Deniz Goktas is accused of "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, "praising" crime and criminals, and "inciting hatred and hostility" with jokes about Islam. Nominally, Turkey is a secular count...

Brexit gave direct democracy a bad name. But the Swiss approach could be what Europe needs now, says Guardian Europe contributor Joseph de Weck

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Man accused of being accessory to murders at Stalag 326 VI K amid race to prosecute suspects before they die

Prime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach

Ahead of a court hearing, the administration cited reports about the White House ballroom and the Iran war to defend its ban against CNN, MS NOW and Politico.

Experts say some of António Guterres’s possible successors could be ‘disastrous’ for efforts to tackle crisis

The president signed an agreement on Greenland after a speech in which he said domestic politics won’t sway his Iran policy.

Rooftop solar alone generates more than half of all power used, as clear sunny days and low demand drive record-breaking surge

Kirsty McNeill has laid out a vision for international aid that is based on “mutual interest” between the global north and south.

European diplomats say they were surprised and disappointed that Australia baulked at joining a UK-led move to impose trade sanctions on West Bank Israeli businesses.

Exclusive: In her first media interview since fleeing Russia, Rita Flores describes her three years of being run by the FSB

Disclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models

The US president is blaming Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries for soaring diesel prices. He has even publicly told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop the attacks. What should the world ma...

The situation between Panama and China is rapidly evolving into a diplomatic crisis. After Panama’s Supreme Court ruled to remove Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison from the ports of Balboa and Cristóbal, t...

Testimony from Israeli military insiders involved in surveillance and remote killings features in documentary produced by the Guardian

Funding cuts in 2025 left women, children, older and displaced people hard hit, with 64m fewer people receiving aid

A researcher for AI developer Anthropic has quit the company and is one of a growing number of AI experts to call on the industry to slow down.

Iceland becomes the latest nation embroiled in a diplomatic row with the United States after Donald Trump shares a map showing the Nordic nation as American territory.

Migration is a sensitive topic in Germany, with public debate dominated by the fear of uncontrolled immigration. But over two centuries, millions of Germans emigrated in search of a better life.

Togo-sponsored resolution calls to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland

In Tibet, a digital crackdown followed the deadly flood that has devastated communities along the China-Nepal border. Censors erased viral footage while Chinese state media flooded platforms with offi...

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Industry, government, and AI leaders call for collective action to strengthen cyber defenses and protect the critical infrastructure we all depend on.

The digital divide means the responsibility is falling to loved ones, neighbours, and retirement village staff to bridge the gap for older Australians.

Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was 21.1C on Saturday, latest data finds

Global heating is an outrage, not a tragedy. We deserve the facts about the climate crisis – I choose the Guardian because it’s one of the few places left to share them honestly

Decision leaves intact $5m civil judgment against Trump after jury found him liable for sexually abusing writer

President issues threat to ‘bomb the shit out of them’ after previously threatening Gulf ally in May

In a recent paper in the International Journal for Health Equity, Berenson et al. deliver a hopeful vision of a world better able to take advantage of SDH research. Had the article been published in 2...

Defence researcher at top planning agency says Beijing should draw lessons from the Falklands conflict to commandeer commercial vessels.

Climate action does not seem to be a priority for the German government — despite record temperatures, heat-related deaths and drought. Why aren't more people taking to the streets in protest?

Experience Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, now playing in theaters everywhere.

Seriousness of remark made in New York on Friday, and whether it signaled new policy ​position, not clear

President has suggested steam catapults every year since 2017, saying digital systems are too ‘complicated’

Hacked emails show Yahav Lichner, a UN official, repeatedly supplied Israeli diplomats with confidential UN reports and private briefings. He now directs UNICEF’s Washington office.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday aimed at reshaping the federal government’s approach toward childhood vaccines, insisting that infants should receive fewer immunizations ove...

Composers from Purcell to Birtwistle have created passionate dramas inspired by ancient Greek stories – and none of them require you to sit through three hours of solemn spectacle without an interval

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France had also intervened after Trump administration had opposed the reappointment of UN human rights chief

Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests

Temperatures of 95-105F (35-40C) are expected, spanning Gulf of Mexico coast to the Great Plains and the midwest

Donald Trump said to have approved agreement to help kingdom make fuel for civilian nuclear programme

Exercise took place about 180km from Okinotori, Japan’s southernmost island, and comes as Chinese and Philippine sailors clashed in the South China Sea

In retaliation for Khamenei's death, the Tehran daily listed 13 world leaders, including Merz, as targets. German politicians voiced concern.

US disables unladen oil tanker using Hellfire missiles in strait of Hormuz amid concerns strikes could spiral into open conflict