Even after vanishing five months ago, Petros Krommidas remains a candidate for a seat on the Nassau County Legislature on Long Island, New York. The 29-year-old’s name will stay on …

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war was holding even as complex issues remain ahead, a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 …

The EU’s new migration pact is headed for its first major test, with member states facing a Christmas deadline to agree on the relocation of at least 30,000 asylum seekers …

A greatly weakened Hamas has sought to reassert itself in Gaza since the ceasefire, killing at least 33 people in a crackdown on groups that have tested its grip and …

Michael Tenezos, a 27-year-old Greek-background Swedish man who is linked as a leading figure in the criminal gang Dalen, has been arrested in Mexico off the back of a Europol-led …

Donald Trump says the war in Gaza has ended and the Middle East is going to “normalise”, as Hamas prepares to release Israeli hostages and world leaders gather to discuss …

A ceasefire in the Middle East is a welcome breakthrough, Australia’s prime minister says, but the next steps to a lasting peace and recovery loom as tougher prospects. Israel’s government …

Australia cautiously welcomes a deal that could seal an end to the Israel-Hamas war, but leaders warn of a long way to go before lasting peace can be secured. The …

John Martinis, together with John Clarke and Michel Devoret, has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, earning the honour for their esteemed work in quantum mechanics. The three America-based …

Egypt has reopened a tomb of a pharaoh for visitors after more than two decades of renovation in the southern city of Luxor, as it prepares for the official opening …