More than 100 Ukrainian women have been released from Russian captivity as part of what is thought to be one of the biggest prisoner swaps in the war so far...
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The world’s first geological tomb for nuclear waste is rapidly taking shape more than 400 metres below the forests of Finland. Batches of lethally...
Around 34,000 homes may be inundated because of extreme flooding in southeast Australia, according to an official comment made on Monday. Some towns are now...
Former Russian state TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova has fled the country after escaping from house arrest, her lawyer said. Ms Ovsyannikova interrupted a...
At least eight prisoners have been killed after a fire broke out at a notorious prison in Tehran, Iran’s judiciary has said. The blaze at Evin prison...
Members of K-pop band BTS are to fulfil their requirement to do military service in South Korea, their representatives say. Label Big Hit Music said members of...
Elon Musk has indicated that his SpaceX company will continue funding its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, a day after he said he couldn’t fund the...
NATO has begun its annual nuclear exercises in northwestern Europe amid tensions over the war in Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use any...
Brazil’s incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro and election challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have called each other a liar during a heated television...
If this was a “normal” party congress then the speech by President Xi Jinping would have been his swansong. But this is not a normal party congress...
China will never renounce the right to use force over Taiwan, President Xi Jinping has declared at the opening of a major party meeting. China views...
Four prisoners are dead and 61 injured after a huge fire at Iran’s notorious Evin jail – where political prisoners and anti-government activists...
A man has drowned and a woman is missing after their car was washed away by flash floods on Crete. The 50-year-old man was found in the seaside village of Agia...
A huge fire has broken out at Iran’s notorious Evin prison – where political prisoners and anti-government activists are held. Gunshots are...
Two men opened fire on troops at a Russian military shooting range near Ukraine, killing 11 and wounding 15 others, the Russian defence ministry has said. The...
The body of a 12-year-old girl has been found inside a suitcase in Paris, according to reports. Her father became concerned after she failed to arrive home...
