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South Korea’s forest service said thousands of fighters are tackling at least five active wildfires across the country.

At least 18 people have been killed and almost 20 injured as wildfires rage in multiple areas across South Korea’s southeastern region where thousands of firefighters and soldiers are struggling to control rapidly expanding blazes, officials said.

South Korea’s official Yonhap news agency said the death toll had reached 18 on Wednesday, the sixth day of the fires,…

World Athletics chief say rules will uphold the integrity of women’s sport amid debate over inclusion of trans athletes.

Track and field is set to become the first Olympic sport to require participants in women’s events to undergo DNA testing to prove their biological sex following a decision by World Athletics.

Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics, said on Wednesday that track and field’s governing body had agreed to introduce the testing to keep the “absolute focus on the…

These are the key developments on day 1,126 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is the roundup of key events on Wednesday, March 26.

Fighting

• A mass attack by Russian drones caused “major destruction” in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, the head of the city’s military administration, Oleksandr Vilkul, said early on Wednesday. Vilkul reported at least 15 explosions in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town and a frequent target of Russian attacks….

Five justices from Brazil’s Supreme Court have concluded the first day of proceedings as they weigh whether former President Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for an alleged coup attempt following his loss in the 2022 election.

Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet argued on Tuesday that Bolsonaro oversaw a conspiracy to overthrow the government, including alleged plans to poison his election rival, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and kill Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

Gonet told…

The administration of United States President Donald Trump has continued to face fallout from an article in The Atlantic that revealed editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a group chat where top-level government officials discussed plans for bombing Yemen.

The White House remained in damage control on Tuesday, seeking to dismiss allegations that government secrets were at risk.

“There was no classified information, as I understand it,” Trump said at a meeting of US ambassadors,…

Palestine score twice in the final minutes of their Group C qualifier for a historic 2-1 win against Iraq in Jordan.

Palestine kept alive hopes of reaching their first FIFA World Cup finals with a dramatic late comeback to beat Iraq 2-1 in Jordan.

The victory on Tuesday was also Palestine’s first at this stage of the Asian qualifiers for football’s global showpiece tournament.

Aymen Hussein’s glancing header, from Ibrahim Bayesh’s cross in the 34th minute, looked to have sealed the…