Prolonged drought and extreme heat across Europe have also triggered an energy crisis. For the first time ever, Hungary announced the shutdown of the country’s only nuclear power plant, after water levels in the Danube fell to a record low. Peter ...

Mali's international Mamadou Sangaré is heading to the Premier League following a stellar season with french club Lens. He has officially joined Brentford in a landmark €48 million transfer, setting a new record sale for the French club.

Colombia’s government has blamed rebel groups for a truck bomb that wounded 14 people near the border with Venezuela. The attack came less than a week before President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella is due to take office. He has said he plans to e...

Eleven foreign tourists and two crew members have been killed after a small sightseeing plane crashed shortly after take-off in Peru. The cause of the crash is not yet known, and an investigation is underway. Peter O' Brien has more.

Spain has installed a 500-metre-long sea barrier between its North African enclave of Ceuta and neighbouring Morocco. It comes after tens of thousands of migrants breached the border earlier this week, with at least 67 people dying in the attempt. W...

The southeastern city of Yangsan saw the temperature reach 42.5C at 1:26 pm (0426 GMT), the Korea Meteorological Administration said on its website. Yangsan has been the epicentre of the ongoing heatwave, where temperatures exceeded 40C for a fifth...

Deputy police inspector-general Sanjeewa Medawatte said the situation was under control after inmates destroyed multiple buildings on Saturday inside Mahara Prison, just outside the capital Colombo. "We got reinforcements from the armed forces and ...

Fears had been mounting that the fighting could escalate once again after Trump threatened to hit Iran "very hard" and was reportedly considering renewed heavy attacks, including against energy infrastructure. But the US leader appeared to a have c...

Two weeks after Argentina's loss to Spain in the World Cup final, Messi was back on the pitch, entering in the 53rd minute to the delight of fans at Miami's Nu Stadium. But Messi could not mark his return with a goal, twice shooting wide. Uruguaya...

Five of 15 provinces had no power due to a "partial collapse" of the electricity grid at 6:07 pm (2207 GMT), Cuba's UNE said on X. Cuba is reeling from its worst economic crisis in decades -- one made worse by the fuel blockade imposed by US Presid...