Thousands attend 24-hour rally in Tel Aviv to call for hostages’ release as death toll in Gaza reportedly nears 24,000

Mudslide strikes busy municipal road in mountainous area connecting cities of Quibdo and Medellin

Hammersmith and Fulham Council is calling for the sale to be paused while a viable solution is found for the residents

Prime minister James Marape has called on police officers who are protesting over pay cut to report for duty

From death tolls to destroyed buildings and lost hospital beds, these are the figures that cut through the fog of war

Number of missing lowered to 211 as thousands of troops join rescue effort and experts warn of disease risk at evacuation centres

tolls will help 'manage traffic effectively', officials say

The Dallas County sherrif said there were ‘multiple’ gunshot victims found at the school

Residents in Japan formed long lines outside supermarkets to buy supplies after an earthquake struck the Noto peninsula on New Year's Day. Footage from Tuesday (2 January) shows customers queueing outside a store to purchase essentials. It came as ar ...

Queues stretched through a station in Japan on Tuesday, 2 January, after bullet train services resumed following their suspension amid an earthquake on New Year's Day. The Hokuriku Shinkansen halted operations due to the Noto Peninsula earthquake. Fo ...

Ishikawa and its Noto peninsula, one of the worst affected areas, has been hit by more than 100 aftershocks

Israeli defence minister says his country is planning for a long conflict as senior Hamas official is killed in Beirut drone strike

A Twitch streamer captured the moment a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit Japan on Monday, 1 January. User @Shiori_Japan1 was live when an alert flashed on her phone, warning of the quake, before her room shook. Footage shows her appearing to run away as ...

Fumio Kishida, Japan’s prime minister, says country faces ‘battle against time’ to rescue people as at least 48 killed in earthquakes

Aerial footage captured in Japan shows widespread devastation in Ishikawa prefecture after a series of strong earthquakes on New Year’s Day. Aftershocks shook the region and nearby areas a day after the magnitude 7.6 temblor. Smoke and flames were ...

IDF bombs urban refugee camps, UN agency warns of famine risk and skirmishes on Lebanon border intensify

Charities say the situation is so bad that ‘in an ocean of human misery and in a world that seems to be falling apart, Gaza stands out’

While a handful of politicians have openly discussed the stresses of their job, the scale of the problem appears far greater

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Exclusive: lack of resources to treat people whose ill health is often worsened by poverty is taking a heavy toll on medics’ wellbeing