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Israel carried out airstrikes on the Iranian capital Tehran on Friday morning, targeting the country’s nuclear program and raising the prospects of a full-scale war between the two Middle East rivals. It was likely the largest attack Iran has faced…

Northern Ireland’s police chief has warned “extremists and racists” behind three nights of violence in the area that his forces will target them. John Butcher said the young girl who was the victim of an alleged sexual assault in Ballymena…

More than 240 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London crashed just minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad on Thursday, officials said, making it the world’s worst air disaster in a decade. Only one passenger survived…

A man who killed nine students and one teacher at his former school in Austria before committing suicide had carefully planned the attack, an investigation has found. However, he appears to have chosen his victims at random, and investigators are…

Rescue teams in South Africa are continuing their search for missing people for a third day after floods wreaked havoc across parts of the rural Eastern Cape province, killing at least 57 people. Officials said they expected the death toll…

Russian forces fired drones and other weapons into Ukrainian territory on Thursday, killing three people and wounding dozens, officials said, despite international pressure for a ceasefire. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia launched a barrage of 63 drones and…

Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82, his family said. Wilson was the eldest and last of three musician brothers who formed the American rock band with cousin Mike Love and school friend Al Jardine.…

Britain has agreed a flexible border between Gibraltar and Spain, paving the way for a final deal with the EU on the territory after Brexit. Under the agreement, checks for people crossing the border will not be mandatory. There will…

A salvage team says tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht is expected to be raised from the ocean floor by the end of June after the wreckage is collected. The Sicilian Maritime and Investigation Services have approved the final recovery…

The number of Palestinians killed in the 20-month conflict between Israel and Hamas has surpassed 55,000, Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The agency does not distinguish between civilians and militants, but notes that women and children make up more…