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We could see a seemingly endless line of trucks as we headed down the highway in northern Ethiopia. As their contents drew closer we...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will not attend COP26 in Glasgow at the end of the month in what is being seen as another major...

Brazil’s president should face homicide charges over errors that led to an estimated 95,000 COVID-19 deaths, a draft of a major inquiry report has...

North Korea has fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile from its east coast into the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s military has said. The launch,...

More than 5,600 prisoners in Myanmar will be released by the military junta which seized power earlier this year. Videos and pictures from the...

Hamas has warned Israel that another war is inevitable unless its occupation of Palestine ends and the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza is resolved....

At least 22 people have been killed in flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in the southern Indian state of Kerala over...

Russia has reported a record number of new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours with cases hitting 34,303 – the highest since the...

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...