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History has been made in China after it was confirmed that President Xi Jinping will remain in power – breaking with a decades-long precedent...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Ukrainians to conserve electricity as Russian strikes devastate the country’s power supply. “The main target of terrorists is energy,” the...

Mina left solitary confinement a few days ago. She has now been arrested twice by Iranian forces for taking part in the protests sweeping...

Fear is a powerful thing and it is motivating many to leave the Ukrainian city of Kherson. With Ukrainian troops closing in on the...

Russian-installed authorities in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson have ordered an “immediate” evacuation of residents, amid warnings of a looming Ukrainian counter-offensive to...

China’s former president Hu Jintao has been unexpectedly escorted out of the closing ceremony of the ruling Communist Party. The 79-year-old, who was seated...

When President Xi Jinping came to power 10 years ago, he had a very clear vision for China. He would return the country to...

When soldiers in Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanised Brigade do their work, most tasks are performed under trees. It is a simple matter of staying alive. Members...

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been disqualified from holding public office. Mr Khan, 70, was handed a ban by the country’s election...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been shown firing a sniper rifle while visiting a training facility for reservists. Footage of the inspection of the...

British and US intelligence says the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is on the ground in Crimea, supporting Russian drone attacks on Ukraine. America’s National Security...

The teenage chess player at the centre of an alleged cheating scandal, has launched a $100 million (£89m) libel suit against the world champion...

A missile was released from a Russian aircraft near an unarmed RAF plane on a routine patrol over the Black Sea, the defence secretary...

Kherson residents have been boarding boats in an apparent evacuation as Russia claimed Ukraine is planning a major attack and President Putin declared martial...

An Iranian climber who took part in an international competition without wearing a hijab has insisted it was “completely unintentional”. Wearing the hijab is...

A preliminary investigation of damage on the two Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea shows the leaks were...

In China, seemingly simple things still pose barriers and blocks. Catching a train from Shanghai to Beijing used to be a very easy thing...

The world’s second-richest man has said he has sold his private jet so “no one can see where I go” after being tracked by...

There are days in Bakhmut that are more difficult than others – although no day is easy in this battered city.  Once home to...