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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert announces Late Show cancelled by CBS
CBS is cancelling The Late Show With Stephen Colbert next May, ending a decades-old TV institution and removing from air one of US President Donald Trump’s most prominent and persistent late-night critics.

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

APTOPIX Syria Clashes
Syrian government forces to re-enter province following renewed clashes
Renewed clashes have broken out between Druze armed groups and members of Bedouin clans in southern Syria.

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

Palestinians-Gaza Christians
Religious leaders enter Gaza in rare solidarity visit after deadly church strike
Top church leaders in Jerusalem have travelled to Gaza in a rare solidarity visit to the territory one day after an Israeli shell slammed into its only Catholic church, killing three people.

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

Donald Trump
Trump requests release of Epstein grand jury transcripts amid report of ‘bawdy’ birthday note
President directs Pam Bondi to seek release of testimony from sex-trafficking case and threatens to sue Wall Street Journal

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

Taiwan Vice President
Taiwan will ‘not provoke confrontation’ with China, vice president says
Taiwan will not provoke a confrontation with China, the self-ruled island’s vice president has said, lamenting Beijing’s “aggressive military posturing” against the island democracy that China claims as its own. “We do not seek conflict.

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

Belgium Russia Ukraine War Sanctions
EU approves new Russia sanctions with lower oil price cap
The package aims to lower the G7's price cap for buying Russian crude oil to $47.6 per barrel

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026
Thursday’s announcement followed Colbert’s criticism on Monday of a settlement between Trump and Paramount Global, parent company of CBS

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

Donald Trump
Trump diagnosed with vein condition causing leg swelling, White House says
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, reading a letter from Trump's doctor at a press briefing, said both ailments were benign. His leg swelling is from a "common" vein condition, and his hand is bruised from shaking so many hands, she told reporters

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

Space Jumper Felix Baumgartner Meets With United Nations Secretary General
Extreme skydiver Felix Baumgartner dies in paragliding accident in Italy
Italian firefighters said a paraglider crashed into the side of a swimming pool in the city of Porto Sant Elpidio.

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

US-POLITICS-TRADITION-MILITARY-PICNIC
Trump supporters burn Maga hats after he dismisses Epstein files furor as ‘hoax’
Mike Pence is latest prominent figure to call for release of files on sex offender once close to president

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

BRAZIL-UN-COP30-ENVIRONMENT-MINING-DEFORESTATION
Brazil passes ‘devastation bill’ that drastically weakens environmental law
President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communities

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

France Statue of Liberty Mural
French mural shows Statue of Liberty covering her eyes in swipe at Trump
A towering mural in France of the Statue of Liberty covering her eyes is racking up millions of views online with its swipe at US president Donald Trump’s immigration and deportation policies.

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

AP Poll Trump
Just one in four US adults say Trump’s policies have helped them, poll finds
In fact, the Republican president fails to earn majority approval on any of the issues included in the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

TOMORROWLAND FESTIVAL FIRE AFTERMATH
Watch: Fire destroys main stage of Tomorrowland music festival 
The annual festival in the town of Boom, north of Brussels, which is scheduled to start Friday, draws tens of thousands of visitors from around Europe

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

Mideast-Wars-Gaza
Parish priest among injured as air strikes hit Gaza’s only Catholic church
Strikes hit the Holy Family Church in northern Gaza on Thursday morning, officials with the Catholic Church said

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

Iraq Mall Fire
Dozens dead after fire at shopping centre in Iraq
Iraq’s Ministry of Interior said in a statement that 61 people died, most of them from suffocation, in the fire that broke out late Wednesday in the city of Kut in the province of Wasit

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

Eight babies born from pioneering IVF technique to prevent devastating disease
Eight babies born from pioneering IVF technique to prevent devastating disease
Four boys and four girls, including one set of identical twins, have been delivered and are all doing well following treatment by a team in Newcastle, who pioneered the technique

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

Classic Coca-Cola bottle
Trump says Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in US
A spokesperson for Coca-Cola said the Atlanta-based company will share details on new offerings soon, and that it appreciates Trump's enthusiasm for its product

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

A young girl pictured having her eyes tested in Chichester, West Sussex, UK.
Routine eye scan could predict 10-year heart attack and stroke risk
Researchers used artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse digital retinal photographs, which are taken to capture images from the back of the eye to look for certain conditions

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

Federal Reserve Powell
Donald Trump says firing of Fed Reserve chief ‘highly unlikely’
Mr Trump confirmed that he discussed the “concept” of dismissing Mr Powell in a meeting with about a dozen Republicans

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Trump
Donald Trump criticises his own supporters in Epstein documents row
Mr Trump’s comments so far have not been enough to quell those who are still demanding answers

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Israel Syria Clashes
‘New ceasefire agreed’ after clashes in Syria
A previous ceasefire announced the day before quickly fell apart

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Mideast Wars Gaza
At least 20 Palestinians die in stampede at food distribution centre
Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 41 others, including 11 children, according to hospital officials.

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Iceland Volcano
Volcanic eruption forces evacuation of residents and tourists in Iceland
A volcanic eruption in south-western Iceland has again forced the evacuation of local residents and guests from the famous Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, the national broadcaster RUV reported.

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

India Russian Woman
Indian police find Russian woman living in cave with her young children
Police in India’s southern Karnataka state have found a Russian woman and her two young daughters living in a remote forest cave.

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Russia Ukraine War 50 Days
Russian attacks on four Ukrainian cities leave 15 injured
Russia has pounded four Ukrainian cities overnight, injuring at least 15 people in an attack that mostly targeted energy infrastructure.

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Israel Palestinians
Crush at Gaza aid site kills at least 20, GHF blames armed agitators
Hamas rejected the GHF allegation as 'false and misleading', blaming the incident on the GHF and Israel's military

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

US Deportees Eswatini
US deports criminals to African nation where political parties banned
The US government has sent five men who it describes as “barbaric” criminals to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the largely secretive third-country deportation programme.

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Iran ready to respond to any new attack, supreme leader says
Iran ready to respond to any new attack, supreme leader says
Israel and the US launched strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities last month, saying that they were part of a programme geared towards developing nuclear weapons. Tehran maintains that its nuclear programme is purely for civilian purposes

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Emma Watson court case
Emma Watson and Harry Potter co-star banned from driving at same court
Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the film franchise, drove her blue Audi at 38mph in a 30mph zone in Oxford, on the evening of July 31 last year

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Turkey Istanbul Mayor Trial
Turkish opposition leader jailed for ‘insulting’ prosecutor
A Turkish court has convicted Istanbul’s jailed opposition mayor and the chief rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of insulting and threatening a public official and sentenced him to a year and eight months in prison.

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Israel Syria Clashes
Clashes rage in Syrian city as Israel launches strike on Damascus
Clashes have raged in the Syrian city of Sweida after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed and as Israel threatened to escalate its involvement.

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Air Pakistan Bomb Threat Warning
UK lifts ban on Pakistani airlines after improvement in air safety standards
The UK has lifted a years-long ban on Pakistani airlines following improvements in the country’s aviation safety standards, the British diplomatic mission in Islamabad said.

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

EU accused of ‘cruel and unlawful betrayal’ of Palestinians over failure to confront Israel
EU accused of ‘cruel and unlawful betrayal’ of Palestinians over failure to confront Israel
Stinging rebuke from Amnesty International follows EU ministers declining to endorse any sanctions over Gaza war

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

United Nations Development Funding
France, UK and Germany would restore UN sanctions on Iran without deal progress
The United Kingdom, France and Germany have agreed to restore tough UN sanctions on Iran by the end of August if there has been no concrete progress on a nuclear deal, two European diplomats said.

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Mike Johnson.
US House speaker Mike Johnson calls for release of Epstein files amid backlash
Trump has faced growing resentment over the decision of his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to withhold information

Wed, 16 Jul, 2025

Immigration Raids Los Angeles
Trump administration ending deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in LA
The Trump administration has said it is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles. Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced the decision in a statement.

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

Israel Palestinians
UN says malnutrition in Gaza has doubled as Israeli strikes kill more than 90
Hunger has been rising among Gaza’s more than two million Palestinians since Israel broke a ceasefire in March

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

Joey Barton court case
Joey Barton to pay more than £200,000 of Jeremy Vine legal costs in libel battle
Lawyers for Vine told the UK High Court in May last year that Barton’s posts amounted to a “calculated and sustained attack”.

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

Israel Palestinians
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 93 Palestinians, health officials say
One strike hit a house in Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa district on Monday evening and killed 19 members of the family living inside

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

Trump Russia Ukraine War In His Words
Ukrainians welcome US aid but see Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Putin as too long
The time frame for further arms deliveries that European countries have agreed to pay for is crucial

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

Italy Pompeii Mosaic
Roman-era mosaic panel stolen during Second World War returns to Pompeii
A mosaic panel on travertine slabs, depicting an erotic theme from the Roman era, was returned to the archaeological park of Pompeii on Tuesday, after being stolen by a Nazi German captain during the Second World War.

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

India-Plane-Crash-Probe
India orders airlines to inspect certain Boeing models after Air India crash
India’s aviation regulator ordered airlines operating several Boeing models to examine fuel control switches, days after an investigation into last month’s Air India plane crash found they were flipped off, starving both engines of fuel.

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

SpaceX-Private Astronauts
Private spaceflight ends with Pacific splashdown for astronauts
A private spaceflight featuring the first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary came to a close on Tuesday with a Pacific splashdown.

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

Syria Clashes
Ceasefire announced after dozens killed in Syrian sectarian clashes
Syria’s defence minister has announced a ceasefire shortly after government forces entered a key city in Sweida province on Tuesday.

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

Coloured lego bricks
From Lego to Rubik's Cube: Hamleys releases list of 100 top toys of all time
The toy store said it compiled its 'hero' 100 list with the help of top buyers to mark its 265th birthday

Tue, 15 Jul, 2025

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