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Saudi Arabia is limiting the number of Muslims who can take part in the annual pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina – called the Hajj...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the relationship between his country and the US is at its “lowest point” ahead of his meeting with...

World leaders have arrived in Cornwall for this weekend’s G7 summit, as Boris Johnson looks to strike deals on COVID vaccines, girls’ education and...

Australian-born Mehray Mezensof has been married to Mirzat Taher for almost five years. But he has been absent for most of this period. The...

The wife of jailed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has pleaded guilty to a range of charges after being accused of helping to...

There is an old, corrugated hanger in the centre of Maseru, the diminutive capital of the kingdom of Lesotho and through the doors we...

The condition of a British woman bitten by a crocodile in Mexico has deteriorated after she developed sepsis, her sister says. Melissa Laurie, 28,...

An alleged Australian drug kingpin who was tricked into revealing information about hundreds of organised criminals has been told to hand himself in for...

Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has lost his appeal to have his conviction for genocide and war crimes overturned. Presiding Judge Prisca Matimba...

More than 200 people suspected of being involved in organised crime have been arrested after police infiltrated an app to access millions of messages...

India is easing lockdown in several states after COVID case levels dropped to their lowest in two months. Shops, restaurants and other businesses are...

At least 30 people have been killed after two express trains collided in southern Pakistan. Rescuers and villagers have been working to pull injured...

Turkey’s environment minister has promised to defeat a plague of “sea snot” threatening the Sea of Marmara – but warns the disaster management plan...

The prime minister will call on G7 leaders to pledge to vaccinate the world’s population against COVID-19 by the end of 2022. Boris Johnson...

The G7 has agreed a deal on tackling corporate tax avoidance by big tech companies. “It’s a proud moment” says Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Mr...

Microsoft has blamed “accidental human error” for its search engine Bing failing to produce any results for ‘Tank Man’ on the anniversary of the...

Brussels is to ban Belarusian planes from EU airspace as it ramps up pressure on the Minsk regime over the forced diversion of a...

Dissident journalist Roman Protasevich has been filmed appearing to praise Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko in a new video. In the clip, recorded for Belarusian...

Did the Middle East’s only democracy prove last night that, however messy it may be, democracy prevails? Or will it prove, over the coming...