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Several countries are sending firefighting aircraft to Israel as crews battle for a second day to extinguish a wildfire that had shut down a major highway linking Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and sent drivers scrambling from their cars

Currently two in five newly built homes do not have solar panels

The International Monetary Fund says that countries across the Middle East and North Africa face significant challenges to economic growth as the region faces economic uncertainty due to tariff measures, lower-than-recent oil prices and cuts to financial aid

The group reported a 7% drop in pre-tax profits to £1.52 billion for the three months to the end of March.

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Kamala Harris accused Donald Trump of abandoning American ideals in her first major speech following her US election loss, that also coincided with the president's first 100 days in office in his second term.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called senior officials in India and Pakistan in an effort to defuse the crisis that followed last week’s deadly attack in Kashmir, the State Department said

North Korea and Russia have begun building their first road link, the two countries announced, hailing the construction of a bridge over a border river as a major development that will further expand their booming ties

The Tump administration has reportedly spent more than 6 percent as the Biden administration during the same period even though federal jobs, services, agencies and contracts have been slashed

Shouting “banzai!”

Necropolis can be compared to well-known sites in Champagne, researchers say

The state agreed earlier this year to increased cooperation with federal immigration agents

If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history

Carney says Trump won’t succeed with his ambitions to expand US territory

More than 50 per cent of Ukraine’s critical rare earth mineral resources are in regions illegally annexed by Vladimir Putin and partially occupied by his forces

Erin Patterson is on trial in Australia over the deaths of her estranged partner’s parents and aunt, Rachel Clun writes

The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, is here to answer your local elections questions – from which seats matter to whether Reform can turn headlines into votes

Trucks thunder along Pakistan’s dusty highways and through bustling city streets, like rolling canvases ablaze with color and poetry, transforming heavy transport into mobile masterpieces and offering a window into the country’s folk culture.

Asian shares have advanced, with many markets in the region closed for holidays, after U.S. stocks stormed back from steep early losses to a seventh straight day of gains

Swathes of New Zealand were under severe weather warnings Thursday with heavy downpours prompting a state of emergency for part of the South Island, while forecasters recorded “destructive” gales in the capital, Wellington

Many support centers for Nepal’s LGBTQ+ community have closed since the Trump administration began dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development

Voters to cast ballots in 23 local authorities and six mayoral contests across England

An Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience triggered severe mental problems is facing scheduled execution in Florida this week for the shotgun slayings of his girlfriend and her three young children in 1998

Clothing as message

Some colleges are canceling graduation ceremonies that recognize individual cultures or groups