How did the superyacht carrying tech tycoon Mike Lynch sink off Sicily?
One person has died and six are missing after a superyacht capsized off the Sicilian coast in the Mediterranean on Monday at about 5am (03:00 GMT) after it was hit
Why is Switzerland offering cash prizes to retrieve munitions from lakes?
The Swiss Federal Department of Defence Procurement (Armasuisse) is offering 50,000 Swiss francs ($57,800) for the three best ideas on how to retrieve some 12,000 tonnes of old munitions from
India’s top court creates safety task force after rape, murder of doctor
The Supreme Court orders federal paramilitary forces to provide security at the Kolkata state hospital where the trainee medic was attacked. India’s Supreme Court has set up a national task
Cricket: Samoa’s Visser breaks men’s T20I record with 39 runs in one over
Darius Visser obliterated the single over record by three runs against Vanuatu at a T20 World Cup qualifier in the Samoan capital, Apia. Darius Visser has hit 39 runs in
Hamas accuses US of ‘buying time for Israel’ in Gaza ceasefire talks
Blinken visits Egypt, and will head to Qatar as the US pushes Hamas to agree to an amended deal that allows Israel to keep troops in Gaza. Hamas has said
German court upholds conviction of 99-year-old former Nazi camp secretary
Irmgard Furchner loses her appeal against a conviction of complicity in more than 10,000 murders during World War II. A German court has rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman
Jannik Sinner defeats Frances Tiafoe to win ATP Cincinnati Tennis Open
The world number one will ride a wave of momentum into next week’s US Open after winning his fifth ATP title of 2024. Jannik Sinner has lifted his third ATP
Kursk incursion lifts Ukraine’s hopes but some expect ‘nightmare’ in Donbas
The surprise offensive is boosting morale among some troops but as evacuations are under way, Russia is advancing towards Pokrovsk. Kyiv, Ukraine – Olena Dovzhenko no longer feels depressed after
Japan’s ruling party to pick new leader, successor to PM Kishida next month
The winner of the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election in September will also become the next prime minister. Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is set to elect its new
Suspected serial killer escapes from police custody in Kenya’s Nairobi
Collins Jumaisi, who is accused of dismembering 42 women’s bodies, breaks out of a police station along with 12 others. A manhunt is under way in Kenya after the escape