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Ukraine says it is launching a counter-offensive in the south but as this gruesome war enters its sixth month people living on the frontline...

North Korea is ready to mobilise its nuclear war deterrent “accurately and promptly”, leader Kim Jong Un has claimed. He said the country was...

Russia’s foreign minister has denied his country is responsible for the worldwide surge in food prices following its invasion of Ukraine as shipping companies...

The US has accused China of increased “provocations” in the South China Sea, saying it is only a matter of time before the country’s...

European Union members have agreed a plan for dramatic cuts in their use of natural gas in the event that Russia halts its supply...

It’s five months since Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine and four since Russia published any kind of casualty count. 1,351 Russian servicemen killed,...

Three people, including the suspected gunman, have been killed after a series of shootings in a suburb of Vancouver, Canadian police say. Most of...

Myanmar’s military authorities have executed four democracy activists accused of helping carry out “terror acts”, state media has reported. The four were sentenced to...

Britain’s controversial Rwanda policy could work, according to several Iraqi people smugglers who spoke exclusively to Sky News. The widely criticised strategy, introduced by...

Ukraine’s president has described the missile strike in Odesa as “barbarism”, adding Russia cannot be trusted to implement the landmark deal agreed to resume...

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak a “global health emergency”. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news...

Ukrainians may be growing used to the costs that come with fighting a war. But civilian deaths are irreconcilable, according to one frontline volunteer,...

Russia and Ukraine have signed a landmark deal allowing grain exports to resume from Black Sea ports after they were blockaded by Vladimir Putin’s...

Several protesters have been injured after Sri Lankan forces raided an anti-government camp at the president’s office. Media footage showed soldiers in riot gear...

Russia is “about to run out of steam” in Ukraine, the head of MI6 has said. Richard Moore said President Vladimir Putin’s soldiers will...

A lost royal city where worshippers prayed to a water goddess 2,000 years ago and whose existence was known only from ancient coins may...

Sri Lanka’s acting president has become the country’s new permanent leader after being selected in a parliament vote. Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed as the...

Russia is laying the groundwork to annex Ukrainian territory as it seeks to establish total control over its gains in the east, according to...

Cyber spies suspected of working for Russia’s foreign intelligence service (SVR) are targeting NATO countries in a recent hacking campaign, according to a new...