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The term “inauguration” may feel slightly misleading. After all, this is not his first time. Today’s ceremony will be the fifth occasion Vladimir Putin...

There are times when a person is so gripped with helpless despair that they are lost within themselves. Ahmed Alhashimi, a proud man, looks...

Hamas says it has accepted a ceasefire deal proposed by Egypt and Qatar – as Israel suggests it will not accept the proposal in...

Russia has warned that Ukrainian strikes on its territory with UK-supplied weapons could bring retaliatory attacks against British military facilities and equipment on Ukrainian...

Senior Israeli officials have been threatening a major military operation into the city of Rafah and surrounding areas in southern Gaza for weeks. On...

It could be a scene from centuries ago. In the Nevada desert, Native Americans are protesting over a mining project they say desecrates sacred...

Two Australian brothers and a US tourist who went missing in Mexico were shot dead by thieves who wanted their truck’s tyres, according to...

Joe Biden’s dog – which has bitten US Secret Service staff several times – should be put down, a political opponent, who wrote about...

Lando Norris has ended Max Verstappen’s winning streak by securing the first victory of his career at the Miami Grand Prix. In his 110th...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected ceasefire proposals because he says Hamas’s call for a withdrawal of all troops from Gaza and an...

It is a paradox that humanity at its very worst so often also brings out its very best too. This is a story about...

Countries in South and Southeast Asia have been coping with a weeks-long heatwave which has seen record temperatures sweep parts of the region. Pupils...

China has been branded “a bully” and an international lawbreaker after its ships blasted Philippine vessels with water cannon in the South China Sea....

Three suspects have been charged by Canadian police over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in Vancouver last June, in an incident that...

The UK will appoint a new envoy to oversee a plan to ramp up the production of weapons and ammunition, which is now a...

A young women’s rights activist from Afghanistan recently left the country and travelled to Iran. Women in both countries have few rights – but...

David Cameron has backed Ukrainian strikes against targets inside Russia using British-supplied weapons. Speaking in the Ukrainian capital, the foreign secretary said it was...

Russia has denied allegations of breaching the international chemical weapons ban by deploying chocking agents against Ukrainian troops. The Kremlin on Thursday responded to...

Iran is willing to “expend every Arab life” in its efforts to end Western influence in the Middle East and destroy Israel, a former...