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Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of attacking its cities overnight in violation of a ceasefire less than a day old. Nine civilians were killed and 30 wounded when missiles fired at Ganja, Azerbaijan’s second-biggest city, hit a residential building, authorities said. Another city, Mingachevir, was also attacked by missiles, according to the prosecutor general’s office. Armenian

A train has collided with a tour bus in Thailand killing at least 17 people and injuring 30 others, officials have said. The bus, with 65 passengers on board, was crossing a railway track at around 8am local time in Chacheongsao, 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Bangkok, when the train hit it. It was

Germany is considering further coronavirus restrictions if infections there continue to rise amid a second wave of the illness across Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as well as the mayors of 11 cities, agreed a package of measures on Friday that aimed to stem the rise in coronavirus infections. Cities will now be able to

North Korea has shown off what is thought to be a new intercontinental ballistic missile during an early morning military parade, according to analysts. The event took place before dawn in the secretive country, and was later broadcast there as well as in South Korea. Edited footage from the parade, which was used to mark

The World Food Programme has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The United Nations agency was honoured for its efforts to combat hunger, its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas, and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.

Let’s be honest from the start. I’m a football fan; I love football and I really adore going to football matches. The crackle of anticipation, the murmur of the crowd, the chanting and singing. The sheer chaotic spontaneity. The hope that you’re going to see something special. It is a long time since most of

Six men have been charged with plotting to overthrow Michigan’s government and kidnap its governor. They are accused of conspiring to abduct Gretchen Whitmer from her holiday home, with one of the suspects saying that he wanted to try her for “treason”. According to a court filing, they plotted for months, consulted and trained with

Human rights campaigners have made fresh calls for Myanmar to close down Rohingya detention camps where conditions are still “unliveable” eight years after they were set up. Around 130,000 Rohingya Muslims live across 24 camps in Myanmar‘s Rakhine state because they were forced from their homes in what has been described as a government ethnic

The UK “will work together with international partners” to impose sanctions on those considered responsible for poisoning a critic of Vladimir Putin with novichok, the foreign secretary has said. In a statement, Dominic Raab said there was “undeniable evidence” that Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the military nerve agent, which was developed by Russia. He

This September was the hottest on record across the globe, scientists have found. Surface temperatures worldwide were 0.05C higher than 2019, making it the hottest September since records began, according to the EU Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). Europe also experienced its hottest September ever – beating the previous record set in 2018 by around

Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said the situation is becoming a “struggle against international terrorism” for Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia. Faced with an intractable problem which long predates his time in office, and with rumours of Syrian mercenaries come to join the fighting, Mr Pashinyan is calling the latest explosion of hostilities between Armenia and

Ireland is tightening coronavirus rules but will not go into a second national lockdown – despite calls from the country’s health chiefs. Following a cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Micheal Martin announced that Ireland would move from level 2 of its restrictions to level 3 – with new measures including a ban on all indoor restaurant

Hundreds of thousands of people with mental health problems, including children as young as ten, are forcibly chained up in cages and kept in appalling conditions without medical help. The practice known as ‘shackling’ is commonplace in 60 countries across the world, and sees adults and children as young as 10 restrained or locked up

Ireland could enter a second national lockdown after the country’s health service recommended it moved to Level 5 of its coronavirus plan. Prime Minister Micheál Martin and the leaders of his two coalition partners will meet the chief medical officer ahead of a cabinet meeting this morning, two government sources have said. Under Level 5,

Azerbaijan’s second largest city has been attacked by missiles from Armenia as the conflict ramps up, an aide to the Azerbaijani president claimed. The development marks a sharp escalation in the war that broke out a week ago in the South Caucasus despite calls from Russia, the US, France and the EU to call a

US President Donald Trump is “not yet out of the woods” but those treating him remain “cautiously optimistic”. Mr Trump was diagnosed with the coronavirus on Thursday evening and was taken to hospital a day later. In a Saturday night update, his physician Dr Sean Conley said the president is free of fever and improving,