Photos of record-breaking swimmers and more from the Asian Games’ first week

Pope Leo prays at Lourdes after huge Paris mass

Pope Leo XIV prayed for France on Saturday at its holy shrine in Lourdes, after riding along the Champs Elysees in the popemobile and holding an emotional open-air mass in front of hundreds of thousands of worshippers in Paris.

Private helicopter crashes near Montreal killing all four people on board

Police are yet to identify the victims of the crash

‘Two-State Solution’ Key To Lasting Israel-Palestine Peace, Jaishankar Says At UNGA

According to the MEA, India has provided around 70 MT of humanitarian aid to Palestinians since the conflict began.

Mojtaba Khamenei Was 'Pulled From Rubble' After February Strikes, Vanished To An Unknown Location

Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was pulled from underneath the rubble of one of the hospitals. Since then, he has stayed out of public view and refrained from issuing verbal statements

Pakistan Most Impacted By Terrorism In 2026; Ex-Envoy Haqqani Calls It Result Of Keeping 'Snakes In Backyard'

Pakistan has ranked as the country most impacted by terrorism in the Global Terrorism Index 2026. Former envoy Husain Haqqani reacted sharply on X.

Russia, other countries back India's bid for permanent seat at UNSC, Lavrov opposes additional seats to Western nations

Russia has backed India's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, while opposing additional seats for Western countries. Several other nations, including Mauritius and members of the G4, have also supported India's candidacy and called for UNSC reforms.

Gunmen target ambulance in Pakistan after suicide bombing at checkpoint killed 12

Joy Crookes dealt with toxic relationships and a Harry Styles tour that never happened. Now, she’s poised to finally get her moment

The London-born Irish-Bangladeshi soul singer is back with a new single, ‘Painkiller’, inspired by an abusive relationship that almost destroyed her. She opens up to Roisin O’Connor about her wild summer, working on her hugely anticipated third album, and why she’s over ‘therapy-speak’

Ketchup, kimchi and no gravy: How Gen Z is rewriting the Sunday roast

Young people are transforming the nation’s most revered dish with avocado, chilli oil and a host of other odd additions. But as Hannah Twiggs discovers, Britons have always been fiercely divided over what belongs on that weekend plate – but there is one element that brings us together

London restaurant news: The Queen, Diana and Princess Margaret’s old haunt Quaglino’s is back

From royal favourite Quaglino’s to a Soho makeover by Wong Kar Wai, Food and Drink Editor Hannah Twiggs rounds up the London restaurant openings, reopenings and comebacks worth knowing about

Jesse Tyler Ferguson: ‘I still can’t believe Modern Family was so successful, with that division of power’

The sitcom star speaks to Louis Chilton about playing Truman Capote on stage, losing out on community theatre roles to a teenage Neil Patrick Harris, and the behind-the-scenes schism during the making of ‘Modern Family’

2 giant pandas set off to Atlanta zoo from China after Xi-Trump summit

Two giant pandas have departed Chengdu in southwestern China for their new homes in Atlanta as part of an agreement between the Chinese and American governments