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The Syrian presidency has announced it’s assembling a special taskforce to try to stop nearly a week of sectarian clashes in the southern Druze...

Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire, the US ambassador to Turkey has said. Several hundred people have reportedly been killed this week...

Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch, two Wall Street Journal reporters and the publication’s owner, News Corp. The US president has...

Dozens of Russian spies have been sanctioned by the government – including those responsible for targeting Yulia Skripal five years before her attempted murder...

At least three people have been killed after a “horrific incident” at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training facility, officials have said. A...

Antarctica’s oldest ice has arrived in the UK for analysis which scientists hope will reveal more about Earth’s climate shifts. The ice was retrieved...

England have booked their place in the semi-finals of the Women’s Euros after knocking out Sweden. The Lionesses won 3-2 on penalties at Stadion...

By the time Hannah Hampton appeared in the news conference, the England goalkeeper was relieved, ecstatic and wanting to share this night far and...

Felix Baumgartner, the extreme athlete who once jumped from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding crash in Italy. The 56-year-old Austrian...

The Pope has said he is “deeply saddened” by the deaths of three people in an Israeli strike on the only Catholic church in...

Syria’s president has said protecting the rights of the Druze population is “our priority” after Israel warned it would destroy forces attacking the minority....

A sex scandal has rocked Thailand’s Buddhist clergy after a woman allegedly enticed a string of monks into having sex with her and then...

A huge fire has destroyed the main stage of a major festival in Belgium – two days before it was due to begin. Tomorrowland...

Israeli airstrikes have targeted the Syrian military headquarters in Damascus amid renewed clashes in the country. The gate of the Ministry of Defence in...

Israel has shown little respect for international borders since becoming the unrivalled military hegemon of the Middle East.  Today that meant an Israeli airstrike...

At least 20 people have been killed in an incident in Khan Younis, according to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israel and US-backed...

Twenty one people have been killed following a crush at an aid distribution site in Gaza, according to local health officials. Footage shows young...

An Afghan man who worked for the British military has told Sky News he feels betrayed and has “completely lost (his) mind” after his...

The defence secretary has told Sky News he is “deeply uncomfortable” with the government using a super-injunction to keep a massive data breach hidden....