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Fire put out at site of a gas pipeline explosion in northern Lithuania with no signs of attack or casualties. A gas pipeline connecting Lithuania and Latvia was hit by an explosion

Far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said waving the Palestinian flag is an act in support of ‘terrorism’. Israel’s new far-right Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir has instructed police to remove Palestinian flags from

Belarus also asked to be allowed to export its own fertiliser products, which are currently subject to Western sanctions. Belarus told the United Nations that it would allow, without conditions, the transit

A new cap on the price of Russian oil will “immediately cut into Putin’s most important source of revenue,” the US has said. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the cap – which

“We share your pain,” Russian President Vladimir Putin has told a group of mothers of Russian soldiers who have been fighting – and some of whom have been killed – in Ukraine.

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to over 11 years in prison for defrauding investors in her blood testing start-up that was once valued at $9bn (£7.5bn). The former Silicon Valley

A video has emerged from the front line in eastern Ukraine showing the surrender of a group of soldiers in an incident that appears to end in their deaths. Russia has reacted

US, Chinese leaders seek to stabilise strained relations during face-to-face talks in Bali, Indonesia. US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have sought improve strained relations as they sat down

Vladimir Putin’s absence from the G20 Summit in Bali also undermines talk of a Russian pivot to the Asia-Pacific region. Russian President Vladimir Putin has oozed a casual resentment when describing the

Nowhere has Xi Jinping’s assertive foreign policy had a greater impact than in South East Asia, China’s strategic backyard. But as Beijing’s power has grown, so has Washington’s unease – and now