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Iran’s largest navy warship has sunk in the Gulf of Oman after catching fire. Iranian media did not give an explanation for the fire...

The future of some of the UK’s most treasured species including puffins, bluebells and bumblebees is dependent on the outcome of the COP26 climate...

In a safe house in Myanmar, resistance is growing. Quietly, in the gloomy light, a group of men raise their hands in a three-finger...

Coronavirus variants have been renamed with letters of the Greek alphabet following criticism of the way they have been labelled up until now. Under...

In a ramshackle corner of a war-ravaged state, the sound of joy and youthful exuberance fills the air. We’re in a town called Bor,...

Hundreds of people have had to leave their homes as parts of New Zealand are hit with what has been described as a one-in-100-year...

Israel’s opposition parties are moving closer to reaching an agreement that could mean the end of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12 years in power....

The daughter-in-law of Conservative grandee Lord Ashcroft has been arrested after a police superintendent was shot dead in Belize.  Jasmine Hartin, the partner of...

Spain’s postal service has been accused of racism after issuing a set of unequally priced skin-coloured stamps.  State-owned Correos Espana introduced the set of...

Russia has denied entry to two European airline planes because they planned to avoid flying over Belarus to reach Moscow. Air France and Austrian...

Novoshakhtinsk is a nondescript former mining city on Russia’s border with Ukraine. It is not the place for a day-trip.   But six days a...

The biggest reforms to the global taxation system in a century are edging closer to reality, with the group of seven leading industrial economies...

There is a 40% chance that global temperatures will reach 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in the next five years – and the odds are...

Cyclone Yaas has made landfall on India’s east coast with gusts of nearly 100mph, tidal waves and heavy rain leaving many areas flooded. More...

A young woman detained along with dissident journalist Roman Protasevich has appeared in a video recorded at a Belarusian detention centre. Sofia Sapega, a...

Israel’s response will be “very powerful” if Hamas breaks the ceasefire, the country’s prime minister has warned. Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking as he and...

Of all the stories coming out of Gaza this past fortnight, one in particular is so terribly tragic. As the ceasefire was announced late...

European leaders and the US have strongly condemned the arrest of a Belarusian dissident journalist after the Ryanair flight he was travelling on was...

A Ryanair flight has been diverted and forced to land in the Belarus capital Minsk so an opposition blogger could be arrested, it has...