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If this was a “normal” party congress then the speech by President Xi Jinping would have been his swansong. But this is not a normal...

China will never renounce the right to use force over Taiwan, President Xi Jinping has declared at the opening of a major party meeting....

Four prisoners are dead and 61 injured after a huge fire at Iran’s notorious Evin jail – where political prisoners and anti-government activists are...

A man has drowned and a woman is missing after their car was washed away by flash floods on Crete. The 50-year-old man was...

A huge fire has broken out at Iran’s notorious Evin prison – where political prisoners and anti-government activists are held. Gunshots are reported to...

Two volunteer soldiers opened fire at other troops at a Russian military shooting range near Ukraine, killing 11 and wounding 15 others, the Russian...

Human rights groups have warned of Iranian security forces’ escalating response to demonstrations in the western province of Kurdistan. Clips from the regional capital...

Vladimir Putin has said he has “no” regrets over the war in Ukraine and warned that any direct clash of NATO troops with Russia...

A NATO nuclear exercise with warplanes that can drop atomic bombs will take place from next week over the United Kingdom, the North Sea...

Deep in the Buloburde bush in the Hiiraan region of central Somalia, there’s a ragtag regiment gathering around a missile launcher. Huddled tightly with...

Deep in the Buloburde bush in the Hiiraan region of central Somalia, there’s a ragtag regiment gathering around a missile launcher. Huddled tightly with...

A Florida jury has recommended a sentence of life in prison for gunman Nikolas Cruz who killed 17 people at a Parkland school in...

Speculation over whether or not Vladimir Putin will use nuclear weapons has been rife and the consequences could be disastrous for the West and...

Free vasectomies will be offered at clinics in Missouri in response to a surge in demand after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v...

A senior Iranian official has questioned excessive state enforcement of the country’s compulsory hijab laws – following the death of Mahsa Amini in custody....

The UK will for the first time give Ukraine a number of powerful missiles to defend against Russian airstrikes, but it is not providing...

Nagib’s small feet poke out from a bundled blue shroud. His body is far too small for his three years of age. He is...

Ireland’s football association and the women’s team manager have apologised after players sang a song referencing the IRA while celebrating their World Cup qualification....

A deliberate attack on NATO energy supplies will be met with a “united and determined response”, the alliance’s chief has vowed. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg...