France has recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia in a backlash over a new security partnership. The country’s foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian...
The economic crisis in Lebanon is never-ending and now it’s ravaging the hospitals where medicines are running out. On the oncology outpatients ward we meet four-year-old...
Google deleted a Russian tactical voting app from its online store after staff were threatened, sources at the tech giant have said. Both Apple and Google...
Italy is to become the first European country to make a vaccine passport system compulsory for all workers. Proof of vaccination, a negative test or recent...
Around 3,000 health workers in France have been suspended, reportedly without pay, for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of a deadline this week to...
The UK, Australia and the United States have agreed a “landmark” partnership to boost their defences and share nuclear submarine secrets at a time of growing...
Three former US intelligence and military officers have admitted working as mercenaries for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and carrying out sophisticated hacking operations targeting victims...
Many of the women of Afghanistan are frightened right now. And those who worked for the foreigners who’ve pulled out of the country, are even more...
Syrian President Bashar al Assad has met Vladimir Putin in Moscow – their first meeting in the Russian capital since 2015. Mr Putin congratulated his counterpart...
An Afghan man suspected of raping and killing a 13-year-old girl in Austria has been arrested in the UK and faces extradition. Rasuili Zubaidullah, 22, entered...
Ten million people are “likely to die” due to extreme temperatures if world leaders fail to agree significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, a...
North Korea has successfully fired a new long range cruise missile, its state media has said. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that the missile...
The notorious detention centre built by the Americans inside the huge Bagram military base is a terrifying place even when empty. It’s known locally as Afghanistan‘s Guantanamo....
For 20 years now, New Yorkers have woken up to this day – to relive, to remember. Some find themselves forced to, others want to. In...
The Taliban fighters we are with are on a charm offensive. “We have changed. We have changed a lot,” one of them tells us. “Praise God,...
The head of MI5 has said terrorist attacks on UK soil will likely happen on his watch and that his officers and the police have foiled...
The British embassy’s new tenants in Kabul cannot understand why the diplomatic staff have not returned since the Taliban took control. “Why don’t they come back?”...
Twenty years on from the September 11th terror attacks, the Taliban are back in power in Afghanistan. After being driven out by US forces following 9/11,...
The Taliban says it will allow 200 Americans and other civilians to leave Afghanistan on charter flights, according to a US official. The official, who spoke...
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has told a court he is “a soldier of Islamic State”. Abdeslam is among 20 men on trial accused of being...