World Athletics will introduce mandatory testing for anyone entering female competitions to verify their biological sex, insisting it is necessary to protect women’s sport.

The King and Queen’s state visit to the Vatican has been postponed by mutual agreement as the Pope recovers from illness, Buckingham Palace said.

The Trump administration is facing calls for an investigation after a reporter was accidentally included in a group chat where senior US officials discussed conducting airstrikes on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis.

Five “severely neglected” lions who were rescued from war-torn Ukraine have been welcomed to their new “forever home” in the UK – where they have all stepped on grass for the first time.

Ukraine and Russia have agreed to a ceasefire deal involving the Black Sea and strikes on energy infrastructure.

Tesla sales across Europe plunged 40% last month, raising further questions over the extent drivers are being put off by its chief executive Elon Musk’s politics.

A “once-in-a-lifetime” hoard of Iron Age artefacts has been uncovered by archaeologists.

On a trip from Cape Town to Pretoria, a reporter grapples with the whiplash of traveling through South Africa’s two worlds, from majestic mountains to struggling shantytowns.

The Cactus to Clouds ascent just outside Palm Springs, Calif., is grueling, but natural treasures, and a speedy trip down, await anyone who is up to the challenge.