Claudia Sheinbaum denied move was response to pressure from the US, after Trump said ‘zero’ oil would go to CubaMexico has cancelled a shipment of oil to Cuba, the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, appeared to confirm on Tuesday, but she insisted...

Milan mayor says agents ‘not welcome’ in co-host city and Italy can take care of security itselfA unit of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will have a security role in the Winter Olympic Games in Italy, sparking uproar and petitions ...

Move affecting those who have been in Spain five months or more runs counter to anti-migration policies across Europe Spain’s socialist-led coalition government has approved a decree it said would regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants and asylum see...

Mother whose visa application was pending says she will send girl back to US soon accompanied by another relativeFive-year-old Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos misses her cousins, classmates and kindergarten teachers in Austin, Texas. Despite being ...

Hundreds at zoo in Tokyo say farewell to Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao, as China ends ‘panda diplomacy’ with JapanHundreds of people have gathered to say farewell to two popular pandas departing Tokyo for China, leaving Japan without any of the beloved bears f...

As Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor emerge as likely challengers, two things could buy Ley some timeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn the chaotic few hours after the Nation...

Pauline Hanson’s party polls a primary vote of 22%, while Labor’s response to the Bondi terror attack wins widespread supportFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation’s p...

The heatwave in Melbourne and Adelaide this week is likely to become the norm. We should prepare nowWant to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter hereOn Tuesday, Australia’s second-largest city baked t...

Sally Lane fears son Jack Letts, who left UK aged 18, may face death penalty if airlifted to Iraq under US operationThe mother of a British-born man detained for nearly nine years without trial in Syria has called for his repatriation to the UK or Cana...

BoM to check if Walpeup and Hopetoun broke state’s official heat record - set during 2009’s Black SaturdayWhat happens to the human body in 49C heat? Australians are finding outGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria may hav...

This blog is now closedHeat records tumble in Victoria as authorities warn against complacency amid significant blazesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictoria to open nation’s first offshore wind auction this yearAustralia’s ...

Authorities allege Ryan Wedding, 44, ‘turned to a life of crime’ after his snowboarding career endedRyan Wedding, the Canadian former Olympic snowboarder accused of cocaine distribution and orchestrating several murders, appeared on Monday in a souther...

Experts suggest Xi Jinping is asserting his authority by sidelining an officer who has significantly betrayed his trustStanding inches from Xi Jinping at a military ceremony in late December, China’s highest-ranking general, Zhang Youxia, may have had ...

American forces, aided by Israel, could have enough firepower to mount attack designed to topple regimeThe Iranian government is bracing itself for a fresh US and Israeli missile assault after it was announced that the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carr...

Azruddin Mohamed’s election comes six months after he formed political party that became country’s second largestA Guyanese businessman facing extradition to the US on gold-smuggling and money-laundering charges has been elected as the country’s opposi...