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Iran has reportedly executed two gay men, Mehrdad Karimpour and Farid Mohammadi, on sodomy charges following six years in prison.

Anne Frank's betrayal: Dutch publisher apologises for book

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s tested positive for COVID-19

Ukraine-Russia tensions: UK threatens tougher sanctions in event of aggression

Ethiopian Airlines employees are fleeing the country by hiding in the planes they work on

Bans on fossil fuel heating in new homes gain steam as world aims for net-zero emissions

Europe is exceeding its renewable energy targets

Taiwan VP, in U.S., repeats accusation China blocked vaccine access

Mason Greenwood: Man Utd player arrested over rape claim

Scientists warn of widespread drought in the 21st century | Models reaffirm the widespread drying and increases in agricultural drought by up to 200 percent over most of the Americas (including the Amazon), Europe & the Mediterranean region under moderate-high emissions scenarios in the 21st century

Ugandan ex-minister who backed death penalty for gay people dies

Russia: Military drill moved further from Irish shore

Russia says its planned naval exercises have been moved away from Irish-patrolled waters

France to send 'several hundred' troops to Romania

US issues warning over Russian 'dirty money' in the UK

Rabbi leader in Kiev: Jews will take up arms against Putin

Russia to move drills outside of Ireland's EEZ

EU takes WTO action against China over 'bullying' Lithuania

China Confirms It Will Team Up With Russia to Explore the Moon

Record numbers of women reach 30 child-free in England and Wales

Outrage as Bolsonaro confirms Russia trip despite Ukraine crisis - Isolated Brazilian president accused of ‘utterly reckless’ plan to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow

Winter Olympics: Global sponsors quiet ahead of Beijing Games

‘Gangraped and humiliated’: Family of assaulted Delhi woman narrates a history of intimidation

Xiomara Castro: Honduras swears in its first female president

New omicron subtype BA.2 is spreading quickly

Dissidents hack Iran state TV, broadcast call for Khamenei's death

Sweden approves plan to bury spent nuclear fuel for 100,000 years

German prosecutors charge Russian spy with sharing details of European space rocket programme

Turkey's Erdogan says Russia would be unwise to invade Ukraine

EU sues China over sanctions against Lithuania

Prince Andrew denies sexual abuse allegations and asks for a jury trial

Virginia Giuffre: Prince Andrew demands jury trial in US

Ukraine Sees Russian Hand In Spate Of Bomb Scares At Schools Nationwide

Russia Ukraine: US sends Moscow formal response over crisis

Russian military exercise off Irish coast a 'threat to whales'

IS militants surrender as Kurdish-led forces surround Syria prison

‘Cyberpartisans’ hack Belarusian railway to disrupt Russian buildup

Turkey: Airport warehouse roof collapses in snowstorm

Global tensions grow as Chinese rocket scientist defects to the West | World | News

Ukraine: What is Nato and why doesn't Russia trust it?

New Zealand ranked least corrupt country in the world

Australians in Ukraine told to ‘leave now’ as fears of Russian invasion grow

Burkina Faso military says it has seized power

Assange wins right to take US extradition case to UK’s top court

Bob Dylan sells his master recordings to Sony Music

Gold coin found in Devon field fetches £540k

Britain Pursues More Muscular Role in Standoff With Russia on Ukraine

Heavy fighting continues for third day to stop ISIS prison break attempt in Syria

Cannabis removal from Thailand’s narcotics list up for discussion

Armenian president resigns

Hubble Finds a Black Hole Igniting Star Formation in a Dwarf Galaxy

U.S. Detains Ship Carrying Fertilizer Used To Make Explosives Transiting From Iran

Ukraine crisis deepens after U.K. says Russia may try to install a pro-Kremlin leader

China brings back anal swab testing for Covid two weeks before Winter Olympics begin

Canada’s Trudeau vows action after four Indians freeze to death at border with US | World News

Jean-Jacques Savin: French adventurer dies crossing Atlantic Ocean

Studies are underway to find out the precise characteristics of the latest Covid-19 variant ‘BA.2’. It already accounts for the majority of most recent cases in a number of countries, including India, Denmark and Sweden.

Biden, Japan PM Kishida vow to 'push back' on China | World News

Five slices of Meat Loaf: Iconic moments on the BBC

Ukraine Says Russia Recruiting Mercenaries, Sending Weapons to Eastern Ukraine

A plant that outlived dinosaurs is being poached to extinction, crime analysts warn

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania sending anti-armour and anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine

Baltic states say sending anti-tank, anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine

Baltic states to supply Ukraine with Stinger, Javelin missiles

U.S. and Russia agree to keep talking after meeting on Ukraine

Rare twin elephants born in Kenya

'They probably have a low IQ'

Paris Fashion Week: Louis Vuitton shows Virgil Abloh's last collection

Biden clarifies stance on a Russian incursion in Ukraine: 'Russia will pay a heavy price' if units move across Ukrainian border

Spain sends warships to Black Sea, considers sending warplanes

Spain sends warships to Black Sea, considers sending warplanes

US accuses Russia of conspiring to take over Ukraine government

Canada’s cyberspy agency warns of Russian cyberattacks on critical infrastructure

Robinho: Brazilian footballer loses final appeal against rape conviction

B.C. doctors now able to access MDMA, mushrooms for the seriously ill

Top Florida health official on leave over support for vaccination

Millionaires group calls for wealth tax at virtual Davos

Another European Nation Defies China As Slovenia Strengthens Taiwan Ties

Texas synagogue siege: Teens held in UK released without charge

Two journalists exposing Mexico’s corruption and drug violence murdered within one week | Margarito Martínez Esquivel and José Luis Gamboa are the latest casualties in the world’s most dangerous country for reporters outside war zones

Spain to move from treating COVID-19 as a pandemic to an endemic

AT&T agrees another 5G delay at US airports

Thailand to axe jail terms and fines as it decriminalise marijuana

Greece to ban development in mountain areas to protect habitats | Reuters

West no longer considering cutting Russia off Swift - Handelsblatt

British military aircraft rapidly supplying weapons to Ukraine

Former Ukrainian president lands in Kyiv to face treason case

‘Much remains unknown’: Tonga still cut off by volcanic eruption

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Why Brussels fears Europe is 'closest to war' in decades

Navalny Says ‘No Regrets’ on Anniversary of Return to Russia - The Moscow Times

Germany proposes scrapping Nazi-era abortion law

Tsunami hits coasts after Tonga eruption

Austria makes COVID-19 vaccination mandatory starting February.

Millions under weather alerts as major winter storm hits US and Canada

Ukraine says evidence suggests Russia behind cyberattack

Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly near to plea bargain in corruption trial - Former Israeli PM understood to be in advanced talks with state attorney’s office over admitting to two counts of breach of trust

Novak Djokovic: Court to decide player's Australian Open fate

Get away from shore - US and Japan warn on tsunami

Jovenel Moïse murder: Ex-senator arrested in Jamaica

Russian-led militants release toxic ammonia in Donbas, provoking red-flag fears

Serbia: Activists block roads to protest lithium mine. Traffic came to a standstill on major roads as activists demanded the scrapping of a planned lithium mine

Ugandan students forced to work in central Taiwan factories

Iran’s Khomenei’s website shows animated video of drone strike killing Trump

Danish spy scandal: Ex-minister accused of state secrets leak

Finland not negotiating about NATO membership, foreign minister says

US fugitive who faked death found alive in Glasgow