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An actress and film director have returned to Earth after spending nearly two weeks in space making a movie on the International Space Station....

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has lost her latest appeal against her sentence in Iran, meaning she could be sent back to prison “at any time”, her...

The United States will reopen its borders to travellers from the UK and European Union, lifting a ban that has been in place for...

At least 15 people have been killed in an explosion at a mosque in southern Afghanistan. The blast happened in the Kandahar region during...

The suspect in a bow and arrow attack that killed five people in Norway has been moved into the care of health services, police...

The killings of five people in Norway by a man armed with a bow and arrows “appears to be an act of terrorism”, the...

The suspect in the Norway bow and arrow rampage which left five people dead had been flagged for possible signs of radicalisation, police have...

Several people have been killed and others have been injured in bow and arrow attacks in Norway, according to police. The incidents took place...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to call for “global action” to tackle supply chain issues on his first official visit to the United States. Mr...

A large 6.4 magnitude earthquake has hit the Greek holiday island of Crete and a tsunami warning has been issued. The quake struck the...

World leaders must deliver on their promises to limit global warming to 1.5C at COP26, the UN climate conference’s president will warn. Alok Sharma...

A Chinese defector has revealed to Sky News how Uyghur detainees are transported in their hundreds on packed prison trains, along with details of...

The president of Taiwan has vowed to do her “utmost” to defend her country from Chinese claims on its territory. Following increasing tensions with...

Tonight, Lebanon has been knocked into darkness. Again. The two state power stations are without fuel, and so the entire country is without electricity....

Lebanon’s electricity grid has shut down entirely after the country’s two main power stations ran out of fuel, according to reports. The al Zahrani...

We met an elderly man amongst the long stalks of sorghum in a valley – and a village – that local people called Alatti....

At least 46 people have been killed and more than 140 wounded after a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunduz province,...

The big bold letters painted on a tall building on the main road leading to the dock are the first sign of the health...

Governments are being urged to do what is “morally right” to ensure all countries have enough jabs – as the World Health Organisation set...