Reuters

Portugal says it will recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday, making it the latest Western nation preparing to shift policy as the war in the Gaza Strip shows no sign of stopping.

Pact declares any attack on Saudi Arabia or Pakistan an attack on both, deepening shared security alliance.

European factories face slowdowns as China restricts rare-earth exports, threatening car, chip, and defense production.

Trump announced a tentative deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S., with ByteDance set to transfer majority ownership to American investors while retaining a minority stake.

US President Donald Trump has said he would sue the New York Times for $15bn (£11bn) over what the US president calls defamation and libel.

President Donald Trump voiced his discontent over the Israeli strike targeting senior Hamas leadership in Qatar on Tuesday, telling reporters he was "very unhappy" with the attack.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday (September 2, 2025) said reports on social media that he is in ill health are untrue, saying he was busy over the Labour Day weekend giving media interviews and visiting his Virginia golf club.

Across the fertile plains of Pakistan’s Punjab, families are struggling to rebuild their lives after the worst flooding in decades swept away homes, destroyed crops, and drowned livestock.