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This is a hugely significant moment. For the first time in more than three years, Washington is lifting sanctions on Moscow instead of imposing them.

The United States appears to be significantly increasing its military presence in the Middle East with the deployment of highly sophisticated aircraft and a second aircraft carrier to the region.

Pressure is growing on the Serbian government over reports security forces used a prohibited sonic weapon against a peaceful crowd during an anti-corruption rally.

US vice president JD Vance will fly to Greenland this week, after accusing American and Danish leaders of ignoring the island "for far too long".

Anti-Hamas chants have been heard in a rare sign of dissent in northern Gaza during a protest in which hundreds of Palestinians called for an end to the war.

Yazidi women are still enslaved in ISIS detention camps, a new Sky News documentary has revealed.

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A man has been found dead after falling into a sinkhole in South Korea, officials have said.

South Korea is facing "snowballing damage" from some of its worst ever wildfires that have killed at least 24 people and forced 27,000 to evacuate. 

Ukrainian drones have been shot down over the Black Sea, Russia's defence ministry has claimed - hours after a partial ceasefire was agreed.