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It’s been a blowy, blustery day in Brittany. There was a bracing wind and a few brave souls in the sea. It all felt...

At least 40 people – including many students – have been killed after a bomb exploded near a school in west Kabul, according to...

At least 136 people have been injured during clashes between Palestinian worshippers and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. The violence at the...

G7 foreign ministers have hit out at China and Russia – but failed to establish any concrete actions against them. Following two days of...

A French couple who uncovered letters sent to an English WW1 soldier have made contact with his great-great-nephew after a social media appeal. The...

The 2021 Indian Premier League has been suspended amid concerns over rising COVID infection levels in the country. There have now been more than...

At least 15 people have died after an overpass in Mexico City collapsed, derailing a train and leaving cars trapped under rubble. More than...

Representatives of the world’s richest countries will meet face-to-face this week for the first time in two years. The G7 meeting in London begins...

The UK will pay £400m to Tehran to free Iranian-British woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, according to reports on Iranian state TV. The channel reported that...

India is still hitting yet more staggering new global highs for daily coronavirus cases as its vaccine rollout-for-all stuttered and stumbled even before it...

India has seen another record daily rise in coronavirus infections, as 18 people died in a fire on a COVID-19 hospital ward. A further...

The first funerals have been taking place for victims of a stampede disaster at a crowded religious festival in northern Israel. At least 45...

At least 44 people have died after a stampede at a religious festival in Israel resulted in a crush. More than 100 have been...

At least 28 people have been killed after a “disastrous” crush at a religious bonfire festival in Israel. The country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,...

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has appeared in public for the first time since going on hunger strike – via video link during a court...

Russian and Chinese media are trying to sow mistrust in western COVID-19 vaccines, according to a European report. The report says that between December...

China is “preparing for its final military assault” on Taiwan, the island’s foreign minister has told Sky News, as he vowed to “defend ourselves...

The number of people who have died with coronavirus in India has passed 200,000. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare gave an updated...

A major new report by Human Rights Watch has concluded that Israel is presiding over a system of apartheid in the Palestinian Territories which...