Russian state-backed media reported Saturday that a fire broke out on the bridge linking mainland Russia with the Russian-controlled Crimean Peninsula.

Russia built the road and rail bridge after it seized and annexed Crimea from Ukraine in violation of international law in 2014.

Families of the victims stood over their coffins and opened them, wailing in despair, at the local Buddhist temple.

It was a surprise that the first member of the administration to talk openly about how to avoid forcing Putin’s nuclear hand was the president himself.

Human rights groups estimate that dozens of protesters have been killed over the past three weeks as swathes of the nation revolts against Iran’s conservative rule.

After the apocalyptic gaffe around tax-cuts that triggered a panic and shredded the value of the pound, there is already talk the new PM could face a challenge to her leadership by Christmas.

The world’s richest person made the remarks when asked about China, where his Tesla electric car company operates a large factory in Shanghai. 

A woman whose exploits posing as a German heiress to scam people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars and inspired a Netflix series is being released from immigration custody.

Getting precise totals is difficult but the number of Russians who have left could run into hundreds of thousands, based on media reports and figures released by neighbouring states.

It’s been 20 years since bombs ripped through popular Bali nightclubs, killing 202 people, including 88 Australians. Three people affected share how that moment changed their lives.

Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, alongside Russian and Ukrainian human rights groups, has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.

Parents have recounted hearing gunshots from their workplaces as an ex-policeman killed at least 37 people including 24 children.

Ukraine’s President Zelensky is urging the world not to give in to Russia’s ‘nuclear blackmail’

Parents of children killed unite to recount moments of Thai massacre at crime scene.

The social disparity that is so obvious in Britain cannot be compared to Australia’s growing inequalities. Yet.

A baby girl, her parents and uncle were found dead in a central California orchard two days after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business.

An attacker with a large kitchen knife killed two people and wounded six others in stabbings along the Las Vegas Strip before he was arrested.

Speaking at a fundraiser in New York, Joe Biden said the world is facing its biggest nuclear threat since the Cuban missile crisis.

The eight-part TV series, a hit during the lockdown, was heavily focused on Clarkson’s frustration with local planning laws, and he has since been involved in a long-running dispute with the council.

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