Mikhail Gorbachev — the last leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 — has died at the age of 91. Gorbachev died after

China’s southern city of Shenzhen on Monday shut down the world’s largest electronics market and suspended public transport nearby as authorities enforced neighborhood-wide lockdowns in response

The American space agency is counting down to the lift-off of its giant new Moon rocket – the Space Launch System. SLS is the most

A US judge has ordered investigators to release a redacted version of court papers that convinced him to authorize a search of Donald Trump’s estate.

US President Joe Biden will cancel up to $10,000 (£8,474) in federal student loans for millions of Americans who earn less than $125,000 each year. 

Kobe Bryant’s widow has been awarded $16 million (£13.5m) in damages after graphic photos of the helicopter crash which killed the basketball star and his

A Russian rocket strike on a train station killed 25 people, Ukraine says, on the day marking six months since Moscow’s invasion began. Five of

Thousands of people across South Africa are taking part in a national strike in protest at the rising cost of living. Two of the country’s

Former US President Donald Trump has asked a judge to freeze the justice department’s investigation of files seized from his Mar-a-Lago home. In a lawsuit,

The leaders of the United States, Britain, France and Germany held a conversation on efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the White House

Raila Odinga, who came second in Kenya’s presidential election, has filed a legal case challenging the result, his lawyers have said. According to the electoral

Russia has rejected appeals for complete demilitarisation of the area around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine. The move would make the plant more