Russia is being accused of mounting a terror attack after leaks were found in two major gas pipelines to Europe.

The entire nation of Cuba and its 11 million people are without power after Hurricane Ian flattened everything in its path.

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As inequality soars and the pound tanks, the plight of a battling working-class is being ignored by an increasingly powerful political elite.

British Labour has been undergoing a quiet transformation and says it has learned from its sister parties’ victories around the world.

A 42-year-old convicted bombmaker serving life in prison for a deadly 2007 explosion outside a Las Vegas Strip resort has escaped from a Nevada state prison.

Japanese drugmaker Eisai and its American partner, Biogen, said the slowing of deterioration, compared with a placebo, was “highly statistically significant.”

Facebook-owned Meta also said it had intercepted the largest and most complex Russian-based operation since the war in Ukraine began.

The storm is forecast to strengthen, bringing threats of two-metre storm surges into Florida’s Tampa Bay and heavy rains across the US south-east.

Mike and Zara Tindall's eldest daughter as well as Peter Phillips' daughters joined their parents at Her Majesty's committal service at St George's Chapel.

As Moscow seeks to ‘save’ parts of Ukraine, over 194,000 Russian nationals have fled to neighbouring countries in the week since President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilisation of reservists.

A report from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights found rights violations had occurred on both sides - but acts by Russian forces far outweighed those committed by Ukrainian forces.

Shakira, 45, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and rejected a deal with authorities to avoid going to trial.

Those who hope for an end of Putin as a result of the Russian mobilisation debacle rest their case on slim evidence and lots of soothsaying.

As the Indonesian government decides whether to grant Umar Patek an early release from prison, he has pleaded his case directly to the wife of a Sari Club bartender.

Nord Stream AG, the operator of the network, said three offshore lines of the Nord Stream gas pipeline system sustained “unprecedented” damage in one day.

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer said: “the road to net zero ... is at the heart of modern 21st Century aspiration. Green and growth don’t just go together, they’re inseparable.”

Tony Abbott has called for new submarines to be delivered as soon as possible as Anthony Albanese and US Vice President Kamala Harris meet in Tokyo.

After three months of protest and bitter debate, Japan has finally farewelled its longest-serving prime minister.

NASA has purposefully flown an unmanned spacecraft into an asteroid in a new experiment.