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Pakistan’s newly-formed parliament has elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s prime minister for the second time. Mr Sharif won 201 votes from Pakistan’s National Assembly, comfortably ahead of Omar Ayub, the candidate backed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, who secured 92 votes. It means the 72-year-old will resume the role he had until

The US military has carried out its first airdrop of aid into Gaza, where a quarter of the population is facing starvation. The joint effort with the Royal Jordanian Air Force, using C-130 Hercules transport planes, saw the US dropping 66 bundles containing more than 38,000 meals along Gaza’s Mediterranean coastline. A US military official

Airdrops are a last resort. They are inefficient, inaccurate, expensive and dangerous. They are only chosen as an option when things are really desperate. The White House spokesman admitted as much just after President Biden announced that America would carry out airdrops into Gaza. “There are no missions more complicated than humanitarian assistance airdrops,” Admiral

The Baltic states have an urgent message for the UK and other NATO allies about the threat posed by Russia: “Wake up! It won’t stop in Ukraine.” Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are teaching more of their citizens how to fight and have even announced plans to build a defensive line, including bunkers, along hundreds of

For weeks, Amani* and her five children have been living in a tent in Rafah, the increasingly crowded city on Gaza’s southern border. “There is constant bombing and terror. My children are very afraid,” she says. “We are dying slowly and nobody cares, nobody feels for us. Our kids have no life. It’s not clean,

President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has been taken to hospital after feeling unwell. The 82-year-old was taken for tests in Dublin after being assessed by a doctor at his official residence in the capital. He was taken to hospital as a precaution. It is not yet known if he will be kept in hospital

Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has been banned for four years over a doping offence, Sky News understands – potentially ending his career at the top level. The Frenchman, who won a World Cup with Les Bleus in his heyday in 2018, turns 31 next month, meaning he could be pushing 35 by the

Ecuador is by no means the first Latin American country to try to take on the cartels and gangs that have embedded themselves into the societies of many countries across the region. But Ecuador, arguably more than others, faces a real challenge because of the involvement on its soil of two of Mexico’s most notorious

Thousands of Russian and Ukrainian tourists who moved to Sri Lanka amid the war in Ukraine could be forced to leave after a “whites only” party was allegedly advertised at a Russian-run nightclub. A poster for a “White Party” last weekend at the Sarayka Lounge, in the popular resort town of Unawatuna, specified a white

The mile-long strip in Ecuador’s port city of Esmeraldas is rocking to the sound of Latin beats and laughter. The main road on the beachfront is bordered by the blue sea and white sands of the Pacific Ocean on one side, and packed bars and restaurants on the other. It’s summertime, it’s carnival, and it’s

Two bodies have been found in the search for a missing Australian TV presenter and his partner, who were allegedly killed by a police officer. Jesse Baird, 26, and his flight attendant partner Luke Davies, 29, were allegedly shot dead in Mr Baird’s Sydney home last week. Beau Lamarre-Condon, a police officer who was in

Alexei Navalny was set to be freed as part of a prisoner swap when he died, one of his allies has claimed. The Russian opposition leader died at a penal colony within the Artic Circle on 16 February, while serving a 19-year prison sentence on charges his supporters said were politically motivated. It has now

Japan’s first moon lander has responded to a signal from Earth in what has been hailed as a “miracle” by the country’s space agency. The response, received late on Sunday, suggests the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) craft survived a second freezing weeks-long lunar night, when temperatures can plunge to -170C. The Japan Aerospace

Alexei Navalny once hit out at the “corrupt officials” living in London who allegedly help Vladimir Putin’s regime stash dirty money, Sky News can reveal. In a never-before-seen interview acquired by Sky News, the late Russian opposition leader spoke about his hope for a better future for his country – and the risks he knew

The devastated parents of a girl who died after being buried by sand on a beach in Florida have paid tribute to the seven-year-old. Sloan Mattingly had been helping to dig a deep hole with her brother Maddox, nine, when it collapsed on Tuesday afternoon. Beachgoers at the scene in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea rushed to pull out

The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed over to his mother, his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh has said. “Alexei’s body was given to his mother. Thank you very much to everyone who demanded this with us,” she wrote on X. She added that details of his funeral are yet to come, and

There has been “significant progress” in hostage talks in Paris, according to Israeli media. Negotiators have been ramping up efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, in the hope of heading off an Israeli assault on the Gaza city of Rafah where more than one million displaced people are sheltering. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh met

Any move to introduce conscription by Britain and other NATO allies would make a difference to Europe’s defences against Russia, Latvia’s foreign minister has said. Krisjanis Karins said the larger the country, the bigger the difference. Asked whether he was advocating such a step, the top diplomat told Sky News that he is “happily sharing”

Two Britons who nearly died fighting in Ukraine have told why they have returned to the war-torn country – and warn urgent help is needed on the frontline in the battle against Russia. Shareef Amin was seriously wounded by Russian fire after answering President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call for foreigners to join the Ukrainian military in

Alexei Navalny’s mother has said she has seen the body of her son – and that officials are trying to force her to hold a private burial ceremony without mourners. Lyudmila Navalnaya, speaking in a video published on YouTube, said officials had told her “time is not working for you” and that suggested her son’s