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A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone

Italian auto racing champion-turned-Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi has died at 59

The Pentagon says the United States will withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany in the next six to 12 months.

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong is expected to experience thunderstorms on Sunday, as a cold front sweeps across the coast of Guangdong and brings temperatures down to as low as about 21 degrees Celsius (69.8 Fahrenheit) a day later. The Observatory said on Saturday that the weather would turn bad late on Sunday, with a trough of low pressure over central China developing into a...

Believe it or not, Thursday’s local elections aren’t just about the PM’s fate - there’s plenty more at stake.

Believe it or not, Thursday’s local elections aren’t just about the PM’s fate - there’s plenty more at stake.

Four women and a child are among the dead, as fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah continues despite a ceasefire.

AL-MUGHAYYIR, OCCUPIED WEST BANK – A boy’s blood still stained the sidewalk in front of his school, days after an Israeli settler shot him dead

Ukrainian forces again struck oil facilities in Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse early on May 1, a day after launching drones at a Russian oil facility some 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, the latest in a series of long-range strikes by Kyiv targeting Russian energy facilities.

Spirit Airlines says that it has "started an orderly wind-down of our operations, effective immediately" while the outcome of talks between the airline and the federal government over a $500 million rescue deal for the remains unclear.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says Champions League rivals Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich are in a "different world" to tired Premier League teams.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says Champions League rivals Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich are in a "different world" to tired Premier League teams.