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Kherson residents have been boarding boats in an apparent evacuation as Russia claimed Ukraine is planning a major attack and President Putin declared martial...

An Iranian climber who took part in an international competition without wearing a hijab has insisted it was “completely unintentional”. Wearing the hijab is...

A preliminary investigation of damage on the two Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea shows the leaks were...

In China, seemingly simple things still pose barriers and blocks. Catching a train from Shanghai to Beijing used to be a very easy thing...

The world’s second-richest man has said he has sold his private jet so “no one can see where I go” after being tracked by...

There are days in Bakhmut that are more difficult than others – although no day is easy in this battered city.  Once home to...

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is on a hastily-arranged visit to Washington to talk with his counterpart and White House officials about “shared security concerns”...

A preliminary investigation of damage on the two Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea shows that the leaks...

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...