Lloyd Austin said he was deeply concerned that China has been unwilling to engage more seriously on better mechanisms for crisis management.

They’d known for days she was gone but this sight, of Elizabeth II on her “last great journey” as the King called it on Friday, was a moment all on its own.

The former Republican president has been using increasingly dystopian rhetoric in his campaign speeches about the state of the country.

In the wake of Roel Degamo’s death, questions have been asked as to why his personal security was not working the day he was shot.

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The measures, which further tighten the national security laws imposed on Hong Kong by Beijing in 2020, have fuelled concerns about the former British colony’s future as Asia’s business hub.

The man, a resident dubbed Mr X by South African media, was testifying to an inquiry into the causes of the fire in Johannesburg last year.

The former British leader is still an MP. He has signed a book deal with Rupert Murdoch’s book publishing arm.

The plan originally was to kill Ismail Haniyeh in May when he was at the funeral of Iran’s president, but that was changed because of the large crowds and the high possibility of failure.

Israel has rejected accusations of genocide as baseless. Meanwhile, the Jewish captain of South Africa’s U16 cricket team has been stood down.

The passenger bus was transporting Easter worshippers from Botswana, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, to Moria, a town in Limpopo.

An inventory of the materials the FBI recovered from the former president’s home shows that 43 empty folders with classified banners were found.

President Joko Widodo – said to be battling his own cough exacerbated by the conditions – wants urgent intervention.

The late singer’s brother said it was a “hideous” representation of his sister that also looked like something in a department store window display.

An introduction, a hero’s welcome, protests and one big party. But while Kamala Harris has managed to consolidate the Democratic base, polls show the race with Donald Trump is still anyone’s to lose.

For centuries, the sandstone walls of the Punch Bowl Inn greeted passersby on a quiet English country road. Residents say the historic pub turned to rubble overnight.

Asian news agencies, one citing an Indonesian official, reported the boat was headed to Australia. Border Force said this was not true.

Record cold temperatures across Iowa are adding more uncertainty ahead of the caucuses, the first contest for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

“You’ve presented nothing,” the judge told Trump’s lawyer, who sought to argue the ex-president was responding to online criticism.

Manuel Rocha incriminated himself in a series of secretly recorded video conversations with “Miguel”, an FBI agent posing as a Cuban spy.

Israeli policy has produced a one-state reality that is unstable and an untenable path to lasting peace.

Truth has been a stranger to wars of the past, and remains alien to current wars.

Trump has said he will make another run for the White House in 2024, and Facebook and Instagram are key vehicles for political outreach and fundraising.

The French government, the City of Paris, and the 2024 organising committee remain determined to stage the ceremony on the Seine – but security agencies aren’t so sure.

France has opened an inquiry into the “shocking” images of tens of thousands of dead fish.