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Two US officials claim an Israeli missile struck Iran near the city of Isfahan overnight - although Iran has downplayed reports as Israel remained silent

South Korea's government says it will slow down a plan to admit more students to the country’s medical schools from next year, in a bid to end a weeks-long strike by thousands of doctors

The Duke of Sussex claims he was targeted by journalists and private investigators working for Rupert Murdoch’s publisher

Ukraine’s air force is claiming it shot down a Russian strategic bomber

In a flurry of late activity on Thursday, full jury selected in ex-president’s historic criminal trial. One alternate was also chosen, leaving five more needed on Friday to complete the set

Watch live as Rishi Sunak calls for an end to “sick note culture” in his welfare reform speech today (19 April).

Nearly a billion voters will decide if Narendra Modi gets a third term as prime minister

Firefighters rushed to put out a small fire in the home in Shetland Close

Explosions were heard near a major military airbase and nuclear site in Isfahan, Iran, state media reported

Lithuania's president says that two people have been detained in Poland on suspicion of attacking Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov, an ally of the late activist Alexei Navalny, in Vilnius

With one in five people planning to attend a wedding this year, here are some ways for guests to keep the costs down.

San Francisco is the latest U_S_ city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”

Watch live on Friday (19 April) as flights across the Middle East region are tracked after Israel launched a missile strike on Iran.

Care workers accused of abuse are able to escape investigation due to a national loophole, warns senior social worker

Judge says ‘lower court ruling was not fair’

Unspecified Russian missiles tore through more than dozen residential homes

Shoppers and workers have returned to a “really quiet” Sydney mall, where six days earlier an assailant stabbed six people to death in an attack that police believe targeted women

UK is ‘very firmly engaged in counselling moderation,’ says government minister

If convicted, 16-year-old could be imprisoned for life

Footage released from Iran shows flashes over the skies of Isfahan following reports of multiple explosions heard near the city of Isfahan.

Flights diverted around western Iran without explanation

While former health secretary Lord Clarke warned the ban risked being difficult to enforce, current health secretary Victoria Atkins said ‘nicotine robs people of their freedom to choose’

Street vendors in Mali’s capital of Bamako peddle water sachets, ubiquitous for this part of West Africa during the hottest months

Long-haul carrier Emirates says it is halting local check-in for passengers traveling on its flights as the wider United Arab Emirates tries to recover from record-setting rains this week

Police say five foreign nationals who were in car that came under attack are safe

Five Japanese autoworkers have narrowly escaped an attack by a suicide bomber who detonated his explosive-laden vest near their vehicle in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi

Russian troops are ramping up pressure on exhausted Ukrainian forces across the front line to prepare to grab more land this spring and summer

Iran has fired air defense batteries after reports of explosions near a major airbase and nuclear site where drones were spotted

Eight years after 11 million leaked secret financial documents revealed how some of the world’s richest people hide their wealth, more than two dozen defendants are on trial in Panama for their alleged roles

Reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley have appealed aspects of their convictions on federal charges of bank fraud and tax evasion