London police said on Monday they would stop investigating “non-crime hate incidents” after they were criticised for arresting a comedy writer over anti-transgender social media posts.

When two alleged drug traffickers survived a US military strike last week in the Caribbean, they left the Trump administration with a decision to make: Send them back home, or find a way to keep them detained.

Japan’s ruling LDP and its junior partner signed a coalition deal on Monday, paving the way for Sanae Takaichi to become the country’s first woman premier.

US President Donald Trump has called for Russia and Ukraine to freeze the war along current battle lines – a proposal that would see Moscow keep large areas of Ukrainian territory.

The hunt was on Monday for the band of thieves who stole eight priceless royal pieces of jewellery from the Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris in broad daylight.

Russia’s foreign ministry said that any peace deal for Ukraine should address the root causes of the conflict to ensure a fundamental and long-term peace, the state TASS news agency reported.

Iran said on Saturday that it was no longer bound by restrictions on its nuclear programme as a landmark 10-year deal between it and world powers expired, though Tehran reiterated its “commitment to diplomacy”.

Denmark plans to spend roughly 27.4 billion Danish kroner ($4.26 billion) in an effort to shore up its defence capabilities in the Arctic and stave off threats made by US President Donald Trump against the Danish semi-autonomous Greenland.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday to push the US leader for long-range Tomahawk missiles that can strike deep inside Russia.

Hamas intends to maintain security control in Gaza during an interim period, a senior Hamas official told Reuters, adding he could not commit to the group disarming – positions that reflect the difficulties facing US plans to secure an end to the war.

Britain’s Prince Andrew behaved as if having sex with the then 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre was his “birthright”, according to allegations in her posthumous memoir.

Victims of clerical sex abuse still face “disturbing” retaliation from Catholic Church leaders for speaking out despite years of efforts to tackle the global scourge, a Vatican commission revealed.

Dozens of news outlets have lost access to the Pentagon after they refused to sign a new set of guidelines that sharply restrict their ability to report on the US military.

A former Israeli hostage said on Thursday that all Gaza captives could have returned home “a long time ago”, as relatives of newly released hostages described the torment endured by their loved ones.

US President Donald Trump said he was considering strikes targeting Venezuelan cartels on land, after a series of deadly strikes at sea against alleged drug-carrying boats.

Madagascar braced for military rule on Wednesday after an elite army unit seized power following President Andry Rajoelina’s impeachment, promising elections within two years as the international community voiced alarm over the crisis.

The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said that it was permanently closing an emergency health centre in Haiti’s capital, due to rampant insecurity.

Petitions have been filed in Nepal’s Supreme Court challenging the formation of an interim government and the dissolution of parliament following last month’s uprising, a court official said on Wednesday.

Former Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80, a source in Odinga’s office told Reuters, without giving further details.

Japan’s top opposition parties agreed on Tuesday to hold a meeting of leaders, aiming to find a unified candidate for prime minister and oust the ruling party from power.

Cameroon’s opposition challenger Issa Tchiroma Bakary claimed election victory against incumbent President Paul Biya, who has been in power for 43 years, although official results for the weekend vote are not expected for two weeks.