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The makers of the furniture lift used by the Louvre thieves have told Sky News the device is “certainly not intended for burglaries” after...

Vladimir Putin has described Donald Trump’s sanctions against two major oil firms as an “unfriendly act”. However, the Russian president has insisted the tightened...

US sanctions against Russia’s two largest energy companies, the state-owned Rosneft and privately held Lukoil, are perhaps the most significant economic measures imposed by...

Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies – and spoke of his frustration with Vladimir Putin. In a major policy...

At least 23 people have been arrested during a second night of violent disorder near an asylum hotel in Dublin. Two police officers were...

Storm Shadow cruise missiles made in the UK and donated to Ukraine have once again been used to strike targets inside Russia. The long-range...

A police officer has been injured after a night of violent protests outside an asylum hotel in Dublin – with six arrests made. Bricks...

There are no plans for Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to meet in person in the near future, according to a White House official....

A police van has been set on fire and bottles have been thrown at officers as protesters gathered outside a hotel used to house...

Britain has sent a senior commander and a small number of troops to Israel to help international efforts to monitor a fragile Gaza ceasefire...

Nicolas Sarkozy declared his innocence and held hands with his wife before entering prison to begin his five-year sentence. The 70-year-old was pictured with...

A man who shot and badly wounded Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been given a 21-year jail sentence after being found guilty of...

Japan’s parliament has voted in the country’s first ever female prime minister. Sanae Takaichi won 237 votes in the 465-seat lower chamber of parliament,...

The UK is ready to spend “well over” £100m on a possible deployment of British forces to Ukraine if Donald Trump secures a peace...

An official preliminary report into last month’s deadly funicular crash in Lisbon has been released, putting the blame on a faulty steel cable and...

A prominent expert in recovering stolen works of art has told Sky News it was “a matter of time” before the Louvre was targeted...

A number of “priceless” objects were stolen from the Louvre in Paris, in what has been called the “theft of the decade”. In broad...

A cargo plane has skidded off the runway into the sea while landing at Hong Kong International Airport, killing two people on the ground....

A football derby in Tel Aviv between Hapoel and Maccabi has been cancelled after “violent riots”, according to Israeli police. Nine people were arrested...