Namibia says it is sending in helicopters and hundreds of soldiers to battle a fire that has ravaged a third of a key nature reserve. Etosha National Park is one of southern Africa’s top tourist attractions, known for its vast salt pan that can be seen from space. It is also home to critically endangered […]

Sarah Rainsford, Eastern and Southern Europe correspondentIn Chisinau and Paul KirbyEurope digital editor in London Anadolu via Getty Images Moldovan President Maia Sandu warned voters their democracy was young and fragile and Russia endangered it Moldovans have voted in parliamentary elections seen as critical for their future path to the European Union amid allegations of […]

China has officially opened the world’s highest bridge in the world to the public. The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge towers 625m (2,050ft) above a gorge in the country’s Guizhou province. Officials say it cuts travel time between the canyon’s two sides from two hours to two minutes. Earlier this year in August, a testing team […]

Several people were injured after a shooting and a fire at a Mormon church in Michigan, local police say. Officials said there was an active shooter incident at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, a town 60 miles (96 km) northwest of Detroit, on Sunday morning. “There are multiple victims […]

Swiss voters have narrowly approved a plan to introduce electronic identity cards in the country. With all votes counted, 50.4% of those who voted said yes to the proposal, while 49.6% rejected it. The closeness of the ballot is a surprise. Opinion polls had suggested up to 60% backed digital IDs, which also had the […]

Greta Thunberg has pushed back on criticism that a Gaza-bound flotilla she is a part of is a publicity stunt, saying no one would imperil themselves purely for attention. The Swedish activist is aboard one of 52 boats that form the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which is travelling toward Gaza with the aim of delivering […]

At least four people have been killed in Kyiv following a Russian aerial bombardment across Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. In a post on X, Zelensky called the attack ‘”vile” and warned that Ukraine would retaliate. The president also said that Moscow “wants to continue fighting and killing, and it deserves the toughest pressure from […]

US pop star and actress Selena Gomez has married music producer Benny Blanco in a ceremony in California. Gomez posted pictures to Instagram of her wearing a white halter-neck wedding gown and Blanco in a dark tuxedo, alongside the caption “9.27.25” bookended by love hearts. The couple exchanged vows in Santa Barbara on Saturday in […]

The Ukrainian capital has come under a “massive attack” by Russia overnight, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said. A five-storey building was partially destroyed, he said. At least three people had been taken to hospital. Ukraine’s foreign minister said hundreds of drones and missiles had been used in the latest wave of attacks across the […]

Watch: Thousands march in Argentina over murder of girl and two young women Thousands of people have taken part in an anti-femicide protest in Buenos Aires, demanding justice for a girl and two young women who were tortured and murdered in a crime that has shocked Argentina. The brutal killings of 15-year-old Lara Gutierrez and […]