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On the face of it there is a clear explanation for the tragedy in Derna. Two dams across the river that runs through the...

Ukraine’s counteroffensive is now into its fourth month. Kyiv’s forces, bolstered by Western tanks and weapons, are putting pressure on Russian positions but have...

Ukraine has confirmed that British and French cruise missiles – fired from either wing of a Ukrainian bomber – were used in a major...

Locals now call Wadi Derna “the dam of death”. In a moment’s notice, the structure unleashed tens of millions of cubic metres of floodwater...

A potential cholera outbreak could add to misery in the Libyan city of Derna, where the sheer number of people dead or unaccounted for...

Luis Rubiales has been given a restraining order after sexual assault allegations by Jenni Hermoso, the footballer he kissed at the Women’s World Cup...

Storm Daniel was Greece’s worst storm in recorded history but for Libya it would trigger a disaster of unimaginable scale. Sky’s Data and Forensics...

The sheer numbers of people dead or unaccounted for in the Libyan city of Derna is overwhelming survivors, who say they had minutes to...

“They killed my brother, and now they’re coming for us too.” These are words from inside Iran that its rulers do not want the...

The Abraham Accords, when they were signed three years ago today, were a major step forward for peace in the Middle East. For the...

Libya is a country in anguish. Her people are suffering a fresh kind of horror after years of civil war, fighting, corruption, greed and...

The players in Spain’s women’s football league have called off a strike after reaching a deal to increase their minimum wage. Last weekend’s first...

An Australian multimillionaire says he “deeply regrets” his comments at a property summit where he said unemployment should jump by up to 50% to...

A luxury cruise ship has been freed after it ran aground in northwestern Greenland. The Ocean Explorer – which has 206 passengers on board...

Nigeria has experienced a nationwide power outage after the country’s electrical grid collapsed. One of the West African nation’s electricity distribution companies – Enugu...

A third attempt to rescue a luxury cruise ship after it ran aground in northwestern Greenland has failed. The Ocean Explorer – which has...

Vladimir Putin has accepted Kim Jong Un’s invitation to visit North Korea, according to the country’s state news agency. While there was no immediate...

The number of deaths in the Libyan city of Derna could range from 18,000 to 20,000 following catastrophic flooding, according to the city’s mayor....

At least 30,000 people have been displaced in the town hardest hit by floods in Libya. Health officials said the death toll in the...