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The Ukrainian soldiers speak in whispers as they trudge through the snow and mud of their trenches, keeping low as they pass the most...

With NATO bolstering its eastern flank, some UK and US embassy staff evacuating Kyiv and Britain warning of a Russian plot to install a...

The drive through snowy streets in the Afghan capital takes us through winding, narrow alleyways. It’s necessary to avoid the attention of the Taliban...

Britain has accused Russia of a shadowy plot to install a pro-Kremlin government in Kyiv as Moscow weighs up a further invasion of Ukraine....

A British tourist has been killed and his friend badly injured in a knife attack in Thailand. The incident happened in the early hours...

Russia’s defence minister has accepted an invitation to meet his UK counterpart Ben Wallace amid fears that an invasion of Ukraine is “imminent”. The...

It doesn’t matter that I lived in Russia and experienced its winters for a number of years. It doesn’t matter that I reported on...

US secretary of state Antony Blinken has said that any movement of “Russian military forces across Ukraine’s border” will be met with a “swift,...

Britain’s armed forces have flown some 2,000 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine this week amid fears of an imminent, new Russian invasion. British surveillance aircraft...

The first planes carrying foreign aid have arrived in Tonga five days after the South Pacific island nation was hit by a tsunami following...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned Russia that the world is watching as Moscow continues military manoeuvres involving 100,000 troops on the...

Most of the homes on three of Tonga’s smaller islands have been “completely destroyed” by the tsunami that followed Saturday’s undersea volcanic eruption, the...

The rapid spread of the Omicron variant, combined with the roll-out of up to 20bn doses of vaccine means the COVID-19 pandemic could be...

A man in his 30s has been arrested in connection with the murder of Ashling Murphy. Ms Murphy, 23, was found dead after going...

Britain will provide Ukraine with “light armour defensive” weapons and training as Western powers fear an “increasingly threatening” Russia will invade the country. Defence...

Tickets for Beijing’s Winter Olympics will not be sold to the general public due to worries about COVID. Only “targeted” groups will be able...

Tsunami-hit Tonga has remained largely uncontactable due to telephone and internet links being severed. An underwater volcano off Tonga erupted yesterday, triggering warnings of...

Novak Djokovic has lost his bid to stay in Australia after judges upheld the cancellation of his visa. The saga, entailing the world No...

Lake Annecy is so beautiful and peaceful that it is easy to imagine that bad things can’t happen here. Today, the mist is sitting...