Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken aim at the West in a new speech claiming his country was sincere in wanting peace.

An archeological dig has uncovered the site of a second ancient Polynesian settlement on Norfolk Island. Vision: Wolter Peeters

A group of Australian women and children who lived under Islamic State rule are heading to Sydney from a detention camp in north-east Syria.

Joe Biden met eight TikTok stars who have a combined following of more than 67 million in the hope that their posts will turn out votes for Democrats in the midterm elections.

Indonesia’s director general of immigration has announced the launch of a “second-home visa” for the picturesque island destination, but there’s a catch.

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Images captured inside No. 10 this Diwali told a story Britons have never heard before: the prime minister, hands together in prayer, a garland of roses around his neck.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of fuelling the war in Ukraine in a speech near Moscow.

Just Stop Oil activists attempted to glue themselves to Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece “Girl with a Pearl Earring” in the latest of such publicity-seeking stunts.

As the war intensifies near Kherson, Russia dispatched a team to an 18th-century stone cathedral on a special mission - to steal the bones of Prince Grigory Potemkin.

Professional footballer Pablo Mari has been one of six people stabbed in a supermarket in Milan, in Italy's north.

A supermarket employee died en route to the hospital, according to one news agency. The wounded included a Spanish soccer player.

Putin played down a nuclear standoff, insisting Russia had not threatened to use nuclear weapons and had only responded to nuclear “blackmail” from Western leaders.

The Duke of Sussex’s “unflinchingly” honest autobiography will hit the shelves from January 10.

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Outraged locals confronted the group, who then lied about having permission to remove the fossil from the bank of a New Zealand river.

Vladimir Putin has overseen annual exercises by Russia's strategic nuclear forces as his invasion of Ukraine falters.

The species has the highest number of facial neurons of any land-dwelling mammal, allowing them to flick their ears and perform intricate manoeuvres with their trunks.

Scientists hope that such “needle-free” vaccines will make vaccination more accessible in countries with fragile health systems.

Elon Musk has posted a video on Twitter showing himself walking into Twitter headquarters- carrying a sink.