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The UK is investigating a raft of sexual assault and human trafficking allegations involving late business magnate Mohamed Al-Fayed

'Human trafficking'

UK police question three women in Al-Fayed probe

The announcement follows a drawn-out pursuit of The Telegraph, which is 170 years old

Germany's Axel Springer swoops for British newspaper The Telegraph

Smoke rises over Tehran on March 5

Life under bombardment

Voices from Iran: protests, fear and scarcity

Ukraine has built up an industry developing interceptors that can down drones like those used by Iran against the Gulf states

Expert heading to Gulf

This is how Ukraine has countered Russia's Iran-designed drones

Residents stand amid the debris of a building following air strikes in central Tehran

Millions affected

Sleepless Iranians count cost of war as damage mounts

Planet Labs normally makes satellite images, such as this one of Tehran from Wedneday, available to clients almost immediately

Potential enemy fears

Leading satellite firm to hold back Gulf state images

Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir said the time was now right to put the question to the Icelandic people

After long negotiations

Iceland proposes August 29 referendum on resuming EU membership talks

This undated photo from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows Donald Trump (L), flanked by Epstein (C), talking to an unidentified woman

US releases Epstein files with uncorroborated Trump allegations

US payroll employment rose by 584,000 jobs in 2025, significantly lower than the 2.0 million rise in 2024, government data showed

Ahead of midterm elections

US sheds jobs in February in warning sign for Trump's economy

A view of the Strait of Hormuz from the United Arab Emirates

Securing shipping lane from Mideast war 'challenging', say experts

India's Jasprit Bumrah waves to fans after the semi-final victory against England in Mumbai

India's Bumrah only 'human' says Phillips ahead of T20 World Cup final

Analysts attributed some of the depressed retail activity to severe winter storms that battered the United States in January

Economy slowing

US retail sales decline as consumer pullback deepens

price increases are already evident for fuels such as petrol

War in Middle East raises stagflation fears in Europe and beyond

Lebanese authorities say Israeli air strikes in the country this week have left dozens dead

Compliance with international law

UN demands swift probe into Israeli strikes on Lebanon

Israel has achieved air superiority over Iran thanks to decades of focus on its air force

Strategic thinking

Elite pilots and US support drive Israel's air power

Sri Lanka offered help to a Iran ship crew after another the US torpedoed another Iran ship

'Every life is as precious as our own'

Sri Lanka denounces war deaths, houses Iran sailors

Around 95,000 people in Beirut's southern suburbs have been displaced to official shelters, authorities say

'We can't do anything'

Lebanese relive 'nightmare' of displacement from war

Iran's ISNA news agency released images of mourners at the funeral of children killed in the strike

Call for answers

US must probe Iran school strike 'very quickly', UN says

The Pentagon released what it said was periscope footage of a US Navy submarine sinking an Iranian warship

Who rules the seas? Torpedoed Iran ship brings focus underwater

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has ordered the armed forces to prepare retaliatory measures against Iran

Iran drone strike on Azerbaijan raises fears of Mideast war spreading to Caucasus

A poodle being groomed at Crufts

The fluffiest of them all

Grooming makes Crufts debut as UK dog show widens offer

In Kathmandu's tea shops and city squares, people were glued to their phones, checking results as early trends flashed up

'Counting has begun'

Nepal's rapper-turned-politician takes early lead in key polls

Lufthansa reported a forecast-beating operating profit for 2025

Air traffic vulnerability

Mideast war is heightening uncertainty, Lufthansa warns

Israel warned hundreds of thousands of residents of Beirut's southern suburbs to evacuate before the strikes

As strikes continue

Fresh Israeli strikes on Lebanon as PM warns of 'looming humanitarian disaster'

The 78-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper was found guilty in February on charges of foreign collusion and seditious publication

Charges of foreign collusion and seditious publication

Hong Kong mogul Jimmy Lai won't appeal national security conviction: lawyer

'No-one should want another political cycle'

Kosovo faces new election after president dissolves parliament

Retired general Roberto Vannacci, who has set up a new right-wing party, has declined to say if he will stand for the Italian parliament in 2027

Roberto Vannacci

Italian general challenges Meloni from the right

China's top economic planning body vowed to boost sluggish consumption in the world's second-largest economy after announcing the lowest growth target in decades

Amid a slowing economy

China says 'clearly aware' of economic risks, vows to boost spending

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