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A wave of Russian missiles and drones has struck across Ukraine, killing 21 people, and heavily damaging apartment blocks and other buildings, in an attack on the eve of a Nato summit in Turkey that has exposed widening gaps in Ukraine’s air defences.

Russian scientists involved in the development of the Novichok nerve agent have been sanctioned by the Government.

UK fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian plane after it came “unnecessarily close” to Britain’s flagship carrier in the Arctic Circle.

The Australian Space Agency has said the six so-called “space balls” found in north Queensland were likely from a “foreign rocket body” that had recently re-entered the atmosphere after being in orbit.

Only four months ago, Ella Adman had just finished school and had never before held a gun. Now, standing in the shade in between drills at a military base on Gotland, the strategically important Swedish Baltic island where she grew up, the 19-year-old conscript is carrying a powerful assault rifle.

A crowd of millions assembled on Monday for the funeral procession of Iran’s assassinated supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.

Donald Trump’s America First policy, his dismantling of USAID, and his war against Iran have led to the revival of the long-forgotten phenomenon of Somali piracy.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated on Saturday the State Strategic Command Headquarters, known as "the Octagon," in Egypt’s New Capital east of Cairo, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement.

North Korea has test-fired a strategic cruise missile and other weapons from a new 5,000-ton naval destroyer, with its leader Kim Jong Un overseeing tests, state media reported Sunday.

Meghan, Archie and Lilibet will NOT join Harry in central London next week due to security reasons – throwing into doubt the chance Charles will meet his grandchildren.

Terrified and wounded, Mia Schem heard the taunting cry of one of her captors – “welcome to Gaza” – as she was driven across the Israeli border in a truck filled with Hamas terrorists.

Poland has reportedly been warned that Russia is planning an armed “provocation” on its soil to test Nato’s resolve.

Vladimir Putin launched drones from his fleet of sanctioned oil tankers to spy on nuclear weapons in Britain, intelligence experts have claimed.

A £100m superyacht believed to be owned by Vladimir Putin is fleeing Europe to avoid Ukrainian drone attacks.

Palestinian Mohammad Salameh was building a home for his family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where his recently engaged son was meant to start married life. Instead, before construction was complete, a group of Israeli settlers seized ‌the property.

A "vanishingly rare" copy of the Declaration of Independence has been found in London, dug up ‌in archives holding documents from the British capture of an American privateer ship in 1776, just as the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its overnight missile attack on Kyiv on July 2 targeted the MLP-Chaika logistics center, alleging the facility was being used to store Ukrainian drones, ammunition and weapons components.

A Danish shipyard is giving the Arctic liquefied natural gas carriers that generate crucial cash for Vladimir Putin’s war effort one last round of maintenance before EU sanctions take effect next year.

Russia is planning an armed “provocation” on Polish soil to test Nato’s resolve, the United States has warned.

Researchers say Stelios Kouloglou’s device was compromised after he joined European parliamentary committee

Britain is facing a major national security challenge from hostile states operating below the threshold of war, the country’s independent reviewer of terrorism and state threats legislation has warned.

A campaign of drone launches over Europe from 2024 to 2026 was carried out using vessels from Russia’s “shadow fleet,” according to a report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

The Trump administration is sending all pregnant unaccompanied minors apprehended by immigration enforcement to a single group shelter in South Texas.