Russia withdraws troops after Ukraine encircles key city Lyman

Russia has said it has withdrawn its troops from Lyman after Ukrainian soldiers surrounded the city in the latest blow to Vladimir Putin‘s invasion. Ukrainian forces encircled the strategic eastern ...

Australia to launch rescue mission for women and children trapped in Syrian detention camps

The Australian government is preparing to launch a mission to rescue dozens of Australian women and children trapped in Syrian detention camps. More than 20 Australian women and more than 40 ...

Iran’s anti-government protests wane but discontent lingers

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: British-Iranian national who spent six years in jail in Iran cuts her hair in protest

Putin to annex Ukraine territories as Kyiv warns of ‘very harsh’ response

Russia tries to stem tide of draft dodgers fleeing to Georgia

3 million children may miss a semester in flood-hit Pakistan

Ukraine calls for Russia to be declared ‘terrorist state’ after damning report

First results from ‘sham’ Ukraine referendums show 96% want to join Russia

Kurdish officials: Death toll climbs in Iranian drone attack

Britain to halve soldiers in Estonia force amid rising tension with Russia

UN official warns of conflict, more poverty in Afghanistan

Victim of Bristol e-bike tower blaze had fled after the Taliban takeover

‘Sabotage cannot be ruled out’: Russian gas pipeline to Europe leaking into Baltic Sea

Conscription fears as young Ukrainian men stopped from leaving occupied areas