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Serbian security forces on the border with Kosovo have been placed on a state of “full combat readiness”. The order was given by Serbia’s...

While it no longer controls vast swathes of Iraq and Syria, Islamic State remains a threat and will seek to spring 10,000 of its...

Parts of the US could see nine inches of new snow today, in a sign that the winter blizzard causing chaos across North America...

South Korea says it has scrambled fighter jets and attack helicopters, firing warning shots, after North Korean drones “violated” its airspace. The country’s Joint...

A record-breaking Iranian footballer who criticised the authorities’ crackdown on anti-regime protesters has said his family were prevented from leaving the country. Ali Daei,...

At least 61 deaths have been linked to a severe storm that continues to batter the US and Canada. The US has recorded 57...

A record-breaking Iranian footballer who criticised the authorities’ crackdown on anti-regime protesters has said his family were prevented from leaving the country. Ali Daei,...

South Korea says it has scrambled fighter jets and attack helicopters, firing warning shots, after North Korean drones “violated” its airspace. The country’s joint...

Ukraine has said Vladimir Putin “needs to come back to reality” in response to the Russian president’s claim that he is ready to negotiate....

The man suspected of shooting dead three Kurds in Paris this week has told investigators of his “hatred of foreigners”, prosecutors say. The suspected...

Rescuers have recovered the bodies of those who died after a bus fell from a bridge and crashed into a river on Christmas Eve,...

About 10 people are missing, potentially buried, following an avalanche in western Austria, local media has reported. One person has been rescued following the...

Combat medic Myroslav Mardarevych is hunched over a desk in the foyer of St Sophia Cathedral in central Kyiv. He has just come from...

Several groups providing aid in Afghanistan have suspended their operations, after the Taliban ruled women could no longer work for non-governmental organisations with immediate...

The Taliban have banned Afghan women from working at non-governmental organisations in the country. The letter said female employees would not be allowed to...

At least 28 people have died in the US as the country grapples with a brutal winter storm. Blizzard conditions have left almost 380,000...

Protesters have clashed with police in Paris during demonstrations after three people were shot dead at a Kurdish cultural centre. Kurdish activists, left-wing politicians...

The Pope has used his Christmas Eve mass to rebuke those who are “ravenous” for wealth and power and decry war, poverty and consumerism....

Nine people have died in the US as the country grapples with a winter storm that has seen temperatures plunge as low as -45C...