World News

A Royal Navy serviceman has been charged with spying for a foreign country, believed to be Russia, after an investigation by counter terror police.

The UK government said it will retain its presence in East Jerusalem as Israel insisted the British consulate in the city had “ceased to function”.

A Texas death row inmate has been put to death by lethal injection – despite objections following Christa Pike’s botched execution last week. 

The population of a penguin colony that was previously the largest in the world has fallen by almost two-thirds, a new study has revealed – with climate change thought to be a major reason for the decline. 

An 87-year-old woman, whose eviction from her home sparked major protests in Spain and was partly responsible for a snap election, has died.

Lionel Messi was on the scoresheet as he played his final game for Argentina on an emotional evening in Buenos Aires.

Skydance-owned Paramount has completed its $81bn (£61bn) takeover of Warner Bros Discovery – bringing together the two media giants under a combined company.

The risk to the UK from plague is very low, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said, after the death of a laboratory worker in Russia who may have been exposed to pneumonic plague.

A plane crash in Nigeria killed all 25 on board, the country’s air force said.

Riverdance star Michael Flatley has said his “heart is broken” following the death of his wife, Niamh O’Brien, at the age of 52.