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China has recruited dozens of former British military pilots to teach the Chinese armed forces how to defeat western warplanes and helicopters in a...

More than 100 Ukrainian women have been released from Russian captivity as part of what is thought to be one of the biggest prisoner...

The world’s first geological tomb for nuclear waste is rapidly taking shape more than 400 metres below the forests of Finland. Batches of lethally...

Former Russian state TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova has fled the country after escaping from house arrest, her lawyer said. Ms Ovsyannikova interrupted a live...

Members of K-pop band BTS are to fulfil their requirement to do military service in South Korea, their representatives say. Label Big Hit Music...

At least eight prisoners have been killed after a fire broke out at a notorious prison in Tehran, Iran’s judiciary has said. The blaze...

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...