US defence department workers could face lie detector tests as the Pentagon investigates alleged leaks of national security information.

Istanbul’s mayor has appeared before police for questioning on terror-related charges, a day after he was interrogated over corruption allegations.

One of the most important spies of the Cold War, whose covert passing of secrets to Britain helped change the course of history and avert a nuclear war, has died. 

Detectives have recovered four diamond earrings from a suspected thief two weeks after he swallowed the jewellery worth nearly £600,000 during his arrest, US police have said.

The incoming IOC president has revealed to Sky News she is against banning countries from the Olympics over wars and will open talks on Russia’s potential return to the Games.

German defence spending has been given a huge boost.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the dismissal of the head of the Shin Bet internal security service – a move temporarily blocked by the country’s top court.

Sudan’s military operations have pointed towards a specific target for several weeks: reclaim the Republican Palace from their entrenched enemy, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), after close to two years of war.

Sudan’s military has said it has retaken the Republican Palace in the country’s capital Khartoum after nearly two years of fighting.

Donald Trump has said Russia is only fearful of NATO with the US as a member.