Here is a number to lodge in your brain in the coming weeks and months: 48%.

Even with thousands dead and entire neighbourhoods levelled, the ruling military junta in Myanmar maintains its long-term ban on international journalists entering the country.

A woman has been rescued from an earthquake-shattered building in Myanmar, 91 hours after becoming encased in rubble.

The father of a paramedic killed by Israel in Gaza has told Sky News he would have been on the mission to rescue wounded colleagues, but was ill that day and so his son went instead.

China’s military has said it’s begun joint army, navy and rocket force exercises around Taiwan.

A Bitcoin tycoon has blasted off on a SpaceX rocket in what is the first manned spacecraft to circle Earth over the North and South poles.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has said that barring her from running for public office for five years is a “political decision” aimed at preventing her from running in the next presidential election.

A British tourist who was seriously injured after a suspected gas explosion destroyed a three-storey B&B in Rome has died.

A powerful storm in the Aegean Sea has triggered flash flooding on the Greek holiday island of Paros.

With increasing news reports of travelers being denied entry, understanding what might prompt extra scrutiny is key. Here’s what to know.