An Iranian climber who took part in an international competition without wearing a hijab has insisted it was “completely unintentional”. Wearing...
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Kherson residents evacuate by boat as Putin declares martial law in four occupied regions of Ukraine
Kherson residents have been boarding boats in an apparent evacuation as Russia claimed Ukraine is planning a major attack and President Putin declared martial...
The world’s second-richest man has said he has sold his private jet so “no one can see where I go” after being tracked by climate activists...
In China, seemingly simple things still pose barriers and blocks. Catching a train from Shanghai to Beijing used to be a very easy thing to do. The high-speed...
There are days in Bakhmut that are more difficult than others – although no day is easy in this battered city. Once home to 100,000 people, it’s...
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is on a hastily-arranged visit to Washington to talk with his counterpart and White House officials about “shared security...
At least 13 people have died after a Russian warplane crashed into an apartment block in a Russian city. A Su-34 bomber came down in the southern port city of...
A preliminary investigation of damage on the two Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea shows the leaks were caused by “powerful...
China has recruited dozens of former British military pilots to teach the Chinese armed forces how to defeat western warplanes and helicopters in a...
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...
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...
