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Aug 17, 2026 - World

Four-year-old boy, three men and three women among fatalities since storms began on 11 August, officials sayDays of storms and flooding in Indiana left at least seven people dead as floodwaters peaked in Indianapolis’s White River – and rains were expected to ease in the state capital region and other parts of the state on Sunday.A four-year-old boy, three men and three women were among those who had died since the storms began on 11 August, state homeland security department spokesperson Liz Woods said. Continue reading...

Aug 17, 2026 - World

Trump’s envoy and son-in-law meets Israeli leader in effort to push Gaza peace planJared Kushner meets with Hamas ahead of talks with Netanyahu on GazaThe UN rights chief voiced alarm Monday at the rising civilian toll of escalating hostilities in Yemen, urging restraint and an immediate de-escalation to avoid plunging the country back into a full-scale war.“I urge all parties to halt immediately any actions that risk returning Yemen to full-scale conflict,” Volker Türk said in a statement, as renewed fighting between the Houthi rebels and the government undermined a 2022 truce. Continue reading...

Aug 17, 2026 - World

President orders Pentagon to scale back ‘inappropriate and hostile’ exercises with South KoreaSign up for the Breaking News US emailPresident ⁠Donald Trump reiterated ⁠on Monday that ⁠Iran ​cannot have a ⁠nuclear weapon amid a lack ⁠of progress in ​diplomatic ‌efforts ‌to resolve the ‌Middle East conflict.“The number one Goal is, and always ‌will be, that Iran cannot ​have, in any way, shape, or ⁠form, a ​Nuclear Weapon,” Trump ​said in ​a ​post ‌on Truth ​Social. Continue reading...

Aug 17, 2026 - World

The thieves bypassed alarm and security systems on Saturday evening at the MuMe museum to make off with three of the five surviving panels of the San Gregorio Polyptych, dated to 1473.

Aug 17, 2026 - World

Robert Smith, Olly Alexander and Paris Paloma also among signatories to letter saying exploitation of Rosebank and Jackdaw fields defies climate realityBusiness live – latest updatesMore than 200 musicians including Massive Attack and Brian Eno have written to Andy Burnham urging him to reject plans for more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.The letter, signed by 211 artists such as Bobby Gillespie, Olly Alexander and Paris Paloma, called on the prime minister to reject the Rosebank oilfield, warning that the project would fail to lower energy bills or provide energy security as most of the oil was likely to be exported. Continue reading...