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Russia has begun exercises with its Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system and several thousand troops, its defence ministry said on Wednesday. "In total, more than 3,000 military personnel and about 300 pieces of…

President Tsai Ing-wen says external pressure will not stop Taiwan engaging with the world as she left for the United States on Wednesday. "External pressure will not hinder our determination to go to the world," she said at Taiwan's…

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has cautioned Russians against adopting children who she said were "stolen" from Ukraine during the war and deported to Russia. Vereshchuk said on the Telegram messaging app that orphans…

King Charles III of Britain will travel to Germany on Wednesday for his first state visit abroad as monarch. During his three-day visit to Germany's capital Berlin, the eastern state of Brandenburg and the northern port city of Hamburg,…

Trade union protesters angered by President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms have blocked the Louvre museum in Paris frustrating crowds of visitors. Demonstrating peacefully against plans to make most French work an extra two years to…

At least six civilians were killed by a suicide attack in Afghanistan's capital on Monday, near a security checkpoint leading to the foreign ministry. "In Malik Asghar Square ... a suicide attacker before reaching the target was…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition government on Monday survived no-confidence motions filed by the opposition in protest over its judicial overhaul plan. One motion failed by a vote of 59-53, a…

The Council of Europe's Commissioner for human rights, Dunja Mijatović, has urged Britain's parliament to block a new law aimed at tackling illegal immigration. Mijatović said the Illegal Migration Bill would strip away an essential part…

Public transport in Germany was disrupted on Monday as transport staff across the country staged one of the largest walkouts in decades to push for wage increases in the face of brisk inflation. Airports, bus and train stations across…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked Defence Minister Yoav Gallant a day after Gallant broke ranks with the government and urged a halt to a highly contested plan to overhaul the judicial system. In announcing Gallant's…