INTERNATIONAL

Almost a year after filing for divorce, Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez seem to have had a change of heart. In October 2015, Berry and Martinez called it quits after two years of marriage, citing “irreconcilable differences,” but haven’t moved forward with any proceedings, TMZ reports. A court clerk filed paperwork letting Berry and Martinez, both 50, know that if ...

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested he and the US are ready to drive so-called Islamic State (IS) from its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. Mr Erdogan said US counterpart Barack Obama floated the idea of joint action against the militants when they met at the G20 meeting in China. He said Turkey would have “no problem” with such action. ...

Syrian government forces have been accused of dropping barrel bombs containing chlorine from helicopters on a suburb of Aleppo, injuring 80 people. Volunteer emergency workers say people suffered breathing difficulties after an attack on the Sukari area. The reports could not be independently verified. AUN-led investigation in August found the government had used chlorine on at least two occasions. The ...

Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for inviting support for the so-called Islamic State group. The 49-year-old was convicted at the Old Bailey after backing the group in an oath of allegiance published online. Police say Choudary’s followers carried out attacks in the UK and abroad. The judge, who described Choudary as calculating and dangerous, passed ...

Mr Duterte was responding to the US president’s promise to raise the issue of drug-related extra-judicial killings in the Philippines at their meeting. The Filipino leader is known for his colourful language, though this time it has had a diplomatic impact, correspondents say. He has now said he regrets the remark. “While the immediate cause was my strong comments to ...

At least 40 people have been killed in bombings in mainly government-held areas of Syria, state media report. Four attacks took place within an hour in Tartous, Homs and in a suburb of Damascus, with one in Hassakeh, which is dominated by Kurdish forces. The deadliest incident was outside Tartous, home to a Russian naval base and in the heartland ...

Mother Teresa, revered for her work with the poor in India, has been proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican. Francis said St Teresa had defended the unborn, sick and abandoned, and had shamed world leaders for the “crimes of poverty they themselves created”. Tens of thousands of pilgrims attended the canonisation in St Peter’s ...

The nun Mother Teresa, known for working with the desperately poor in India, is to be declared a saint at a ceremony in the Vatican. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill St Peter’s Square to see Pope Francis lead the ceremony. Two miraculous cures of the sick after Mother Teresa’s death in 1997 have been attributed to ...

Britain needs to be prepared for some “difficult times” ahead as it leaves the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May has said. Speaking to the Andrew Marr Show – in her first major interview since taking office – Mrs May warned Brexit would not be “plain sailing” for the UK. She said formal EU talks will not begin until 2017, ...

The US and China – together responsible for 40% of the world’s carbon emissions – have both formally joined the Paris global climate agreement. After arriving with other leaders of G20 nations for a summit in the city of Hangzhou, Mr Obama said: “History will judge today’s effort as pivotal.” CO2 emissions are the driving force behind climate change. Last ...