Record number of purges as Xi emphasises 'party discipline' at China political gathering

Tankers still under attack in the Strait of Hormuz as Pete Hegseth fires a top U.S. general accused of leaking classified Iran war information.

For decades, Canada-EU summits took place without much fanfare - but that's not the case for this coming two-day meeting in Montreal. Thursday and Friday's summit will be closely watched for details on how Canada and the European bloc deepen their ties. Last month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed "opening the door" to Canada for what she called an "associate membership" - a status that does not currently exist.

Michigan US Senate candidate signaled support for Egypt’s pro-democracy movement in 2012, not Islamist group The Republican campaign to defeat Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race by casting him as an Islamic extremist is based on a false claim first made by the conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer eight years ago, a Guardian review of the evidence reveals. Loomer, an influential outside adviser to Donald Trump who calls herself “ a proud Islamophobe ”, has claimed since El-Sayed entered politics in 2018 that an open letter he signed in…

At least 13 people were killed when a Russian drone struck a busy railway station in Ukraine's Dnipro on Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, describing the attack as "horrific" and urging Kyiv's allies not to ease sanctions on Moscow.