US-Saudi strikes in Iraq push region into ‘uncharted territory’, analysts warn
The site of an airstrike on a Popular Mobilisation Forces base in Mosul, Iraq, on Wednesday. Photograph: Farid Abdulwahed/APView image…
Pedro Sánchez says next 12 hours will be ‘decisive’ in battle to contain wildfires – Europe live
Authorities in the Gironde region said the blaze had not spread overnight, but rising heat and afternoon winds could revive…
Ukraine military hits another refinery in Russia
Ukraine’s military has struck an oil refinery and logistics centre in Russia’s Ryazan region as part of a series of…
Wildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges. Disaster looms, and little wonder | Bill McGuire
0:57Spain wildfire burns ‘out of extinguishing capacity’ as fires engulf parts of Europe – video Wildfires are raging – and…
Rescue teams face ‘race against time’ in search for trapped survivors as death toll in Japan rises to at least 13 – live updates
Emergency workers are continuing their search for survivors in southern Japan after yesterday’s powerful earthquake left widespread devastation, with buildings…
Deep breathing: the asthma clinic buried 250 metres into an Armenian salt mine
Patients in the underground clinic are encouraged to undertake activities such as billiards and table tennis. Photograph: Sofia Maria Bergmann/The…
UN warns of increasing trafficking via online job adverts
Trafficking networks are increasingly using fake vacancies online to lure thousands of people into forced labour, the UN International Organization…
‘The heat took him from me’: India’s death toll rises amid escalating heat crisis
People sleep on the platform of a railway station to escape the heat in Banda, in the north Indian state…
Apple becomes second $5tn company as investors flee AI stocks
Apple’s shares hit a session high of $342.89 on Tuesday. Photograph: Matthias Schräder/APView image in fullscreenApple’s shares hit a session…
Zelenskyy and Netanyahu brave the whims of Trump’s darkly confounding White House
Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) with Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha (centre) at the funeral service for the…