The UK has signed a long-awaited deal to hand control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed.

A top court in Romania has unanimously rejected a request to annul the country's presidential election by the far-right losing candidate. 

The two people shot dead in Washington DC on Wednesday were Israeli embassy workers who were planning to get engaged in Jerusalem next week, it has since emerged.

Witnesses have told Sky News of the moments after a man shot two Israeli embassy staff members outside a Jewish museum in Washington DC.

Two Israeli embassy workers killed by a gunman in Washington DC last night have been identified as a couple who were about to be engaged.

There are multiple layers to this shocking act of extreme violence.

A serious accident during the launch of a new North Korean warship has been branded a "criminal act" by the country's leader.

The government has been temporarily blocked from concluding the Chagos Islands deal by a late-night High Court injunction.

Two staff members working for the Israeli embassy in Washington DC have been shot dead.

In a simple breezeblock and cement building, cholera patients are attached to drips as they lie sprawled on hard, wooden beds.

A natural disaster has been declared in Australia after unprecedented floods in New South Wales.

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.