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The exchange of fire over Israel’s northern border with Lebanon is some of the most serious yet – but the situation remains fundamentally the...

Australia’s parliament has passed a motion calling for the return of Julian Assange to Australia ahead of an appeal hearing in his extradition case...

A top UN official has warned the deteriorating situation in Gaza is the worst humanitarian crisis he has ever seen in his 50-year career....

The exchange of fire over Israel’s northern border with Lebanon is some of the most serious yet – but the situation remains fundamentally the...

Britain will send more than 50 tanks to Eastern Europe to take part in the largest NATO war games in a generation as warnings...

A woman and two children are reported to be among four people killed in a wave of Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon. Security sources...

Swiss police are investigating after a ski shop put up a sign saying it would no longer rent equipment to Jews. The hotel-restaurant at...

A woman has appeared in court in Ireland charged with the murder of her six-year-old son. Ruth Purcell Healy, from Waterford, is accused of...

An elderly man from Alaska has become the first person to die after contracting Alaskapox – a recently discovered viral disease. But how dangerous...

Chinese football fans have called Lionel Messi a “thief” and mocked him over the Falkland Islands. The Argentinian star angered supporters when he didn’t...

Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza will expand over the coming days, Benjamin Netanyahu has warned, as attacks appeared to intensify on Christmas Day. The...

Two people have been detained after a plane carrying 303 Indian citizens was grounded in France over human trafficking allegations. Those on board the...

John and Melody Hennessee plan to spend the rest of their lives cruising around the world – and they reckon it could be as...

Pandas are China’s undisputed pride and joy. They are a symbol of statehood, in many ways a national obsession. But they are also valuable...

Ukraine is officially marking Christmas on 25 December for the first time today – after it continued to fend off Russian drone attacks overnight....

At least 68 Palestinians were killed following an Israeli air strike that hit a refugee camp in central Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry has...

Imagine having not one, but two babies born in the middle of war. Lina Hammad gave birth to twins in Nasser Hospital in Khan...

Shielded riot police barricaded themselves inside Belgrade’s city hall as they fired tear gas at hundreds of opposition supporters who were trying to enter...

Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed fighting in Gaza, the Israeli military has said. The deaths take the number of Israeli Defence Forces (IDF)...