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Vladimir Putin has signed laws absorbing four Ukrainian regions into Russia, finalising the annexation of the occupied territories in defiance of international outcry. It...

A “truly brave and courageous” Irishman has been killed fighting in Ukraine, his family has confirmed. Rory Mason, 23, from Dunboyne in County Meath,...

Police wrongly used tear gas inside the soccer stadium where at least 125 people died in a stampede in Indonesia over the weekend, an...

Success on the battlefield translates into a very different language for the residents of Lyman – and has come at a significant cost to...

Vladimir Putin’s mounting problems in Ukraine make Russia’s use of a tactical nuclear weapon more likely, a senior US expert has told Sky News....

Nuclear-armed North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years. Residents were warned to take cover, and...

More losses for Russia in Ukraine, this time around Kherson. Ukraine’s long-telegraphed Kherson counter-offensive is making some headway along the western banks of the...

Nuclear-armed North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years. Residents were warned to take cover, and...

A Royal Navy frigate has been sent to the North Sea after suspected sabotage last week on the Nord Stream gas pipelines. The Ministry...

Ukrainian forces have made ground in Kherson, just days after Vladimir Putin claimed the region as part of Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced...

The number of children who died in a stampede at a football match in Indonesia has risen to 32. At least 125 people were...

Brazilians will head to the polls again on 30 October for a second round vote after former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva secured...

The rush to escape being crushed as police lose control at an Indonesian football match felt grimly familiar for Simon McMenemy. For the last...

Voting is taking place in what is arguably Brazil’s most critical election since the end of military dictatorship in 1985. And it’s the only...

US extreme skier Hilaree Nelson, who died after falling from the world’s eighth-highest mountain, has been given a traditional Nepalese funeral. The 49-year-old fell...

Greece’s foreign minister says his country is open to talks with Turkey but only if Ankara stops its provocations. Nikos Dendias told the Proto...

In the Baltic Sea, we’re heading to a crime scene. The site of suspected sabotage. We’re sailing towards the place where an alleged attack...

At least 77 people have been confirmed dead after Hurricane Ian struck the US – with rescuers desperately searching for survivors among the ruins...

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake has struck Japan’s Kyushu region, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The quake, which hit the country’s southernmost of its four...