Pakistan’s defence minister has told the BBC that India's threat to halt the flow of water from Indian-administered Kashmir would be "an act of war". Speaking to Azadeh Moshiri in Islamabad, Khawaja Muhammad Asif said: "It will be a declaration of war,...

We’re slowly getting used to Artificial Intelligence doing uncannily human things - chatting with us, creating pictures and videos. But so far, all of this AI has used a lot of computing power.

Property giant Evergrande has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US as the real estate crisis in China deepens. It will allow the heavily-indebted company to protect its assets in the US as it works on a multi-billion dollar deal with creditors. Ev...

It’s reported that Russian missiles have landed in Poland near its border with Ukraine, killing two people on a farm.It came on a day that Russia launched a ...

Residents in Kyiv, Ukraine, have been warned by Mayor Vitaly Klitschko to prepare to leave the city if there is a total loss of power.Speaking on Ukrainian t...

The city of Kherson, in Ukraine, was the biggest prize seized by Russia in the first month after its invasion on 24 February. Now there are suggestions that...

Ukraine says power and water supply across the country has been badly hit after Russia launched more than 50 missiles targeting critical facilities.In the capital Kyiv, 80% of residents were without water, and about 350,000 apartments had no electricity,...

Brazilians will vote on Sunday to elect their next president, in a competition between left-wing former President Lula da Silva and right-wing incumbent Jair...

Russia is scrambling to pull its military personnel and citizens out of the city of Kherson ahead of a Ukrainian counter-offensive.Ukrainian father Dmytro Bahnenko reflects on the months he and his family lived there under occupation and secretly filmed f...

The commander of Russian forces in Ukraine has admitted that the situation in the east of the country is “tense” as Ukrainian troops continue to advance in the Donbas region and towards the city of Kherson in the south. Russian officials have told reside...

Five Ukrainian cities have been targeted in coordinated revenge attacks a day after Vladimir Putin was urged to retaliate over an explosion on a key Crimea bridge. Several loud blasts were heard in the Ukrainian capital around 8.15am local time in what a...

Ukraine’s President Zelensky says his troops have made more advances against Russian forces. It comes days after Ukrainian forces retook the strategic town of Lyman in the east of the country. Now the Ukrainian advance in the south around the city of Kh...

Nato's secretary general has said the recapture of Lyman in eastern Ukraine shows Ukrainians can push back against Russian forces. Russia has withdrawn its troops from the strategic town, which is within the territory that President Vladimir Putin declare...

Draftees called up to fight for Russia against Ukraine have spoken about the harsh conditions they are faced with in call-up centres across the country.There have been reports of those protesting the drafts being raped by police following their arrests.

Russia has said it will formally annex four more parts of Ukraine, just days after self-styled referendums took place. The votes have been condemned by Ukraine and the West as a ‘sham’.