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China sentences 11 members of mafia family to death

A Chinese court has sentenced to death 11 members of a notorious family that ran scam centres in Myanmar, according to Chinese state media

Three West African countries to quit International Criminal Court

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), labelling it an "instrument of neo-colonialist repression

UK, Canada and Australia recognise Palestinian state but Netanyahu says it ‘will not happen’

The UK now formally recognises a Palestinian state, PM Keir Starmer says in a video statement on social media

US vaccine panel no longer recommends Covid-19 jab to adults

A key US vaccine advisory committee has voted to stop recommending all adults get the Covid-19 vaccine

Man dies after falling from hot air balloon

A man has died after falling from a hot air balloon in West Sussex

Trump vows tough action after beheading of Indian motel manager

US President Donald Trump has strongly condemned the beheading of an Indian-origin hotel manager allegedly by a Cuban illegal immigrant

Rare ‘tooth-in-eye’ surgery restores man’s vision after two decades

When Brent Chapman was 13, he took ibuprofen during a Christmas basketball game. It was a drug he had taken before, but what happened next was anything but routine