The UK government is calling for Israel to launch an investigation after the country's troops fired warning shots while British diplomats were travelling through the West Bank.

Donald Trump has ambushed South Africa's president during a White House meeting by playing a video purportedly showing evidence of a "genocide" of white farmers in the African country.

Donald Trump has ambushed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting at the White House by playing videos which he claimed pertained to allegations of genocide in South Africa.

A new species of bacteria discovered on board a space station could have profound implications for astronauts and long-term travel through the cosmos.

A professor who was put in jail over social media posts amid the India-Pakistan flare up has been released on bail.

Almost half a billion teenagers around the world will be obese by 2030, experts have warned.

Two people have died after falling unconscious on a boat trying to cross the English Channel, the French coastguard has said.

Pakistan's prime minister has blamed India after five people - including at least three children - were killed when a suicide car bomber targeted an army school bus.

Japan's agriculture minister has resigned after saying he has "never had to buy rice" while the country struggles with shortages and rising costs of its staple grain.

A man who served as an aide to a former Ukrainian president has been shot dead in Madrid, local authorities have said.

Vladimir Putin has visited Kursk for the first time since his troops ejected Ukrainian forces from the Russian city.

Vladimir Putin has visited Kursk for the first time since his troops ejected Ukrainian forces from the Russian city.

The former head of GCHQ has told Sky News that the long-term consequences of Israel's military offensive in Gaza will extend to "Europe and beyond".

Three people have died after severe thunderstorms caused flooding in the Var region of southeastern France, according to reports.

A top team of former government ministers and military and security chiefs have taken part in a wargame that simulates a Russian attack on the UK for a new podcast series by Sky News and Tortoise Media.

A British doctor working in Gaza has urged world leaders to "stop talking and do something" as he described how people are starving and the "massive extent of destruction".

The first aid trucks have begun entering Gaza after 78 days of Israeli blockade.

Hard-right populist George Simion will contest Romania's presidential election result.