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The Eurovision Song Contest is changing its voting system, following allegations of “interference” by Israel’s government this year. Israeli singer Yuval Raphael received the...

The Donald Trump peace plan is nothing of the sort. It takes Russian demands and presents them as peace proposals, in what is effectively...

Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine would hand swathes of land to Russia and limit the size of Kyiv’s military, a...

“Terrible”, “weird”, “peculiar” and “baffling” – some of the adjectives being levelled by observers at the Donald Trump administration’s peace plan for Ukraine. The...

This is the first time the G20 summit is being hosted on African soil. Heads of state from 15 countries across Europe, Asia and...

A fierce warning from Britain’s defence secretary to Vladimir Putin to turn his spy ship away from UK waters or face the consequences was...

If you’re not at the table then you’re on the menu, as the saying goes. That’s why Ukraine and Europe are so concerned about...

Nearly 1,000 people from three villages on the Indonesian island of Java have been forced to flee to shelters after the eruption of its...

Two passenger trains have collided in the Czech Republic, leaving dozens of people injured, four seriously.  The accident happened at around 6.20am near the...

A Russian spy ship is currently on the edge of UK waters, the defence secretary has announced. John Healey said it was the second...

More than 250 passengers on board a ferry that ran aground off the South Korean coast have been rescued, according to the coastguard. It...

The Yantar may look scruffy and unthreatening but below the surface it’s the kind of ship a Bond villain would be proud of. In...

In front of me, there is a building that has collapsed upon itself, six floors piled upon each other. A wild dog is walking...

The wife of murdered Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi says “zero justice” has been served over her husband’s death. Mr Khashoggi, a strident critic...

The warning was meant for British parliamentarians, of course, but MI5 and the government are also trying to send a signal to China. We...

Mass killings and millions forced to flee for their lives have made Sudan the “epicentre of suffering in the world”, according to the UN’s...

The United Nations Security Council has passed a US resolution which endorses Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza. Russia, which had circulated a rival...

Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death. It comes after the 78-year-old was found guilty of ordering lethal force in...

Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister, has been sentenced to death after being convicted of crimes against humanity. It follows a months-long trial in...