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The cells of Herat’s main prison are crammed full. In each of the cells we go into, there are about 40 men laying jammed...

Singer Lata Mangeshkar, one of India’s biggest cultural icons, has died aged 92. She died of multiple organ failure at a hospital in Mumbai after...

Rescuers have said they are edging nearer to a five-year-old child who has been trapped in a well in Morocco for four days, despite...

If the geopolitical cliche during Donald Trump’s presidency was, at least for a while, his bromance with Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader has turned...

A five-year-old boy who spent four days trapped in a 32m (105ft) deep well has died, Morocco’s king has said. Footage from the scene...

Russia and China have put on a united front as the country’s leaders met in Beijing ahead of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, with...

US intelligence accusing Russia of planning a fake attack to justify an invasion of Ukraine is “shocking evidence of Moscow’s aggression”, Liz Truss has...

A production and storage vessel which can hold up to two million barrels of oil has exploded off the coast of Nigeria with ten...

Boris Johnson must encourage the EU and Joe Biden to provide aid for Afghanistan to prevent a “needless loss of lives”, Gordon Brown has...

Satellite images reveal a build-up of Russia’s military presence in Crimea and western Russia as tensions continue to rise with Ukraine. The pictures show...

Boris Johnson has urged Russia to “step back” from any military action against Ukraine, pledging that the UK “stands shoulder to shoulder” with Kyiv....

Planet Earth is home to 14% more tree species than previously thought, with thousands yet to be discovered, according to a global count conducted...

A pregnant reporter shut out of her native New Zealand has said she will be returning home after being offered a place in the...

The foreign secretary has announced new legislation which could be used to toughen the UK’s sanctions in response to the massing of Russian troops...

On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup. Many democratically elected politicians including the country’s de-facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi,...

A British woman found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus has won her appeal to overturn the conviction at the country’s Supreme...

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone starts with a checkpoint and souvenir wagons. You can buy Chernobyl condoms that glow in the dark, keyrings and t-shirts....

Boris Johnson will step up his presence in the Russia-Ukraine crisis by holding a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting the region...

The five children are all now orphans – and still very much in shock when we meet them. Their two-roomed home is silent apart...