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Doctors treated patients in tents set up under a scorching Philippine sun on Tuesday - including helping a young mother give birth - as the death toll from a major earthquake topped 40.

An incident involving a molten vat has burned at least eight workers alive in shocking scenes at a factory in India.

A family has been left reeling after their five-year-old son died unexpectedly while on a sleepover at his friend’s house. 

Mackenzie Shirilla has reportedly made a chilling confession from behind bars that casts fresh doubt on her version of events, after the viral success of Netflix documentary The Crash.

Xi Jinping’s North Korea visit comes at a moment of rising relevance for Pyongyang on the global stage since becoming a key partner of Russia in its war in Ukraine.

The family of a university student is struggling to come to terms with a life-changing diagnosis after their daughter initially dismissed constant headaches as stress-related.

The temporary resumption of hostilities highlighted Donald Trump’s twin failures in controlling his Israeli ally and cajoling Iran to accept a lasting truce.  

A young McDonald’s worker remains in intensive care with severe burns following an alleged hot oil attack.

Australia and Germany are deepening defence and security cooperation as concerns grow over Iran, Ukraine and instability in the Indo-Pacific.

A powerful earthquake has left dozens dead, buildings damaged and tsunami warnings issued across parts of the Pacific.

US President Donald Trump warned that ‘ignorance or stupidity’ could derail peace efforts as Iran and Israel agreed to halt fresh attacks.

When asked about the IDF’s occupation in Lebanon, a former Israeli general was blunt: “Is it going to last 10 years or more? I don’t know.”

Iran’s military has announced that ‌its first wave of attacks on Israel since a ceasefire in April is over, although it has threatened to resume the strikes if Israel continued attacks on Lebanon.

While most royal family members were visible for just seconds outside the wedding of Peter Phillips, the daughters of former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor took a decidedly different approach.