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;Resize=(620)) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country's president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges — seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the nation.
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;Resize=(620)) The death toll in Hong Kong's apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed bouquets of flowers at an ever-growing makeshift memorial at the scene of the disaster, among the worst in the city's history.
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The inferno that tore through a high-rise housing complex in Hong Kong has killed at least 146 people, authorities said Sunday, with around 40 still missing
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Shadow chancellor Mel Stride calls for the financial regulator to investigate "possible market abuse" over briefings in the run-up to the Budget.
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Hundreds have been killed across South East Asia, with monsoons exacerbated by cyclones also affecting Thailand and Malaysia.
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The pontiff is set to meet political leaders and say Mass at a Beirut port destroyed by an explosion five years ago. It is the first papal visit to Lebanon since 2012.
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said that the suspect in Wednesday's National Guard shooting may have been radicalized in the U.S.
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The King and Queen said they were "deeply saddened" by the loss of "a dear friend".
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Unregulated e-bikes are a growing danger on American streets. In one Bay Area town, a terrible accident finally led to reform.
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;Resize=(620)) Some residents of the flood-hit Indonesian island of Sumatra have resorted to stealing food and water to survive, authorities said Sunday, while Sri Lankan officials said deaths from floods and mudslides in that island nation have risen to 193.
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Billy Bonds, who has died at the age of 79, was one of the greatest players ever to represent West Ham United and one of the finest never to win a full England cap, writes Phil McNulty.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has submitted a request for a formal pardon amid a yearslong corruption trial, just weeks after President Donald Trump said he should be pardoned."Today my lawyers submitted a request for clemency to the President of the State," Netanyahu said in a video address posted on X Sunday.
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Rain caused by Cyclone Senyar prompted deadly flooding and landslides in Indonesia and Thailand. Effects from a separate cyclone in Sri Lanka killed nearly 200.
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says she's not satisfied with the chancellor's denial of lying and called on her to resign.
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Hundreds of people have been killed and millions displaced as extreme weather has ravaged Southeast Asia this month. Indonesia's heavy rain was linked to two tropical cyclones.
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President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered "closed in its entirety."
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Pope Leo visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque and celebrates mass as he calls for peace and unity among Christians and Muslims.
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;Resize=(620)) U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the airspace "above and surrounding" Venezuela should be considered as "closed in its entirety," an assertion that raised more questions about the U.S. pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. His government accused Trump of making a "colonial threat" and seeking to undermine the South American country's sovereignty.
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Police on Saturday detained one person who was part of a group that launched a petition demanding government accountability.
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The ongoing backlash against the chancellor over accusations she misled the public on the nation's economy dominates Sunday's papers.
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Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country.
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;Resize=(620)) Airlines around the world reported short-term disruptions heading into the weekend as they fixed software on a widely used commercial aircraft, after an analysis found the computer code may have contributed to a sudden drop in the altitude of a JetBlue plane last month.
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It is the first time Leo has attended a Muslim place of worship since he took up the papacy in May.
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Just as peace talks were gaining traction, Ukraine has lost its lead negotiator
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The two ships stuck by drones were thought to be used to bypass Western sanctions on Russia.
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Segev Kalfon said he endured physical abuse and mind games during 738 days in the hands of Hamas. Now, he asks why it took so long for Israel to bring him home.
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A top Ukrainian official at the heart of peace talks resigned on Friday after being thrust into the center of a massive corruption scandal, threatening to further weaken President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a crucial moment in negotiations to end Russia's war
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Ukraine is facing a third winter at war, and Russia is targeting energy infrastructure like never before - an apparent bid to weaken morale. But war has taught the Ukrainians how to keep the lights on under almost any circumstance.
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