The director of one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza was arrested in a raid the Israeli military said was targeting a Hamas command centre...
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Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has been cremated after a state funeral as politicians and the public mourned his death. Widely regarded as the...
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 urinary...
Champion boxer Paul Bamba has died at the age of 35. The sports star had won the WBA Gold Cruiserweight title by defeating Rogelio Medina just six days before...
World chess number one Magnus Carlsen has quit a major tournament after being told he couldn’t wear jeans. The chess grandmaster was defending his titles...
The UK has rejected Vladimir Putin’s apology over the deadly Azerbaijan Airlines crash and called for an independent investigation. The Russian president...
Russian air defences may have shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight after misidentifying it, according to US military sources. Two unnamed officials who...
In Russia, size matters when it comes to family. Just look at the Asachyovs. Vera and her husband Timofey have eight children – from 18-year-old Sofiya...
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 cheaper...
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 propaganda...
Passengers on a Eurostar train from London to Paris say they were stuck for hours in the Channel Tunnel after a train broke down. The 06.01am train left on...
South Korea’s parliament has voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo. The move could deepen a constitutional crisis triggered by a short-lived...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would be open to peace talks with Ukraine in Slovakia “if it comes to that”. Mr Putin said Slovakian...
Donald Trump has suggested the US could take control of Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal in a series of Christmas Day social media posts. The president...
Indonesia and Thailand are marking 20 years since a tsunami caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people in one of the worst natural disasters in modern...
On this day 20 years ago, the world looked aghast as the deadliest tsunami in history ripped across the Indian Ocean. It took just seconds for the...
