The Trump administration is considering imposing new restrictions on Cuban officials traveling to the United Nations, another step to squeeze the government in Havana

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African leaders at the United Nations General Assembly are demanding reform of the Security Council to include permanent seats for African countries

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Lithuania says Russia could try to broaden its pressure on Nato countries through attacks on critical infrastructure including ports or airports

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Officials say that Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine have killed at least eight civilians

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The two soldiers were captured by Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region in January last year

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Attacks could include isolated strikes with long-range weapons like drones or missiles, Denmark’s intelligence chief said

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Italy’s Senate has given final approval to legislation paving the way for a return to nuclear power

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Russia has launched daylight drone attacks on Kyiv, hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was to address the U.N. General Assembly

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Zelensky warns against use of AI in war and calls for ‘energy ceasefire’ with Russia

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President Donald Trump says his new White House ballroom will include a rooftop drone port to defend the complex

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Canada's top diplomat says her country is embracing its growing prominence as a champion of “middle powers” at the U.N. General Assembly

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Nato's deputy commander in Europe is warning that Russian president Vladimir Putin is becoming increasingly reckless as the war in Ukraine drags on and as he seeks to divide Western allies

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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging global leaders to cooperate to tackle the existential threats from climate crisis, runaway artificial intelligence and intensifying inequalities

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All but five of Russia’s 32 major oil refineries have been hit by Ukrainian drone attacks, costing the country an estimated $20bn. Experts tell Maira Butt that Zelensky has brought the reality of Putin’s invasion to the doorstep

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World leaders gather at the U.N. General Assembly to address wars in Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Congo and Myanmar, along with climate change, inequality, economic turmoil and questions about the U.N.’s future.

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Ineos said European gas prices were now 12 times higher than in the US

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There is not much diplomats can agree on these days

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Prime minister pledges to work hard to settle row over Chagos Islands after president slates ‘terrible deal’

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Expulsion of general who was second only to Xi in military hierarchy ‘marks one of the most dramatic purges’

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Officials say Russia has bombarded at least four Ukrainian regions with missiles and drones in that attacks that have killed four people

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Zelensky calls for an ‘energy ceasefire’ with Russia and tells Trump he is ready for a trilateral meeting with Putin

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Trump Truth Social post likens AI skeptics to global warming and climate change warnings from environmentalists

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Leo Correa began working in Israel for The Associated Press following the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack and joined the staff the next year.

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World and business leaders this week will grapple with the urgent costs of climate change

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World leaders are meeting under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions for their annual meeting at the United Nations this week

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Russia turned away independent European observers as critics said there were few avenues for genuine dissent in the country’s first wartime parliamentary elections, Maira Butt reports

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Officials say that Russian drones have blasted Ukraine’s southern city of Zaporizhzhia

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Wes Streeting is urging the public to prepare for extreme weather, cyber attacks, and war

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Pope Leo XIV opens a four-day visit to France this weekend that is expected to touch on church teaching about the value of all human life

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Macron and Trump to discuss ‘energy truce and a moratorium in the Black Sea’

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More than 12,000 children were killed or injured by explosives between 2020 and 2025, with AI and other new technologies now changing how wars are fought

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Russians officials say that Ukraine has fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including what Moscow’s mayor described as the “largest ever” attack on the Russian capital

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Russians are going to the polls for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022

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Here are five stories from across the globe you may have missed

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The Kremlin ordered the Russian businesses of Swiss-based food and beverage company Nestle and French retailer Auchan placed in temporary administration, in a procedure that previously has led to the sale of Western businesses at knockdown prices

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Exclusive: Stark figures intensify calls for the UK to prioritise national security as government accused of being ‘asleep’ to threats

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Russia is set to compete in the Under-15 World Cup in Azerbaijan next month

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Sam Kiley, world affairs editor, explains the significance of the insignificant Russian Duma elections

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has welcomed leaders from seven regional countries for talks on deepening cooperation

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The Made in Europe scheme is designed to protect the continent’s manufacturing from global competition like China

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