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Revolutionary Guards say they will strike infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar after South Pars field hit ...

Residents of Coen and surrounding towns in far north Queensland spent Thursday sandbagging, stockpiling food and preparing for power outages ahead of possible category 5 storm ...

Ireland’s former taoiseach warns of conservative Russian influence and says US is now ‘off the pitch’ under Trump ...

Ski accommodation can be prohibitively expensive, but a cosy youth hostel puts the Montafon resort and its glorious runs within reach for those on a budget ...

Inclusion of first Black woman in US to write a symphony in Vienna’s New Year’s Day concert was a long overdue recognition. But how much of her music was actually played?

Move will put national security and lives overseas at risk, critics say, as overall UK aid budget is slashed to 0.3% of gross national income ...

Where does it come from, this passion for an animal that isn’t even hers? An astonishing debut delves into deep truths about love, motherhood and care ...

The advent of the steam age ushered in a great social revolution, but as Maciej Drygas’s film points out, the technology also took us off the rails ...

To understand this you need to know about swap rates and the impact of the war in Iran ...