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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...

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

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...

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...

The US and its allies are planning to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, the White House has said. The timing for when Kyiv...

The US has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to enhance the country’s air defence in the wake of a barrage of Russian...

As Western supplies of high-tech weapons flow into Ukraine in preparation for the anticipated spring offensive, Russia is also trying to bolster its arsenal....

The US and its allies are planning to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, a White House official has said. The timing for when...

“It really hurts to think about Azovstal,” Yevgen says, remembering how bombs rained down as defenders made their last stand inside the steelworks. “Not...

It is a long, nervy and treacherous walk to the frontline trenches around Bakhmut. As we make our way through woodland, the war crashes...

Almost 15 million global excess deaths by the end of 2021 were caused by COVID, according to figures released by the World Health Organisation....

A 95-year-old grandmother is in a critical condition after being tasered by police in Australia. Officers were called to a care home after staff...

Rishi Sunak will announce a ban on Russian diamonds coming to Britain as the prime minister and other G7 leaders step up sanctions against...