The United Kingdom faces its seventh prime minister in just over a decade after Keir Starmer announced he will step down.

Embattled British ​Prime Minister ‌Keir Starmer ‌will ⁠step ⁠down from his post, U.S. ​President Donald Trump ​posted on Sunday. "Keir ⁠Starmer ⁠will resign ⁠as Prime ​Minister of The ​United ⁠Kingdom,

Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage called on Monday (June 22) for a general election after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was quitting. "If the next prime minister is the new MP for Makerfield,

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The EU is holding rare closed-door talks with the Taliban over deporting Afghan migrants from the bloc. Afghans make up one of the largest groups of migrants seeking asylum in the EU, but a growing number of governments in the 27-nation bloc want to speed up and increase deportations for those whose claims are rejected or who commit crimes.

EU officials and Taliban representatives held a technical meeting in Brussels to discuss the return of Afghan nationals in a fresh attempt to ramp up repatriations of migrants without the right to stay in Europe.

A growing number of governments in the EU want to speed up deportations for failed asylum seekers or those who commit crimes in their host countries.

This engagement occurs amid severe human rights abuses in Afghanistan, where the Taliban have imposed draconian restrictions, particularly on women and girls, since their 2021 takeover following the withdrawal of US-led forces.

Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reports on President Donald Trump's response to Iranian officials' threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, telling them 'you close it and you won't have a country' on 'Fox News Sunday.

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump warned Iran after the country threatened to again close the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday (June 22) "I will do what I have to do" if Iran does not stick to its agreement with Washington.

Top U.S. and Iranian negotiators are beginning a second day of talks in Switzerland aimed at cementing an interim deal to end their conflict

Major North American indexes fell in early trading on Tuesday, following world markets downward. Elsewhere, Asian and European stocks mostly fell, with South Korea's KOSPI in particular losing 10 per cent.

Global stocks sold off on Tuesday, led by deep losses for tech stocks following a losing session for the sector on Wall Street.

Global markets and U.S. futures slumped early on Tuesday, led by a major selloff in tech and chip stocks amid concerns about the AI-driven stock rally and potential high U.S. interest rates. In early trading on Tuesday,

Wall Street appears to be heading for another day of significant losses and again, it is the technology sector leading the way down with anxiety growing over probable rate hikes later this year that could hamper growth.

Ukraine has vowed to retake Crimea from Russia, persistently attacking the Black Sea peninsula Moscow seized in 2014.

Kyiv's new mid-range drones are pounding the roads, fuel depots, and bridges connecting Crimea to Russia and the southern front lines.

Ukraine has attacked targets including oil facilities and a port in Russia's Black Sea region of Krasnodar and on the Crimean Peninsula, according to media reports on Tuesday. The oil terminal and

To pressure Moscow, Ukraine is stepping up an air campaign to isolate the peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014.

Millions of people across France woke up drenched in sweat on Tuesday after another night of scorching heat, with most of the population exposed to extreme and exceptional temperatures. Temperatures will remain exceptionally high around the clock as the national weather service,

Human-caused climate change is tied to increasing extreme weather, and U.N. climate agency projections say the next five years should shatter more heat records. A growing swath of France, spreading on Monday to more than half of its regions,

The heatwave will be "widespread, long-lasting and intense", France's forecaster warned Red heat alerts have been issued in France, Spain and other nations across western and central Europe as heatwave conditions are forecast to intensify in the coming days with highs of more than 40C.

France gritted its teeth Monday for a week of record-busting temperatures, sweltering under a grueling heat wave that combines daytime highs above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and sleep-robbing sweaty nights.