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Sweden has released a convicted Iranian war criminal as part of a prisoner swap deal. Tehran and Stockholm carried out the switch, which saw...

Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed inside Gaza, the Israeli military has confirmed. The military personnel were killed in a blast in the southern...

Firefighters rescued 28 people who were stuck dangling 100ft upside down on a ride at an amusement park in Oregon. One person with a...

His voice quiet and at times wobbly, a Ukrainian soldier called Maksym candidly shares his mental trauma from fighting on the frontline. “Everything the...

As ever with Vladimir Putin, timing is everything. It’s no coincidence his latest speech was made on the eve of the Ukraine peace summit...

A unity government has been formed in South Africa, with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) signing a deal, an official...

Joe Biden’s son has been found guilty of illegally buying a gun after hiding his drug use. Hunter Biden, 54, was convicted of three...

Germany is ramping up security ahead of the start of Euro 2024, with England’s tie against Serbia seen by police as high risk. The...

It is quiet when we arrive in the French town of Henin-Beaumont. A rain cloud sits above our heads while a solitary young man...

In Europe, where modern politics sometimes moves slowly, shocks don’t come much bigger than this one. Emmanuel Macron dissolving parliament and calling elections, leaving...

Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that he intended to dissolve parliament and call for a snap election came as a shock on Sunday night. The French...

It is the strangest of scenes at the tiny resort on Agia beach. Holidaygoers spread out on sunbeds, people swim in the Mediterranean turquoise...

Tributes have poured in for “brilliant and utterly charming” TV doctor Michael Mosley, as his wife described him as a “wonderful, funny, kind and...

French President Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election after his party suffered calamitous results in EU elections – while in Belgium, poor general...

In Europe, where modern politics sometimes moves slowly, shocks don’t come much bigger than this one. Emmanuel Macron dissolving parliament and calling elections, leaving...

Israel’s war cabinet minister has resigned from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government. Benny Gantz said leaving his post was a “complex and painful...

It is the strangest of scenes at the tiny resort on Agia beach. Holidaygoers spread out on sunbeds, people swim in the Mediterranean turquoise...

A body has been found in the search for TV doctor Michael Mosley, who went missing on a Greek island, police and the deputy...

2024 is known as the year of elections because in these 12 months more voters in more countries than ever before will exercise their...