Hurricane Milton: Florida braces for storm’s landfall with huge evacuation under way
Florida is bracing for the landfall of category five Hurricane Milton, as officials have pleaded with residents to follow evacuation orders. Given the potential...
Nell Smith: Flaming Lips protege, 17, killed in car crash
Canadian musician Nell Smith, known for her collaborations with US rock band The Flaming Lips, has died aged 17. Her death was confirmed by...
Israel has published hundreds of airstrike videos – but they only tell part of the story
“I lost everyone I love,” Marwa Jarada says, reflecting on the airstrike that killed her parents and 14 other family members. Last October, Israel...
Hurricane Milton: What we know so far about the storm that has forced millions to evacuate in the US and Mexico
Hurricane Milton is set to make landfall in the US as a Category 4 storm, just days after Hurricane Helene caused more than 200...
Hurricane Milton strengthens into Category 5 storm – as Florida ‘prepares for biggest evacuation in seven years’
A hurricane set to hit the US has strengthened into a Category 5 storm – as Florida prepares for its largest evacuation in seven...
Mexican mayor Alejandro Arcos murdered days after taking office
The mayor of a Mexican city has been murdered just days after taking office, officials have said. Alejandro Arcos was sworn in last Monday...
Nobel Prize for medicine goes to American scientists who worked on microRNA
This year’s Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine has been awarded to two American scientists who discovered how “microRNA” controls the decoding of genetic...
American, 72, jailed for nearly seven years in Russia for fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine
An American pensioner has been sentenced to nearly seven years in a Russian prison after being convicted of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine....
What does the next year hold for the Middle East?
No matter what political or military changes we see in the Middle East by 7 October 2025, it will certainly be a more fragmented...
Mass of Israeli tanks appeared near Lebanon border earlier in the week – but were gone the next day
The mass of Israeli tanks and armoured personnel carriers was impossible to hide. Dozens of beige-coloured military vehicles had assembled in a dirt field...