US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has denounced as "reckless" a decision by the International Criminal Court to press ahead with an investigation of alleged war crimes by American troops in Afghanistan.

A high-speed TGV train between Strasbourg and Paris derailed after a land slip on Thursday, injuring 22 people, one of them seriously, local officials have said.

Two thousand years after Jesus’ fabled intervention at the wedding in the Galilean town of Cana, water has once again been turned into wine – this time in a tiny village in Italy.

Michel Barnier warned there were “serious” differences between the UK and the EU over the post-Brexit trade deal at the end of the first round of negotiations in Brussels on Thursday.

The EU will have to fold on fisheries under pressure from member states who export to the UK, the Environment Secretary has said.

Friday prayers have also been cancelled in the holy city of Karbala to limit the spread of Covid-19.