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Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies aged 79

Amazon deforestation in Brazil remains near 15-year high

Nigerian student Aminu Adamu Mohammed accused of defaming Aisha Buhari

South Korea scrambles jets as China, Russia warplanes enter air defence zone

Iranian Sunni Clerics Release Video Urging End To Deadly Crackdown On Protesters

Alibaba founder Jack Ma hiding out in Tokyo, reports say | Jack Ma

Shenzhou-15: China sends astronauts to Tiangong space station

NATO renews membership vow to Ukraine, pledges arms and aid

Suitcase murder-suspect due before NZ court

Qatar and Germany sign long-term natural gas agreement

'Elevate our voices' says first out gay Qatari as FAs scrap LGBT+ armbands | ITV News

Dutch intelligence agencies say threats to the security of the Netherlands increasingly coming from Russia, China

Mothers and wives of conscripts from Russian Far East to be sent to east of Ukraine

Twitter grapples with Chinese spam obscuring news of protests

Netanyahu signs Israel coalition deal with anti-LGBT Noam party

China's protests over lockdowns spread to campuses and communities abroad

The far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir will be Israel’s national security minister under a coalition deal with Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, in what is likely to be the most rightwing government in the country’s history.

World Cup 2022: Iran complain to Fifa over flag change on social media by US

World Cup 2022: Fouling Neymar 'has to stop', Brazil coach Tite says

Khamenei's niece arrested after calling for foreign governments to cut ties with Iranian regime | CNN

New York: Man rescued seconds before incoming train

Civilians flee Kherson as liberated city comes under Russian fire

Europe says US profiting from war

India abstains on UN resolution to probe Iran’s alleged abuses against anti-hijab protesters

Mudslide sweeps across Italian island of Ischia

Yandex, Russia's "Google", wants to flee the country

China’s Xinjiang loosens some ‘zero-COVID’ restrictions after lockdown protests

Shanghai protestors are calling for the end of Xi Jinping and CCP's rule

Protests erupt in Xinjiang and Beijing after deadly fire

Finland to observe Nato foreign ministers' meeting for first time

World Cup: Iran protesters confronted at World Cup game against Wales

Emergencies Act: Trudeau defends use to end 'Freedom Convoy' protests

Children chant massacre-Jews song at North London school

Swedish brothers face trial on Russia spy charges

England soccer fans have been warned not to dress up as medieval Christian crusaders in Qatar, the first Islamic country to host the World Cup, report says

China Xinjiang: Ten dead in Urumqi residential block fire

Afghanistan: 'I drug my hungry children to help them sleep'

Russia: From 2018 World Cup host to global pariah

Poland to confiscate cars from drink drivers

Ukraine is attempting to retake a crucial spit of land that could disrupt Russia's missile barrages

Ukraine war: How Ukraine restores power after Russian attacks

Kyiv doctors operate on child’s heart amid missile attack on Nov. 23

Turkey will launch Syria ground operation after strikes - Erdogan

Some Russian commanders encouraged sexual violence, says lawyer advising Kyiv

Ukraine war: Mourning newborn baby killed in Russian missile strike

Finland and Sweden step up military aid to Ukraine ahead of winter

Malawi ex-leader's stepson held over mass graves of suspected migrants

Zelensky says Russia using cold as 'weapon of mass destruction' - Insider Paper

China Reportedly Paid Taiwan Officer to Surrender If War Started

German football federation to take legal action over Fifa’s OneLove armband ban

Ukraine monastery raid as SBU targets Russian agents

Military drills with NATO participation take place on border with Russia, Belarus

Tanzania plane crash: Rescue efforts delayed, report finds

NATO Parliamentary Assembly Designates Russia Terrorist Regime

Cycle path outside Russian Embassy in Warsaw named ‘Avenue of the Victims of Russian Aggression’

Millions of lives under threat in Ukraine this winter - WHO

Russia Confident Ukraine Lacks Strength to Retake Crimea: Senator

One dead after vehicle crashes into Massachusetts Apple store

England fans 'can't find place to drink' after 4,300 mile trip from North West to Qatar for World Cup

FTX crypto exchange owes biggest creditors $3.1bn

G7 Calls for 'Significant' U.N. Response to North Korea Missile Launches

Iran captain voices solidarity with protests at home

Ikea: subcontractors resort to forced labour in Belarus prisons

World Cup 2022: Qatar 0-2 Ecuador: Enner Valencia double gives South Americans win

Iran activists fear deadly crackdown in Kurdish-populated Mahabad

German Catholic bishops vow to continue with reforms | German Catholic bishops reaffirmed their commitment to reforms following meetings with Pope Francis and other Vatican figures. On the table are blessings for same-sex marriages, married priests and women deacons.

Polish villagers bury man killed in missile blast near Ukrainian border

First Ukrainian passenger train rolls into newly freed Kherson

Russia Raises Record $13.6B in One Day As War Costs Keeps Mounting

Ukraine rules out ‘short truce’ with Russia

Taylor Swift tour: Excruciating to watch Ticketmaster ticket chaos, says pop star

Russia accuses Ukraine of executing more than 10 POWs

Ukraine war: Almost half Ukraine's energy system disabled, PM says

Don't tell the truth about Russian troops, the FSB warns

Screams from Russia's alleged torture basements still haunt Ukraine's Kherson

Gaza: At least 21 killed in Jabalia refugee camp fire

Iranian plainclothed basiji forces killed several innocent people in a act of revenge for burning down a mullahs school in the city of Izeh, Khozestan then blamed it on the Isis and Arab separatists

More than 60 bodies found with signs of torture in Kherson: Official

Adnan Oktar: TV cult preacher jailed for 8,658 years in Turkey

The UK has fallen into a recession: worst fall in UK living standards since records began, says OBR (by 7%, wiping out 8 years of growth)

Zelensky insists missile that hit Poland was Russian

Qatar World Cup: TV 2 Denmark reporter forced off air

Lula vows to undo Brazil’s environmental degradation and halt deforestation | Cop27

Chinese President Xi Jinping accuses Trudeau of 'leaking' details of conversation to media

Ukraine war: What happened in Poland missile blast?

Ukraine alleges 'Russian trace' in Poland blast

Hungary PM Orban convenes defence council meeting

Ukraine says more than 7 million households lack power after Russian missile strikes Tuesday

Polish premier calls urgent meeting of national security committee

A senior U.S. intelligence official says Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people

Iranian shopkeepers begin 3-day strike marking brutal killing of hundreds

Protesters disrupt Russian event at COP27 climate conference

Germany's gas storage levels hit 100% capacity

Why did Zelensky want a watermelon in Kherson?

Father Says Son Killed For Honking His Car Horn In Support Of Iranian Protests

Ukraine war: Zambia demands answers for death of student Lemekhani Nyirenda

Zelenskyy: We are ready for peace, but peace for entire Ukraine

Kremlin outraged at Zelenskyy ''coming to Russian territory''

Russia Hits Another 100 Canadians With Sanctions, Including Jim Carrey, Margaret Atwood

Canada gives Ukraine $500mln, sanctions more Russians

Iran charges more than 750 over 'riots', issues first death sentence

Explosion in busy area of central Istanbul kills four, injures 38

India for phase-down of all fossil fuels, not just coal

Iran hits back at Olaf Scholz after video on sanctions | Iran has described as "provocative, interfering and undiplomatic" a video by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressing support for protesters and for more EU sanctions.

US midterms: Republicans blame Trump and McConnell for poor showing

Ukraine uses Cop27 to highlight environmental cost of Russia’s war | Ukraine

(Iran) Kurdish Man Killed by Security Forces For Anti-Government Graffiti

Iranian who made Paris airport home for 18 years dies

Theatergoers south of Moscow were held “hostage” and shot at by actors playing Ukrainian soldiers during an immersive play that glorifies Russia’s invasion of its neighbor, local media report.

In Cambodia, Biden seeks to counter China's influence and Putin's war

Ethiopia and Tigray rebels ready to speed up aid

Deputy Defence Minister reveals names of generals who liberate Ukraine’s south

Ukrainian police, TV broadcasts return to long-occupied city

Gaming in Africa: Developers making mobile games for African players

Ukrainian troops met with joy in Kherson as Russia abandons its biggest prize

Occupiers In Kherson Blow Up CHPP, Regional Power Company And Water Utility. City Without Light And Water

US midterms: Local Kentucky races decided by coin toss

Putin's Military Suffers Over 4,000 Deaths in Just One Week of War

Ex-Putin advisor compares Kherson retreat in Ukraine to the collapse of the Soviet Union, warning of 'really big' consequences

Russian-Canadian arrested over global LockBit ransomware campaign

Section of destroyed shuttle Challenger found on ocean floor

KFC apologises after German Kristallnacht promotion

Kherson: As Russia retreats, Ukrainians still fear a trap

World Cup stadium workers ‘had their money stolen and lives ruined’, says rights group | Report on conditions in Qatar alleges labour abuses are widespread and calls on Fifa to set up compensation fund

Saudi police release US mother arrested for 'destabilising public order'

Kyiv lawmaker: Early results from US elections ‘very good for Ukraine’

Archeologists hope tunnel under Egyptian temple leads to long-lost tomb of Cleopatra

Iran protester: 'We could hear the beatings and screams in jail'

Jennifer Aniston has zero regrets about trying IVF

Lithuania blocks entry to Belarusian train wagon with Russia’s Z sign

Sean Penn leaves his Oscar in Ukraine until victory

Iran's defiant protesters face mounted police as death toll from crackdown tops 300

German ministry seeks to block Chinese chip factory takeover: German Economy Minister Robert Habeck wants to stop the sale of a chip production plant to a Chinese investor. The Green Party politician has expressed concern about giving China control over key infrastructure

US midterms: Donald Trump says his announcement next week will be 'very exciting day'

The UN's chief called Tuesday for an end to a "toxic cover-up" by companies as a sweeping report said they cannot claim to be net zero if they invest in new fossil fuels, cause deforestation or offset emissions instead of reducing them

Dutch universities open hotline for threatened scientists and academics

Ukraine Prepared to Negotiate With Russia After Putin's Out of Office

IRGC Chief Salami Threatens ‘Enemies’ With Revenge Over Iran Protests

Covid vaccines prevented 88,000 hospitalizations in the Netherlands in 13 months

Alaa Abdel Fattah: British-Egyptian activist's family pin hopes on PM

EU wants Airbnb, rivals to share bookings data with authorities

UN weather report: Climate woes bad and getting worse faster

Fresh protests erupt in Iran’s universities and Kurdish region

Founder of Wagner PMC creates ''militia training centres'' on border with Ukraine

Russian forces in Kherson Oblast destroy privately owned boats and force local residents to flee

Japan hosts multilateral display of naval unity amid East Asia tension

Ukraine's Zelenskiy discusses financial aid, Iran sanctions with EU's von der Leyen

Multiple Tornadoes hit southern US states

Ukraine to raise funds for fleet of marine drones – Zelenskyy

Russia Loses Two Ka-52 Attack Helicopters, 12 Drones in a Day: Ukraine

Iran acknowledges sending drones to Russia for first time

Jack Dorsey: Twitter co-founder breaks silence on Elon Musk takeover

Iran Protests Death Toll Rises To 304; Tehran Youths Call For More Demos

Illegal trade threatens endangered tigers, 150 seized a year

Ukraine war: Putin allows former criminals to be conscripted

Sudhir Suri: Radical Hindu leader shot dead in Amritsar

"Iranians Aren’t Happy:" Top Iranian Sunni Cleric Calls For Referendum Amid Protest Violence

Imran Khan speaks publicly for first time since surviving shooting

Refugees Are Being Targeted by Kremlin Sympathisers in Germany

Turkey says Sweden, Finland not yet done enough under NATO deal

Blank Panther: Wakanda Forever cast arrive at London's premiere

Britain to ban services helping transport Russian oil

Ethiopia civil war: Tigray truce a triumph PM Abiy Ahmed

Earth Just Created a Brand New Island

Spain gives to Ukraine SAM battery, 4 Hawk air defence systems, guns and shells

Sabotage of military helicopters deep inside Russia purportedly shown on video | CNN

Russian commanders discussed using nuclear arms in Ukraine, says US

Parties in Ethiopia conflict agree to cease hostilities

South Korea video shows missiles being fired

Bolsonaro supporters call on military to keep him in power

Elon Musk says $8 monthly fee for Twitter blue tick

Kansas woman who led all-female IS battalion sentenced to 20 years

Russia to lose $1tn in oil and gas export revenues by 2030, IEA says

Brazil: Police fire tear gas at Bolsonaro supporters in roadblock

U.S. says many ransomware attacks in late 2021 were connected to Russian actors