Despite economic headwinds, election defeats for two major rivals this week have left India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi looking increasingly unassailable.

The regional government of the Spanish islands says it is not confident that allowing the afflicted luxury cruise ship MV Hondius into port at Tenerife is safe.

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Beyond the question of why Trump let his cabinet secretaries (and top military adviser) waste their time marketing a soon-to-be-jettisoned policy, there is the question of why he pressed pause at all.

The Dutch-flagged polar cruise ship will sail to the Canary Islands where its passengers will be examined as disease experts share theories on how and where the unusual outbreak began.

Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters have clashed with police in New York.

Pete Hegseth won't confirm or deny the US Navy is using kamikaze dolphins.

Male school bullies in Singapore could face caning as a "last resort" to stamp out bad behaviour under new education guidelines.

The US president’s decision came just hours after Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a news conference talking up the so-called Project Freedom mission, as he declared combat operations were “over”.

Pope Leo speaks on the Church's message of peace and answers question on the Iran war in a rebuke of Trump.

A cruise ship with nearly 150 people aboard was waiting for help off the coast of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after three passengers died and at least three other people were left seriously ill in a suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus, according to the World Health Organization and the ship’s operator.

Medical teams have boarded a stranded cruise ship to investigate three deaths from hantavirus.