A former police officer has emerged as a central figure in the mystery surrounding the ex-financier’s final days in a New York jail.

Countries are tracking those who had disembarked the ship before the hantavirus was detected and anyone in close contact with them since.

The US military confirmed it struck Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz in what it said was an act of self-defence following Iranian aggression against American ships.

Barely two years since winning power, Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a landmark drubbing in local elections with the tepid economy and immigration fuelling voter discontent.

A man has been arrested for allegedly threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor while the ex-prince walked his dogs.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was out walking his dogs near Sandringham Estate when a man got out of his car and made his way towards him while shouting at him.

The former president was critical of Donald Trump, without ever naming him. Obama also urged Democrats to speak plainly, and talked about aliens.

The former US president insists the government is not concealing secrets about extraterrestrial life.

The former US president said the US Justice Department should remain independent from the White House and not be used as a tool to go after foes.

A US biotech firm used DNA from thousands of years ago to alter the genome of modern wolves and resurrect the lost species.

A single-page list of dot points is more akin to a meeting agenda than a proper peace deal. But Trump is as bullish as ever about its prospects.

Experts say the damage at more than 200 sites suggests the US military had underestimated Iran’s targeting abilities, not adapted sufficiently to modern drone warfare and left some bases under-protected.

A federal judge released the note that Epstein’s former cellmate said he found in a graphic novel.

Protest groups block access to Russian pavilion at Venice Biennale

Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iran unless a peace deal is signed.

Ted Turner, the pioneering media mogul who founded news channel CNN, has died aged 87.

Three more passengers have been evacuated from the cruise ship hit by a deadly virus off west Africa.

Washington has reportedly presented a one-page memorandum of understanding that would gradually reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lift the American blockade on Iranian ports.

Despite economic headwinds, election defeats for two major rivals this week have left India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi looking increasingly unassailable.

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