At least fifty people have been killed and 58 injured after a military airstrike hit a busy market in a town in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state. Local aid workers said the riverside commercial…

Passengers and crew aboard a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv helped prevent disaster after a co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain and attempted to crash the aircraft. Israeli officials said the captain…

The last British and American troops have left Iraq, ending the international coalition’s military mission against IS after more than a decade. About a hundred UK personnel left Irbil alongside US forces, completing…

Thirty-nine political prisoners have been released in Venezuela following a second round of US-backed talks between the interim government and opposition representatives. A human rights organisation has said those freed included eight women…

King Mohammed VI has appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco’s first female prime minister after her centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party won the largest number of seats in parliamentary elections. The fifty-year-old…

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote and president William Ruto are preparing to launch construction of a $16 billion oil refinery in Lamu, expected to become East Africa’s largest industrial project by capacity. Scheduled for…

Biltmore Church in North Carolina has celebrated the largest single-day baptism in its 137-year history, with 458 people publicly declaring their faith in Jesus Christ. Around 4,000 people gathered beside a mountain lake…

Christian workers serving in Ukraine are reporting baptisms and growing faith despite continuing Russian attacks and the suffering caused by war. Free Burma Rangers founder Dave Eubank described beginning a recent mission by…

Andy Burnham has signalled his intention to deepen Britain’s relationship with the EU while declining to rule out a future Labour commitment to rejoin the bloc. Asked whether Labour could campaign for EU…

Teenagers in England will be offered new vocational GCSEs as part of government efforts to strengthen technical education and reduce youth unemployment. From September 2029, 14-year-olds will be able to study nationally recognised…