Hospitals in northern Gaza are struggling to function as Israeli military operations continue and aid agencies warn of a catastrophe unfolding.
Russian gas supplies to European Union states via Ukraine have been halted, shutting down Moscow's oldest gas route to the continent....
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A South Korean court has issued a warrant for the arrest of impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol after his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, the country's anti-corruption agency has said....
Russia and Ukraine have conducted a much-anticipated prisoner swap just ahead of the new year....
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Russia's unconventional attacks against NATO "look like war" and allies must set new red lines that will trigger a retaliation if crossed, a former foreign minister has warned....
Investigators have asked a South Korean court to issue an arrest warrant for suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol....
An Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed, killing 38 people, was damaged while flying over Russia "due to shooting from the ground", the country's president has said....
There is a "real prospect" an unconventional attack by Russia against NATO - such as an act of sabotage or arson - will cause "substantial" casualties, a top alliance official has told Sky News....
The UK has rejected Vladimir Putin's apology over the deadly Azerbaijan Airlines crash and called for an independent investigation....
Russian air defences may have shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight after misidentifying it, according to US military sources....
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Father Christmas, driving a sleigh filled with NATO-branded rockets, is shot out of the sky above Moscow in an apparent new piece of Russian propaganda....
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would be open to peace talks with Ukraine in Slovakia "if it comes to that"....
An oil tanker transporting oil to Russia, which is suspected of severing power and internet cables in the Baltic Sea, has been seized by Finnish authorities....
The Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed killing 38 people was downed by a Russian air defence system, according to four Reuters sources....
The sinking of a Russian cargo ship that was sent to Syria to collect weapons was an "act of terrorism", the vessel's owner says....
Sir Keir Starmer has condemned Russia's Christmas Day bombardment of Ukraine, saying the hail of missiles and drones was "bloody and brutal"....
Hong Kong has imposed arrest warrants and HK$1m bounties on six pro-democracy campaigners, including a 19-year-old living in the UK after fleeing the city....
A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine claims was sent to Syria to collect weapons has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, according to officials in Moscow....
UN investigators say Syria's new authorities are "very receptive" to their request to probe possible war crimes that may have occurred during the Bashar al Assad regime....
Slovakia's prime minister has drawn criticism from across Europe and from his own people after his surprise visit to Moscow for face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin on Sunday....
Moscow has denied claims Bashar al Assad's wife is seeking a divorce and a route out of Russia, where the couple are staying....
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Syrian and Russian forces unleashed all they could on eastern Aleppo. For four years they battled to bring Syria's second city under Bashar al Assad's full control....
Fifty countries voted in elections in 2024 - a year that also brought extreme global weather events, continued fighting in Ukraine and the Middle East, and rioting across the UK....
This annual TV marathon is Vladimir Putin's happy place. He is centre stage, holding court and putting the world to rights. ...