Extreme hunger is intensifying in 13 global hot spots, with Gaza, Sudan, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali at immediate risk of famine without urgent humanitarian intervention, a joint United Nations report warned yesterday.

Most of the world’s nuclear-armed states continued to modernise their arsenals last year, setting the stage for a new nuclear arms race, researchers warned yesterday.

As the Israeli-Iranian confrontation enters its fourth day, casualties on both sides are mounting. At least 220 people have been killed in Iran and at least 24 in Israel. Despite the deadly response from Iran, Israeli officials have continued to insist that attacks on various Iranian nuclear and military facilities were necessary.

US President Donald Trump directed federal authorities to ramp up deportation efforts in Democratic-led cities on Sunday, doubling down on a politicized anti-immigration drive after major protests in Los Angeles.

A Democratic senator introduced legislation yesterday to prevent US President Donald Trump from using military force against Iran without Congress’s authorisation, as an escalating battle between Israel and Iran raised fears of broader conflict.

The London-bound Dreamliner crashed shortly after take off in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, killing 241

The British government said on Sunday it would ask the policing agency that investigates serious and organised crime to help track down more people suspected of being involved in grooming gangs that sexually abused thousands of girls

ABC News said the man was arrested near his farm near Green Isle, Minnesota, but Minnesota Department of Public Safety did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the arrest.

Earlier this month, the Republican president signed a proclamation that banned the entry of citizens from 12 countries

Two municipal police officers were also wounded in the attack

Seven people including a toddler were killed in India yesterday when a helicopter ferrying Hindu pilgrims from a shrine crashed in the Himalayas, officials said.

A manhunt was underway yesterday for a gunman who shot two Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota, killing Melissa Hortman and her husband and wounding the other, in what the northern US state’s governor said were politically motivated attacks.

Authorities named the assailant as 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter, who was still at large and considered "armed and dangerous."

Iran accused the United States of being complicit in Israel’s attacks on the Islamic Republic, which Washington denied, telling Tehran at the United Nations Security Council that it would “be wise” to negotiate over its nuclear programme.

Israel’s surprise attack on Iran had an obvious goal of sharply disrupting Tehran’s nuclear programme and lengthening the time it would need to develop an atomic weapon.

A US judge on Friday denied Mahmoud Khalil’s request to be released from detention, after federal prosecutors changed their rationale for holding the Columbia graduate student as part of its crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists.

Google on Friday began letting people turn online searches into conversations, with generative artificial intelligence providing spoken summaries of query results.

Thirty eight people have been arrested

The station reported the San Antonio Fire Department was searching for at least four additional victims

More than 2,400 companies from 48 countries are showing off their hardware at the week-long event at Le Bourget airfield on the outskirts of Paris