The World Beekeeping Awards have announced that there will not be any prizes for honey next year because of concerns about fraud in the global supply chain. It’ll be the…

EPA The wreckage of a car seen following an Israeli strike in southern Gaza Five people have reportedly been killed in an air strike in Gaza that Israel said was…

Visitors to Spain will face more paperwork from Monday when a new law requiring hotel owners and car hire firms to send personal information about their customers to the government…

Reuters Rebel forces launched the largest offensive against the Syrian government in years on Wednesday. By Saturday, they had taken control of “large parts” of the country’s second-biggest city, Aleppo.…

Significantly, Fifa emphasises that its human rights evaluations are “not about peremptorily excluding countries based on their general human rights context” and are instead “based on evidence of how effectively…

PA Media Counting will start across the Republic of Ireland at 09:00 local time Counting has begun in the Irish general election, as exit polls suggest a close contest between…

Huge flooding caused by heavy rain in Malaysia has forced more than 122,000 people out of their homes across the country. Three people have also died, according to disaster officials.…

Mass protests have continued for a second consecutive night in Georgia, sparked by the government’s decision to suspend accession talks with the European Union. In the capital, Tbilisi, police used…

This potential was realised in late September with the birth of Hurricane Helene. It intensified rapidly before making landfall on the Florida coast as a major category four storm. Helene…

A selection of news photographs from around the world. Andres Cuenca/Reuters Supporters of Yamandu Orsi celebrate his election as president of Uruguay. Orise, a left-wing former history teacher, beat Álvaro…