China is to lift the requirement for international travellers to quarantine from 8 January in the latest break from its zero-COVID policy after protests. The rule,...
The foreign secretary has accused the Taliban of “trying to erase women from society in Afghanistan” after its ban on female NGO workers forced aid agencies...
Parts of the US could see nine inches of new snow today, in a sign that the winter blizzard causing chaos across North America is not...
A record-breaking Iranian footballer who criticised the authorities’ crackdown on anti-regime protesters has said his family were prevented from leaving the country. Ali Daei, who scored...
At least 61 deaths have been linked to a severe storm that continues to batter the US and Canada. The US has recorded 57 fatalities, with...
South Korea says it has scrambled fighter jets and attack helicopters, firing warning shots, after North Korean drones “violated” its airspace. The country’s joint chiefs of...
The government is facing calls to crack down on a hunting loophole after figures suggested that hundreds of suspected illegal incidents took place in just five...
To say 2022 was an eventful year in British politics is certainly an understatement. Luckily (or unluckily), politicians gave us some memorable quotes to remind us...
Ukraine has said Vladimir Putin “needs to come back to reality” in response to the Russian president’s claim that he is ready to negotiate. On a...
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of those who died after a bus fell from a bridge and crashed into a river on Christmas Eve, according to...
The man suspected of shooting dead three Kurds in Paris this week has told investigators of his “hatred of foreigners”, prosecutors say. The suspected gunman, 69,...
Rescue workers are searching for two people feared buried by an enormous avalanche in western Austria, local media has reported. Initially up to 10 people were...
Seven people with links to the UK have been arrested by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard after anti-government protests in the country, state media says. Protests have erupted...
Combat medic Myroslav Mardarevych is hunched over a desk in the foyer of St Sophia Cathedral in central Kyiv. He has just come from the frontline...
Several groups providing aid in Afghanistan have suspended their operations, after the Taliban ruled women could no longer work for non-governmental organisations with immediate effect. On...
At least 28 people have died in the US as the country grapples with a brutal winter storm. Blizzard conditions have left almost 380,000 homes and...
The Taliban have banned Afghan women from working at non-governmental organisations in the country. The letter said female employees would not be allowed to work for...
The festive season has arrived, with sleigh bells ringing and the timely smattering of snow glistening on our streets. Amid all the mince pies, carol singing...
In the world of Christmas vegetables, nothing is more divisive than a Brussels sprout. And here, as I look out over a factory in the Netherlands,...
2022 has been a tough year, in which the UK has often been hit harder than its peer countries in the G7 – the club of...