The death of the mother of three sparked protests and scrutiny over how federal officers are using force against both immigrants and protesters.

The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.

Around a third of trucks sold in China this year will run on electricity, furthering Beijing’s goal of bolstering energy security.

I don’t know who will win the US-Iran war. But if you ask me who’s prevailing in the battle over the Strait of Hormuz, it’s clear US President Donald Trump has the advantage. As much as Tehran says the opposite, the strait is effectively wide open. Crude oil exports from regional US allies via the waterway, plus bypass routes, have risen to about 80% of prewar levels. Iran, meanwhile, has seen its own oil exports plunge to zero.

Letter: There should be provision for people who find themselves out of work when they approach state pension age, writes Peter Wade

Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.

May el-Toukhy becomes eighth female director to take Golden Lion in festival’s 77-year history, as Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love and Guardian-produced documentary about Israeli intelligence also awarded May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown has scooped the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival, at an awards ceremony that also saw the Gaza documentary NAZA win the jury prize. Set in the immediate aftermath of Danish liberation from Nazi occupation, the Egyptian-Danish director’s film tells the story of a young housemaid, Marie (Mathilde Arcel), who is about to marry her widowed employer but anxious about him discovering a shameful secret in her past: during the war, Marie had an intimate relationship with a German soldier. Continue reading...

Estonia’s defence minister resigns over a failed €70 million deal for Ukraine with an Italian company that had not sold shells before.

The White House said the president was aboard Air Force One as he left a NATO summit. Instead, his departure included an elaborate ruse that concealed his travel.

The author of Kitchen Confidential has inspired a new movie, Tony, about his days as a dishwasher. But do today’s chefs still admire his self-sabotaging rock’n’roll spirit – or have they outgrown it?

Nigel Farage’s £5m gift, the Cottrell family’s links and donations, and Richard Tice’s business dealings form part of an increasingly clear nexus of relationships

Greek police throw entire homicide division at trying to explain fate of 38-year-old Elisabeth-Jane Ross Two worlds separated by sheets of corrugated iron: one, a tree-lined road, bordered by a park and the home of Greece’s oldest sports club; the other a wasteland of derelict buildings and graffiti-covered walls in what was once a car park. It is here, on the wrong side of the divide, in Kypseli, a neighbourhood in central Athens, that the body of Elisabeth-Jane Ross was found, inside a suitcase last month. Continue reading...

Japan’s prime minister is hitting a rough patch after winning the nation’s biggest electoral mandate since World War II.

An appeals court in Canada acquitted Brandon Klayme of child pornography-related charges. His Kik username had one less underscore than another account that was involved.

The accusations include sex with underage girls and sexually explicit messages. The actor denied the allegations.

The stealthy and likely nuclear-powered vessel offers insight into China’s plans — a push that could further complicate Japan’s security calculus.

The authorities in Belgium did not name the country that the intern, a woman “of Chinese origin,” is suspected of spying for.

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Motivated to keep prices low, the general manager of a food co-op in Pittsburgh tells us how the store is navigating the steep costs.