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The US says it has killed Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Yusif in Syria. US Central Command Forces (Centcom) said it carried out an...

Vladimir Putin has said Russia should have invaded Ukraine earlier, in a national address spanning more than four hours. Russia began the conflict with...

Consider one view outside the George Washington University Hospital in Washington DC. “I think we need to paint a mural to Luigi, what do...

They were nicknamed “Mr Everyman” by the French press, and for more than a decade these men crept into Gisele Pelicot’s bedroom and raped...

UK troops could be deployed to Ukraine to train forces there as the defence secretary pushes for Britain “to help them motivate and mobilise...

A man who repeatedly drugged his wife and invited strangers to rape her while she was unconscious has been sentenced to 20 years in...

A dramatic change in tone by Ukraine’s president – acknowledging the strength of Russia’s hold over swathes of Ukrainian territory – has coincided with...

Ukraine cannot remove Russian troops from the land they occupy in the east of the country and Crimea, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has admitted. While Kyiv...

We drove the backbone of Syria, north from Damascus through Homs and Hama to Aleppo, and then south west, through the towns and villages...

The compound in front of the blue and white low-rise building is buzzing with rushed activity. On one side there are men stacking boxes...

A husband described as one of France’s worst sex offenders is expected to be sentenced tomorrow – as the verdicts for all 51 defendants...

A citizen from Uzbekistan has been detained over the killing of Russian nuclear forces general Igor Kirillov, a Russian intelligence agency has said. Russia’s...

👉Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app👈 In this special episode, Richard and Yalda take a look...

A well-known former boss of Australia’s national rugby team has denied dozens of sex charges against 10 males. Alan Jones – who was also...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has rejected Reuters reports that he is heading to Cairo for Gaza ceasefire talks. The news agency earlier...

For Ukraine – pitched against Russia’s larger and more powerful military – the use of unconventional tactics such as assassinations is seen as a...

Donald Trump has said Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have “gotta make a deal” to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. The US...

Now Bashar al Assad has gone, there is so much to see and film in Syria which was impossible to document before. The extent,...

Former Syrian leader Bashar al Assad has issued his first statement since the fall of his regime. In a social media post, he said...