Jonathan Rugman , Foreign Affairs Correspondent

French police have reportedly arrested a former member of the Saudi royal guard, suspected of involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Triggered by soaring temperatures, the wildfires afflicting Turkey are the worst in the country’s history.

Tunisia’s decade-old democracy is facing its biggest crisis yet, after the president ousted the government and suspended parliament last night amid fierce protests.

Japan’s ill-fated Olympic games have suffered another blow after Japanese spectators were banned from events in and around Tokyo. 

The president of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse, has been assassinated and his wife seriously injured after an attack on their home in the early hours of this morning. 

Nearly half the population of Australia is back in lockdowns ranging from three days to two weeks as the country tries to stop the Delta variant spreading this winter.

The ministry of defence has denied claims by Russia that it fired warning shots at a Royal Navy ship in the Black Sea, near the disputed territory of Crimea.

The 30 nations of Nato have today agreed that China poses a “constant security challenge” and it threatens to undermine the global rules-based system.

South Africa’s president has said vaccines are “desperately needed now” as the country faces a third wave of coronavirus. In an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News, President Cyril Ramaphosa, the only African head of state at the G7 summit in Cornwall, said “much more” was needed from G7 leaders to tackle coronavirus. Mr Ramaphosa…

After a day of elbow bump greetings and meetings with the royal family, today it was down to business at the G7 summit in Cornwall, as the leaders held a series of bilateral meetings. Boris Johnson insisting he wanted “pragmatism and compromise on all sides” in the row over post Brexit trade arrangements with Northern…

The era of Trump’s America first is over, but is international diplomacy any different now Joe Biden is in the White House?

He’s the longest serving prime minister in Israel’s history, but Benjamin Netanyahu’s time in office could be running out.

More journalists and opposition politicians were jailed in Belarus today, as European leaders announced new sanctions following the detention of Roman Protasevich, who was seized from an international flight on Sunday. Boris Johnson described a video of the journalist in captivity as “deeply distressing” and called for his immediate release.

State-sponsored “hijacking”, “piracy” and even “terrorism” are the accusations against Belarus.

Israeli jets have continued attacking high-rise buildings and other targets in the Gaza Strip today, as Palestinians marked Eid while under fire.