Russians officials say that Ukraine has fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including what Moscow’s mayor described as the “largest ever” attack on the Russian capital

Ukraine launched its "largest ever" drone attack on Moscow overnight, leaving two dead, according to Russian authorities.

At least two people were killed in the attacks, Moscow's governor said.

Plumes of smoke rise from fires at an oil refinery in Moscow after reports of an overnight Ukrainian drone attack At least two people have been killed and six injured in a "massive" overnight Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region,

Saudi Arabia on Saturday said that Yemen's Houthi rebels tried to attack Riyadh with a ballistic missile, the first time the Saudi capital has been targeted since the escalation in fighting with the Iran-backed rebels opened a new front in the Iran war.

A reported strike on a fuel depot at Riyadh airport caused delays on Saturday, as Saudi Arabia says it shot down a ballistic missile aimed at the capital.

An explosion was heard in Riyadh on Saturday morning, the Houthis later said they carried out "two significant military operations".

It was the first targeting of Riyadh since the escalation in fighting with the Tehran-backed rebels that has opened a new front in the Iran war.

Affordability and social support were among some of the issues on voters' minds on Sunday (September 20) as they cast their ballots in the state election of Germany's northeastern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Polling is underway in the German capital Berlin and the largely rural state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania for regional elections. Both elections are seen as a test for Germany's centre-right Chancellor Friedrich Merz. He has already scheduled a crisis meeting and decided to skip this week's UN General Assembly to deal with the potential fallout. Could he be forced to step down based on the election’s results? Details and analysis by Yann Wernert, senior policy fellow at the Jacques Delors Centre in Berlin.

A person casts their ballot in Berlin on Sunday, where support for the far-right AfD is expected to double compared with 2023 © AP Photo/Markus Schreiber German states go to the polls in high-stakes t

Germans began voting Sunday in two state elections where far-right and far-left gains could send fresh shock waves through Berlin and rock the government of embattled Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Merz,

Malaysia's jailed former prime minister, Najib Razak, is working to fulfil the conditions to leave jail and begin his house arrest, including ​paying a 50-million-ringgit ($12-million) fine, his lawyers said on Sunday.

Malaysia’s king has granted former Prime Minister Najib Razak a rare royal clemency, allowing him to serve the rest of his prison term under house arrest

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Malaysia’s jailed former Prime Minister Najib Razak, a central figure in the country’s biggest corruption scandal, has been granted a bid to serve the remainder of his jail term under house arrest, offering a reprieve for the ex-premier after spending the last four years in prison.

José Mourinho makes his long-awaited return to the Madrid derby. Follow it all live right here, with ESPN.

Jose Mourinho and Diego Simeone renew their decade-old managerial rivalry as Real Madrid visit Atletico Madrid in a crucial La Liga derby.

The first Madrid derby of the season could have a big bearing on the 2026/27 campaign as a whole for Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid with both teams aiming to establish the momentum needed to keep pace with Barcelona at the top of La Liga. Atléti have won two of their last three home La Liga derbies, but are emerging from a transitional summer with several new signings still bedding into Diego Simeone’s side. Even after recent wins over Real...

Before the first Madrid derby of the 2011–12 season, some Real Madrid fans produced a banner which served as a want-ad: "Looking for a worthy rival for a decent derby." By that point Atlético Madrid had gone more than a decade without winning a single capital clash.

Cuba’s power grid collapsed again on Friday, leaving millions of people across the island without electricity as the Trump administration continues to intensify economic pressure on Havana. The Ministry of Energy and Mines announced the nationwide blackout on X,

The outage marks at least the sixth one this year after a United States-imposed energy blockade went into effect.

Cuba worked Saturday to restore power after its seventh major blackout of the year, as the communist-run island grappled with woes triggered by a US fuel blockade. But the situation has worsened

Cuba's electrical grid suffered a total collapse on Friday, plunging the nation into darkness and leaving millions without power amid a US pressure