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The daughter of a Russian ultra-nationalist and ally of President Vladimir Putin who argued Russia should absorb Ukraine has been killed in a suspected...

Russian forces have stepped up their efforts to seize one of the dwindling number of cities in eastern Ukraine not already under their control....

At least 16 people have been killed in Turkey when a passenger bus crashed into emergency teams handling an earlier road accident, officials have...

At least 12 people have been killed in an attack by Islamic militants who stormed a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Several people were...

El Shafee Elsheikh, known to his victims as “Ringo”, grew up in White City, west London, after his family arrived from Sudan in 1993...

Ukraine has said Russia is preparing to stage a “provocation” at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant on Friday. The country’s intelligence agency made the...

Ukraine has said Russia is preparing to stage a “provocation” at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant on Friday. The country’s intelligence agency made the...

Freed hostages were able to give British police key information identifying an IS kidnap gang nicknamed “The Beatles” which had held and tortured them,...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has sparked anger after accusing Israel of committing “50 Holocausts” – with Germany’s leader saying he’s “disgusted” by the remark....

German director Wolfgang Petersen, known for the World War Two submarine epic Das Boot and Air Force One, has died aged 81. The filmmaker...

Ukrainian special forces operating inside Russian-occupied Crimea were behind an attack on a military base there, Sky News understands. Russia’s defence ministry said that...

William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election – moments after the main count was interrupted as scuffles broke out. Mr...

“Look at this man… he worked for British forces,” shouted one Taliban fighter, as a group of them began to beat Ahmad in front...

A damning new report says the US-led withdrawal from Afghanistan was carried out with no planning, was mired in “chaos and confusion”, and ended...

With his long black hair flowing beneath a traditional cap and over his masked face, a Taliban guard, machine gun in hand, indicated I...

Sir Salman Rushdie’s suspected attacker has been charged with attempted second degree murder. Hadi Matar, 24, was identified by New York police after the...

Author Salman Rushdie will likely lose an eye and has suffered severed nerves in an arm and damage to his liver after he was...

Author Sir Salman Rushdie, who has faced death threats for his novel The Satanic Verses, has apparently been stabbed in the neck while on...

Russia has reached a new low and is trying to “threaten the whole world” by shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Ukrainian President Volodymyr...