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A collaboration between observatories in Northern Ireland and the Republic is demonstrating how science transcends the politics of division. The island’s contribution to astronomical...

The head of the Wagner Group says his forces have started pulling out of Bakhmut and are handing over control to the Russian military....

The latest search for Madeleine McCann has ended in Portugal as tents were taken down and heavy machinery was removed from the site. Officers...

Three people have been killed and one injured in a shooting and stabbing in Japan, with the suspect having barricaded himself inside a building,...

Iran has successfully launched a 2,000km-range (1,243m) ballistic missile, according to the country’s state media – two days after the chief of Israel’s armed...

A group claiming to be behind a recent strike in the Russian border region of Belgorod have said they will launch more incursions in...

The landscape around the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut has come to resemble a First World War battlefield, the ground carved up by artillery and...

A father has died, and his two children injured after a grenade detonated in their home in Indiana, authorities have said. Police in Lake...

French striker Kylian Mbappe has told Vinicius Jr he is “not alone” after the Real Madrid attacker became incensed while being subjected to racist...

SpaceX’s second private flight has sent passengers, including Saudi Arabia’s first female astronaut, rocketing towards the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon rocket launched...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Bakhmut is not occupied – after Russia claimed control of the city following months of fierce fighting that...

Even as Ukrainian fighters remain in Bakhmut, for all intents and purposes the city is now effectively controlled by Russia. There has been an...

The Italian prime minister cut short her trip to Japan for the G7 summit to visit flood-stricken areas of northern Italy, where thousands have...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Bakhmut is not occupied – after Russia claimed control of the city following months of fierce fighting that...

China poses “the biggest challenge” to global security, Rishi Sunak has said at the end of a G7 summit. The Prime Minister added: “China...

Sudan’s warring factions have agreed to a new seven-day ceasefire. The Sudanese army and rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces signed the deal in the...

The shot rang out in a busy street in Stockholm in February 1986, fired at point-blank range. Less than an hour later, the prime...

US basketball star Brittney Griner has returned to the court for her first professional league game since her Russian prison ordeal. The 32-year-old had...

At least nine people have been killed and dozens more are injured after being “smothered” during a stampede at a football stadium in El...