INTERNATIONAL

Party leaders and candidates are making a last-ditch grab for votes on the final day of campaigning before the general election polls open. Prime Minister David Cameron will promise to keep Britain “on the road to a brighter future”, while Labour’s Ed Miliband will pledge “a government that will put working people first”. Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg will offer ...

The Queen has met her new great-granddaughter Princess Charlotte for the first time at Kensington Palace. The princess, who is fourth in line to the throne, was born on Saturday at London’s St Mary’s Hospital, weighing 8lbs 3oz (3.7kg). Kensington Palace revealed on Monday that she had been named Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have formally ...

Dozens of migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean after a boat carrying an estimated 137 people sank south of Sicily, Save the Children says. The aid group says survivors reported up to 40 people fell into the sea as a rescue vessel was approaching. The survivors arrived in the city of Catania on Tuesday. At least 1,750 people have died ...

One of two gunmen shot dead at an event in Texas exhibiting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad had been a terror suspect, court documents show. Elton Simpson had been under surveillance since 2006 and was convicted in 2010 for lying about plans to go to Somalia, the files reveal. He had shared a flat in Arizona with the person named ...

Two gunmen have been shot dead after opening fire outside a conference on cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a suburb of Dallas, US police say. They drove to the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland as the event was ending, and began shooting at a security officer before being killed by police. The bomb squad has been called in to ...

Nearly 3,700 migrants were rescued off Libya on Saturday and early on Sunday, the Italian coastguard says. They were picked up from wooden and inflatable boats in 17 separate operations by Italian and French ships. The migrants are now being taken to Italy. Rescue operations are continuing, the coastguard said. At least 1,750 people have died this year trying to ...

The United Nations has urged Nepal to relax customs controls which it says are holding up deliveries of aid to survivors of last week’s earthquake. UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said Nepal had a duty to provide faster customs clearance for relief supplies. Many people are yet to receive the aid, which is piling up at Kathmandu airport, a week ...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have spent the first night with their new baby daughter at Kensington Palace. The name of their second child – sister to Prince George – could be announced later and members of the Royal Family and the duchess’s parents may visit. The princess, who is fourth in line to the throne, was delivered at ...

Another 234 women and children have been rescued from Boko Haram militants in Nigeria, the military has announced. It said the operation took place on Thursday in the vast Sambisa forest – a militant hideout – in the north-east of the country. It was not immediately clear if any of more than 200 girls abducted from a school in Chibok ...

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a girl, Kensington Palace has announced. The baby – who is fourth in line to the throne – was “safely delivered” at 08:34 BST, the palace said in a statement. The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth of the baby, who weighs 8lbs 3oz (3.7kg). Both Catherine and her daughter ...