A 10-storey hotel building has collapsed in Argentina, trapping people in the wreckage. Rescue teams are currently working to remove debris after part of the Dubrovnik hotel in the coastal city of Villa Gesell, in Buenos Aires province, collapsed at around 1am local time, the local council said. Between seven and nine people, including workers [&he

Mount Fuji is yet to see any snow on its slopes this year, with forecasters saying the absence of the white stuff has set a new record. The active volcano southwest of Tokyo is the country’s highest peak at 3,776m. It usually sees its first snow of the year in early October. But as of […]

A child has died and several are injured after a car crashed into a primary school in Australia, police have said. The car veered off a road in the suburb of Hawthorn East, Melbourneand crashed through a fence and into an outdoor table where five children were sitting just after 2.30pm local time. An 11-year-old […]

Israel has banned the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA from operating in the country – a move which could hamper its work in Gaza. UNRWA’s chief Philippe Lazzarini has warned the ban “will only deepen the suffering of Palestinians, especially in Gaza”. The agency, which is responsible for more than five million Palestinia

Croatia is to supply Ukraine with 30 battle tanks and 30 infantry fighting vehicles from the Cold War era with support from Germany, according to an agreement signed in Berlin on Monday. “The first will be handed over to Ukraine this year,” German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said after signing the deal with his Croatian […]