A Spanish ⁠F-18 ⁠fighter jet pilot on ⁠a NATO air policing mission shot down ​a drone illegally breaching Romanian national airspace, the fourth unmanned ‌aircraft the country has ‌shot down this year,

Sunday’s downing was the fourth over Romania since the war began in 2022. NATO scrambled four jet fighters to shoot down a foreign drone that entered Latvian airspace early Friday. Latvia’s Ministry of Defense didn’t immediately identify that drone’s origin but said it had entered the country’s airspace “as a result of Russian electromagnetic warfare.

Romania's defense ministry said Sunday a NATO fighter jet shot down a drone that had entered its airspace near the border with two of its neighboring countries Ukraine and Moldova. The ministry said in a statement the drone had entered from Moldova and was intercepted by an Spanish F-18 jet deployed on NATO duties early Sunday morning.

A Spanish F-18 fighter jet pilot on a NATO air policing mission shot down a drone illegally breaching Romanian national airspace, the fourth unmanned aircraft the country has shot down this year, Romania’s defense ministry said on Sunday.

Thieves have stolen four works attributed to Sicilian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina from a museum in Messina, Sicily

It reported that the Madonna and Christ in Pietà - which was briefly shown at the British Museum in 2016 - was removed directly from inside a secure display case, while all the paintings taken were on wooden panels,

Local officials have expressed their dismay and sadness at the theft which occurred during celebrations of the Virgin Mary.

Thieves stole four works by Sicilian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina from the MuMe regional museum in Sicily during Ferragosto, a major Italian public holiday. On Saturday evening, just before 10 p.

Donald Trump's envoys meet with Egyptian, Qatari and ​Turkish mediators in Cairo on Sunday, a diplomatic source said, in a bid to advance the ‌U.S. president's Gaza peace plan, even as Israel pressed on with airstrikes in the enclave.

What may happen next after Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed the first phase of his hostage release and Gaza ceasefire plan.

U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee traveled to Gaza on Friday to get a closer look at aid distribution sites as experts warn that famine is playing out in the Palestinian territory.

The Trump administration presented Arab leaders with a 21-point plan aimed at ending the war in Gaza, as the current conflict nears its third year. The proposal, obtained by Times of Israel, calls for Gaza to become a “terror-free zone,

Police say 18 children are among the nearly 70 people killed this week when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe

Twenty-two more ⁠bodies have ​been recovered following ‌a boat ‌accident ⁠in ⁠a lake in Zimbabwe, police ​said on Saturday, taking ​the death toll to ⁠68. The ⁠boat capsized ⁠on August ​11 on Lake ​Kariba.

Police say 26 more bodies have been recovered from Lake Kariba after the overloaded vessel capsized on Tuesday.

Zimbabwe's police say 18 children are among more than 70 people killed this week when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba. They say rescuers have recovered more bodies since the

Post-earthquake reconstruction is expected to cost about $6.4bn, but Colombia has been hit by renewed US tariffs.

The 7.4 magnitude earthquake affected a large swath of western Colombia, from urban centers like Cali and Pereira to remote and rugged areas in the department of Chocó. As of Friday morning, authorities had confirmed more than 280 dead,

A deadly tremblor devastated Armenia in 1999, spurring a reconstruction that allowed the city to build back stronger. When disaster struck this time, it was prepared.

Hopes of finding survivors of ⁠the ⁠earthquake that struck western Colombia five days ⁠ago were dwindling on Saturday, as more bodies were pulled from buildings that collapsed due to the ​7.4-magnitude quake that left hundreds dead or missing.

Preparations were underway in Afghanistan as the Taliban was set to mark the third anniversary of their return to power in the country.

The Taliban is celebrating 5 years since they seized-back control of Afghanistan - with parades and events that women are banned from joining. The BBC's Lyse Doucet joins us live from Kabul with an assessment of life under the Taliban,

The Taliban have Afghanistan in a chokehold that spares no one. But threats are starting to crack their veneer of stability and control.

Five years after the Taliban captured Kabul, what is life like under the Taliban? Also in the programme: Jason Arday - the Cambridge professor who resigned over accusations of plagiarism last week - has been found dead at his home in London;