at a DHL warehouse in Birmingham, linked to Russian-backed saboteurs, was believed to be a trial run for a US attack, according to Polish officials....
Donald Trump says he would end Russia's war in Ukraine should he return to the White House - but any rushed deal will likely leave Kyiv much weaker and European security in even greater peril....
Severe flooding has hit Barcelona, with a red alert warning of "extreme danger" from torrential rain issued....
Moldova's pro-EU President Maia Sandu has won a second term in office after defeating her pro-Russian rival....
Moldovan authorities are seeing "massive interference" by Russia in the country's runoff vote for the presidency, an official has said....
Moscow has warned the US it should take Russia's nuclear warnings seriously to avoid World War Three....
Up on the roof of the St Therese Hospital, you can see just how close this war has come. ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on the UK and other Ukrainian allies to stop "watching" and provide long-range weapons to strike North Korean troops in Russia before they enter combat....
"You either hold a weapon or you hold a guitar," says Raji El-Jaru, Gaza's biggest rockstar....
"Amateurish" thieves have made off with a screen print of Queen Elizabeth II by Andy Warhol as part of a botched gallery heist in the Netherlands....
A former British Army soldier who was killed fighting in Ukraine was a "brave soul", his family has said....
North Korea says it will support Russia in its war with Ukraine "until the day of victory" - after the US warned thousands of Pyongyang's troops are set to enter combat in the coming days....
Thousands of North Korean soldiers are now positioned near Ukraine's border and likely to enter combat in the coming days, the US says....
North Korea says it has test-fired an upgraded, long-range missile, claiming it is the "world's most powerful strategic deterrent"....
In the town of Algemesi, they say the floods hit without warning....
Google has reportedly racked up a fine of more than two undecillion rubles - two followed by 36 zeros - after it removed state-run and pro-government accounts from YouTube....
Israeli strikes on Baalbek, in eastern Lebanon, have killed 19 people, according to Lebanon's health ministry, after an evacuation warning was issued for the city and its outskirts....
Russia is carrying out a new nuclear training exercise, President Vladimir Putin has said....
Hamas has hailed Naim Kassem's appointment as Hezbollah's new leader as proof of the group's recovery....
Israel has passed a law banning UN aid agency UNRWA from operating in the country - a move which the organisation's chief said will "deepen the suffering of Palestinians, especially in Gaza"....