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The leader of the Islamic State (IS) is dead following a US raid in northern Syria that also killed a senior deputy of the terror group, US officials… Read more

The US has claimed Russia is planning to stage a fake Ukrainian attack that it would use to justify an invasion.

It alleged Moscow was likely… Read more

The most divided Olympic Games in decades gets under way in China on Friday as Beijing becomes the only city to host both the Summer and now the Winter… Read more

India aims to create six million jobs over the next five years, according to this week's budget announcements. It will not be easy: the country's… Read more

New Zealand has announced a phased reopening of its borders, as the country starts to ease some of the world's toughest Covid restrictions.

Directed energy "plausibly explains" some of the cases of the mysterious "Havana Syndrome" illness, a new US intelligence community report says.

Robots serving drinks, temperature-controlled sleep pods and disinfectant everywhere.

These are the everyday scenes that Olympic athletes,… Read more

An Afghan female activist has been forcibly taken from her home, the latest in a string of alleged arrests by the Taliban.

A source told the… Read more