Russian authorities claim the detainee was promised $158,000 and safe passage to a European country if he helped kill Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.

For more than three months, judges and lawyers have tried to grasp the true nature of Dominique Pelicot, the man who invited dozens of strangers to join him in raping his drugged wife.

Police renewed their investigation into the disappearance of a Cuban man in the Spanish hamlet of Tajueco after Google published the image two months ago.

Nigel Farage has acknowledged rumours that the tech billionaire is considering a multimillion-pound donation to his populist Reform UK party.

Rescuers are racing to pull survivors from the rubble of fallen buildings, but the number of dead is “expected to increase”.

A single frame on Google street view has become a vital clue in solving a murder case in Spain.

Two people whispering in Trump’s ear have opposing views on how to fix one of his biggest challenges: the country’s obesity problem.

“We really haven’t seen anything quite like this since the Nazis,” says an international war crimes prosecutor who estimates 100,000 people were killed.

The government had been encouraged by President Volodymyr Zelensky to reopen the embassy, while other senior Ukrainians had expressed frustration with the government’s reluctance to return.

The US has transferred two detainees at Guantanamo Bay after they pleaded guilty to charges related to the 2002 bombings in Bali.

There has been a second earthquake in Vanuatu this morning with a magnitude of 6.0.

A senior Russian general has been killed by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow.

The family of Reeva Steenkamp have been quick to comment on Pistorius’ new relationship, nearly a year after the former athlete was released on parole.

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A state of emergency has been declared in Vanuatu. Australia has sent search and rescue and emergency medical teams.

Israel had every right respond to Hamas, but some of its supporters ignore a critical constraint under international law.

The man found under a blanket in a prison in Damascus had claimed he had been arrested three months ago and interrogated about his phone contacts.

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One person has died and two others have been injured after a giant Christmas tree collapsed on workers in Brazil during a storm.

Ukraine's spy agency is claiming responsibility for the killing of a top Russian general in Moscow.

Cash App founder Bob Lee, a revered Silicon Valley master coder, was stabbed to death in 2023.

The shooter, identified by police as Natalie Rupnow, was a student at the Abundant Life Christian School.

Ali Imron hopes to piggyback off the charity shown to the last prisoners of the Bali Nine gang.

Luigi Mangione has been charged with murder as an act of terror over the death of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson.

Igor Kirillov, accused of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukraine, died when a bomb hidden in an electric scooter went off.