Multiple missiles were launched over South Korea in a joint exercise with the US.

Russian President Vladimir Putin meanwhile has signed laws absorbing the contested regions into Russia. It is the biggest expansion of Russian territory in at least half a century.

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Journalist Percival Mabasa, known as Percy Lapid to his followers, had accused top Philippine officials of corruption in the hard-hitting radio program that he hosted for years in Manila.

Police are searching for the remains of Keith Bennett, 12, on Saddleworth Moor in north west England.

Former US president Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to intervene in the legal fight over classified documents seized by the FBI from his Florida estate.

While there’s no doubt that abortion remains a hot-button issue, it is competing with inflation or crime as a driver of voter behaviour for the elections that determine control of Congress.

The document investigation is one of several legal woes Trump is facing as he considers whether to run again for president in 2024.

The queen said she “underestimated” her family’s reaction but defended the move as “future-proofing” the monarchy.

Iranian schoolgirls have taken off their hijabs to protest against government and clerical authorities

In 2020, James Murdoch resigned from the board of News Corp, which has gone on to become a fierce critic of Biden’s presidency.

The recent disappearance and death of a 17-year-old girl in Tehran has unleashed a fresh outpouring of anger on Iranian social media.

A giant explosion has happened at an airbase in South Korea.

Russia’s moves to incorporate the Ukrainian regions have been done so hastily that even the exact borders of the territories being absorbed were unclear.

Boris Johnson’s successor Liz Truss has struggled to assert her authority on her increasingly divided party.

In the male-dominated world of country music in the 1960s and ’70s, Lynn built a reputation as a hillbilly feminist who was talented enough to write her own songs.

The investigation into the 133 deaths has found local police were instructed only hours before kick-off not to use tear gas at the match.

Japan issued an emergency warning, and then cancelled it following the firing of a missile by North Korea.

Sitting in the witness box, a Meta executive faced an uncomfortable question: Did her company contribute to the suicide of 14-year-old Molly Russell?

The former NFL player, who has vehemently opposed abortion rights, reportedly paid for an abortion for his girlfriend in 2009. Walker says the media report is a lie and will sue.