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Almost £500m worth of drugs and precursors have been burned by Myanmar’s military authorities. Heroin, cannabis, methamphetamine and ketamine were among substances disposed of...

Colombian President Ivan Duque said a helicopter carrying him and several officials was shot at in a “cowardly” attack. Mr Duque said the presidential...

European leaders have rounded on Hungary’s leader over a new law which they say discriminates people from the LGBT+ community. The legislation, which bans...

Boris Johnson has insisted Royal Navy warship HMS Defender was sailing legally in Ukrainian waters and that Russia did not any fire warning shots....

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro loves meeting people; he can’t get enough of it, he travels the country looking to shake hands and kiss babies....

Russian forces fired warning shots at a Royal Navy destroyer after it entered the country’s territorial waters in the Black Sea, the Russian Defence...

The Russian Defence Ministry has released footage it says shows HMS Defender being circled by military aircraft and followed by vessels. It comes as...

Dozens of Iranian-linked websites have been seized by the US Justice Department. Many of the 36 websites are violent organisations or associated with spreading...

A Greek helicopter pilot suspected of murdering his British wife after claiming she was killed during a robbery at their home has appeared in...

The UK’s newest aircraft carrier is proving to be an object of curiosity for Russian military aircraft operating in the increasingly crowded Mediterranean. HMS...

A new image of Princess Latifa, the daughter of the ruler of Dubai, has been posted on Instagram suggesting she was at a Spanish...

Tony Dell was in his mid-60s, estranged from his wife and children and living in his mother’s garage when he realised his life had...

The thud of drums and chanting filled streets across Brazil. A day of protest on the day official figures recorded over 500,000 deaths from...

The number of coronavirus deaths in Brazil has now surpassed half a million, the country’s health ministry has confirmed. The number has risen to...

Hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi has taken a big lead in Iran’s presidential election and his rivals have conceded defeat, according to state TV. Mr...

Brazil is likely to pass the awful mark of 500,000 COVID-related deaths in the next two days. Only the United States has a higher...

A Greek man suspected of murdering his British wife after claiming she was killed during a robbery at their home tried to create a...

Police say a Greek man has confessed to killing his British wife – just weeks after he claimed she died during a brutal invasion...

The most senior editor and four other bosses at a pro-democracy newspaper have been arrested under Hong Kong’s new national security law. The editor-in-chief,...