A report faults the Countess of Chester Hospital management for systemic failures and delayed police involvement during neonatal nurse Lucy Letby's crimes.

A Pentagon inspector general report reveals that heavy munitions expenditures during the military campaign against Iran caused severe U.S. inventory shortfalls.

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink announced that the United States has placed on-orbit space control weapons in Earth's orbit to defend against adversaries.

Veteran US Senator Mitch McConnell has returned to the United States Senate in a wheelchair following a three-month absence sparked by a serious fall.

A Stockport husband in his sixties has admitted to a campaign of abusing his wife over two decades, pleading guilty to 60 criminal counts including rape.

Following a chaotic race in Beijing where an athlete won despite suffering bowel incontinence, Hyrox has issued an apology and overhauled its rules.

The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration's attempt to enforce new mail-in voting restrictions for the upcoming midterm elections, preserving existing voting procedures.

Lawmakers face a crowded legislative agenda focusing on military funding, AI regulation, and fraud prevention as Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate.

Italian Typhoon jets operating under NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission intercepted and destroyed an unmanned aircraft that breached Lithuanian airspace from Belarus.

A diplomatic crisis erupted at the IAEA after the US blocked Iran's nuclear chief from attending the annual conference in Vienna using UN snapback sanctions.

American rapper Macklemore has been removed from Ed Sheeran's remaining US tour dates following intense backlash and venue threats over his pro-Palestinian speeches.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pulled Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet from a British school just two days into the term due to transport security challenges.

Planned diplomatic talks between Gulf states and Iran in Oman were called off after Houthi forces launched missile and drone strikes on Saudi Arabia.

A drone strike on Saudi Arabia's flagship East-West Pipeline has forced a three-to-five-week shutdown, spiking global oil prices and raising supply concerns.

Yemeni Houthi rebels have seized the strategic Greater and Lesser Hanish islands in the Red Sea, tightening their grip on vital shipping lanes.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine is prepared to halt long-range drone strikes on Russian territory if international allies secure a verifiable commitment from the Kremlin to spare Ukrainian critical infrastructure.

Indonesian police are investigating the suspected murder-suicide of an Australian father and his two children in a rented Bali bungalow.

Egypt has turned down a Houthi proposal for direct maritime talks regarding the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, avoiding implicit recognition of the group amid rising regional tensions and a drone attack on a Saudi oil pipeline.

High-stakes regional talks aimed at addressing a disputed maritime transit proposal for the Strait of Hormuz have been indefinitely postponed amid escalating attacks on energy infrastructure and surging oil prices.

India's women's cricket team secured their eighth Asia Cup title but refused to collect the trophy from ACC president Mohsin Naqvi, backed by the BCCI amid ongoing political tensions.