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Teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot by a six-year-old pupil in the US, is “showing signs of improvement”. Ms Zwerner, in her 30s, was...

In the gloom of her kitchen, Halyna Bereznitska prepares the Christmas meal. Russian attacks on the energy grid have left many here in Kyiv...

Multiple videos of a crowd in China attacking and flipping over a police car have gone viral on social media, marking another incident of...

Two men have been executed for allegedly killing a paramilitary volunteer during protests, Iranian authorities have said. They were named as Mohammad Mehdi Karami...

At least 29 people have been killed in Mexico following violent clashes and hours of shootouts prompted by the capture of one of Joaquin...

A senior Taliban leader has told Prince Harry that the militants he killed in Afghanistan were “not chess pieces, they were humans”. Responding to...

The former Chelsea player and manager Gianluca Vialli has died aged 58 after a battle with cancer. The Italian, who was diagnosed with pancreatic...

Italy knew that Gianluca Vialli was dying, but still his loss has shaken this country profoundly. He was more than just a footballer –...

Gunfights have broken out in the capital of Mexico’s Sinaloa state after security forces captured one of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s sons, who is...

A senior Taliban leader has told Prince Harry that the militants he killed in Afghanistan were “not chess pieces, they were humans”. Responding to...

Gunfights have broken out in the capital of Mexico’s Sinaloa state after security forces captured one of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s sons, who is...

A woman who lived in the same house where four University of Idaho students were murdered says she saw a masked man in black...

More than 40% of Earth’s glacial mass could disappear if humanity keeps investing in fossil fuels, warns a stark new projection. The bleak scenario...

It was an occasion attended by a mixture of people, the devout, curious bystanders and professional observers all brought together by the death of...

The landscape around the Ukrainian stronghold of Bakhmut has come to resemble a First World War battlefield, the ground carved up by artillery and...

In the forest and snowed-over swamps of Ukraine’s 621-mile border with Belarus is a territorial defence unit gearing up for the worst. The 100th...

The murder of a British tourist in Jamaica was a “contract killing” by “unknown assailants”, police in the country have claimed. Sean Patterson from...

The World Health Organisation says it is concerned about “risk to life” in China amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, while in Europe and...

He made history during his life and now Pope Benedict XVI will do so in death. For the first time in many hundreds of...