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The British government's emergency committee, known as COBR, met on Saturday to discuss the latest developments in Russia and the risks to British citizens there. "The Foreign Secretary has chaired a meeting of COBR to update on the…

Hong Kong has resumed its International Dragon Boat Festival for the first time in more than 4 years after it was halted due to anti-government protests and COVID-19. The two-day event, organised by Hong Kong's tourism board and the Hong…

Heavily armed Russian mercenaries who advanced most of the way to Moscow have halted their approach in a move that their leader said would avoid bloodshed.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy saysUkrainian spies have received information showing Russia was considering carrying out a "terrorist" attack at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant involving a release of radiation. In a video statement on…

A deep-sea submersible carrying five people on a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic was found in pieces from a "catastrophic implosion" that killed everyone aboard.

The White House rolled out the red carpet for the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday during a state visit by Modi to Washington hosted by President Joe Biden. Though the countries are not formal treaty-bound allies and India…

Belarus, an ally of Russia in the war with Ukraine, says its armed forces have begun 10 days of annual "mobilisation exercises". The Belarus defence ministry said the exercises were aimed at assessing the degree of preparation of state…

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has criticised what he called a "chronic underfunding" of aid across the globe despite growing humanitarian needs. "Chronic underfunding and record levels of humanitarian need are…

A prison riot at the Centro Femenino de Adaptacion Social, a 900-person women's prison around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Honduras capital city Tegucigalpa, has left at least 41 dead. Yuri Mora, spokesperson for the public prosecutor's…

A Russian court has sentenced a former deputy commander of a Ukrainian militia unit to 16 years in a penal colony for taking part in what Moscow considers an illegal armed group and receiving "terrorist" training.