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A toddler almost plunged into an erupting volcano on Christmas Day, with his mother grabbing him “in the nick of time”.  The near-miss happened...

A plane carrying 181 people has crashed in South Korea, killing all but two people on board. It’s the country’s worst domestic civil aviation...

This is South Korea’s worst domestic civil aviation disaster. The video from the ground sees the plane exploding into a fireball. A local fire...

An Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed, killing 38 people, was damaged while flying over Russia “due to shooting from the ground”, the country’s president...

At least two people have died off the coast of Calais attempting to cross to England, French media is reporting.  Around 50 migrants have...

The UK has rejected Vladimir Putin’s apology over the deadly Azerbaijan Airlines crash and called for an independent investigation. The Russian president apologised to...

The director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza was arrested in a raid the Israeli military said was targeting a...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will go into hospital to have his prostate removed, his office has said. The 75-year-old was diagnosed with a...

The US attorney general tried to block Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams from fundraising in the country in 1995 over a belief the IRA...

At least 28 passengers have been killed in a plane crash at an airport in South Korea, local media reports. Passengers are being rescued...

The UK has rejected Vladimir Putin’s apology over the deadly Azerbaijan Airlines crash and called for an independent investigation. The Russian president apologised to...

The director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza was arrested in a raid the Israeli military said was targeting a...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will go into hospital to have his prostate removed, his office has said. The 75-year-old was diagnosed with a...

Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has been cremated after a state funeral as politicians and the public mourned his death. Widely regarded as...

Russian air defences may have shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight after misidentifying it, according to US military sources. Two unnamed officials who spoke...

In Russia, size matters when it comes to family. Just look at the Asachyovs. Vera and her husband Timofey have eight children – from...

Weavers of Ireland’s famous Donegal tweed have called for a special protected status for their product, as the craft industry battles a raft of...

Father Christmas, driving a sleigh filled with NATO-branded rockets, is shot out of the sky above Moscow in an apparent new piece of Russian...

Passengers on a Eurostar train from London to Paris say they were stuck for hours in the Channel Tunnel after a train broke down....