British nationals in Afghanistan are being told to leave immediately as the country moves into what the UN has described as a “deadlier and more destructive...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it has removed two Belarusian team coaches from the Games, four days after they were involved in trying to send sprinter...
A Belarusian sprinter who has flown to Poland after a stand-off with her country’s officials at the Tokyo Olympics said her grandmother had advised her not...
I spot George Kyriakopolous sitting in his car, the door open to blackened surroundings and smouldering earth. To his left is his house. To the right,...
Security forces in Lebanon have fired water cannon and tear gas at anti-government protesters calling for justice on the one-year anniversary of the Beirut explosion. Demonstrators...
Two people died and more than 40 others were injured when a fast train from Munich collided with a commuter passenger train in the Czech Republic....
The UK has reported a “potential hijack” of a ship off the coast of the United Arab Emirates as a security source said a tanker appears...
A Belarusian activist who was reported missing has been found dead in a park in Kiev, Ukrainian police have said. Vitaly Shishov led Kiev-based non-profit organisation...
The ferocity of the fires in Turkey is quite something to behold. We watched, along with the residents of the pretty seaside town of Cokertme on...
Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has arrived at the Polish embassy in Tokyo after refusing to board a flight back to Minsk. The 24-year-old was seen...
An Olympic sprinter from Belarus has said she refuses to return to her home country after apparently being taken to the airport against her will for...
Tourists staying at the Turkish holiday resort of Bodrum were evacuated and told to wait for rescue boats on Saturday evening as fresh wildfires erupted nearby,...
Police fired tear gas at protesters in Paris amid fierce clashes at demonstrations against COVID vaccine passports. Protesters marched on the French capital to voice their...
Tokyo is hot in the summer. That’s why back in the 1964 Olympics they shifted events into October and the athletes enjoyed pretty much perfect temperatures....
Satellite images have shown the devastation caused by deadly wildfires raging across southern Turkey. Homes have been burned down and people have been forced to flee...
A crew member from the UK was among two workers killed in an attack on an oil tanker off Oman, the firm managing the vessel has...
Human remains found in the search for a missing British hiker have been confirmed as being hers, a charity says. Esther Dingley, 37, was last seen...
Two military chiefs have criticised China and Russia for “reckless” behaviour in space, such as using weapons to destroy satellites, leaving a trail of dangerous debris...
Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney – accusing the company of breaching her contract when it offered the film Black Widow on its streaming service at the...
If you do what Simone Biles does, if you take the awe-inspiring risks that she takes, you really have to believe that you can pull them...