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Canada refuses to apologise over British children abuse scandal

The Canadian government has refused the latest request for an apology to British children abused in the country.

'Treated like dogs': Russia recruiting thousands of Nepali men to fight in war on Ukraine

Around 2,000 Nepali men have been recruited by Russia to fight in its war against Ukraine, Sky News understands.

Israel-Hamas war: Biden and Netanyahu hold first phone call in a month amid warnings of 'imminent famine'…

US President Joe Biden and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu have held their first phone call in a month, amid warnings of an "imminent famine"…

Vladimir Putin addresses Red Square crowds after landslide win as West condemns 'undemocratic' election

Vladimir Putin has been cheered by large crowds in central Moscow after securing his fifth term as Russian president - in what Western nations have…

Reaction to Putin's election win - including former ambassador who says Stalin would be 'insulted' by…

Joseph Stalin would find comparisons to Vladimir Putin "insulting", a former British ambassador to Russia has told Sky News.

Car industry insists 2,000% increase in sales to Azerbaijan has nothing to do with Russia

Britain's car industry has insisted that an unprecedented 2,000% increase in vehicle exports to Azerbaijan has nothing to with Russia and is explained…

Haiti gang violence: 12 bodies seen in streets as gangs attack upmarket areas of capital Port-au-Prince

At least 12 people have been killed in the latest wave of violence in Haiti after armed gangs went on the rampage in two affluent areas of the capital,…

Russians uneasy as repression increases after unfair election extends Putin's rule

Now the three-day electoral spectacle is done - a shiny semblance of democracy, unfree, unfair and underpinned by Soviet-style repressions - what is…

Israeli forces 'reinvade Gaza City' after al Shifa hospital raid

Eyewitnesses have suggested that Israeli forces have launched a "reinvasion" of Gaza City after the al Shifa hospital was raided overnight. 

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino condemns 'shocking' violence after Trabzonspor fans attack Fenerbahce players…

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has called for immediate action after Trabzonspor fans attacked the players of Fenerbahce during "shocking" violence…

North Korea fires ballistic missiles as US secretary of state Antony Blinken visits Seoul

North Korea has launched ballistic missiles as US secretary of state Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul.

Sudan could be weeks away from a 'catastrophic hunger crisis'

Sudan could be just weeks away from a catastrophic hunger crisis, aid workers have warned, as community volunteers struggle to feed the hungry amid…

Man dies after falling from hot air balloon in Australia

A man has died after falling from a hot air balloon in Australia.

Vladimir Putin: How a KGB agent from Leningrad rose to the top of the Kremlin

From working as a KGB agent in Soviet East Germany to the very heights of the Kremlin, the history of the Russian Federation is in many ways inseparable…

Woman dies after being chased by bear in Slovakia

A 31-year-old woman from Belarus has died after being chased by a bear in Slovakia's Low Tatras mountain range.