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South Korea’s anti-corruption agency has failed to detain the country’s impeached president after a standoff that lasted hours. The decision came after investigators and police officers were seen entering the gate of the residence in Seoul. Thousands of officers were gathered at Yoon Suk Yeol’s residence and formed a perimeter around a growing number of

An Islamic State flag attached to the pickup truck used to kill and injure dozens of people in New Orleans is a grim reminder of the persistent threat posed by Islamist extremism. Investigators are rushing to understand why Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, the US citizen and army veteran who is suspected of carrying out the atrocity

A Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner has died at the age of 103. Agnes Keleti died on Thursday morning in Budapest after he was hospitalised with pneumonia on Christmas Day, the Hungarian state news agency reported. Regarded as one of the most successful Jewish Olympic athletes, Ms Keleti won 10 medals

Two children are among 10 people killed after a gunman opened fire in western Montenegro following a bar brawl, police and a government official said. Montenegro’s interior minister Danilo Saranovic said four people were wounded in the attack in Cetinje and the gunman is on the run. Police have identified the suspect as 45-year-old Aco

Hundreds of grieving relatives of people killed in the fated Jeju Air plane crash visited the site on New Year’s Day to pay respect to their loved ones. South Korea’s transport ministry said authorities have finished formally identifying the 179 victims of the country’s worst air disaster. Investigators have also extracted the data from the

Young women living under oppressive Taliban rule in Afghanistan have dared to share their hopes and fears for 2025, which range from an end to “gender apartheid”, to simply going for a walk in the park. The five women in their twenties have all had their studies or careers interrupted since the Taliban seized control

A team of US and South Korean investigators are to set to begin looking into the cause of the plane crash that left 179 people dead at Muan International Airport. The disaster on Sunday is the worst plane crash in South Korea’s history – with the youngest victim a three-year-old boy, according to a list

Russia’s unconventional attacks against NATO “look like war” and allies must set new red lines that will trigger a retaliation if crossed, a former foreign minister has warned. Gabrielius Landsbergis, who stepped down as foreign minister of Lithuania earlier this month after four years in the post, told Sky News he did not believe the

At the crash site at Muan Airport, you get a really strong sense of just how sudden and catastrophic it all was. There is an eerie quiet as the army sifts through the wreckage, picking up tiny bits of debris and placing them in small plastic bags. Tens of metres from the plane you can

US President Joe Biden says the world has lost a “remarkable leader” and a “man for all time” after the death of Jimmy Carter. Mr Carter, who was US president between 1977 and 1981, died at his home in Georgia while surrounded by his family on Sunday afternoon. The Nobel Peace Prize winner was aged

An Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed, killing 38 people, was damaged while flying over Russia “due to shooting from the ground”, the country’s president has said. President Ilham Aliyev said he believed that the plane, which crashed around two miles from Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, was not shot down intentionally. However, he accused some

Passengers are being rescued from the tail of a plane which crashed into a wall at an airport in South Korea after veering off the runway. The plane was carrying 175 passengers and six crew when it attempted to land at Muan Airport in the southwest of the country. Firefighters are attempting to rescue 23

Russian air defences may have shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight after misidentifying it, according to US military sources. Two unnamed officials who spoke to Sky News’ US partner NBC News said America had intelligence indicating Russia may have believed the flight was a drone and engaged its air defences. It added that this was

In Russia, size matters when it comes to family. Just look at the Asachyovs. Vera and her husband Timofey have eight children – from 18-year-old Sofiya to 18-month-old Marusya – and they’ve just been crowned Moscow Family of the Year. “It’s a great honour and joy,” Vera Asachyova told Sky News when asked how it

Passengers on a Eurostar train from London to Paris say they were stuck for hours in the Channel Tunnel after a train broke down. The 06.01am train left on time and was supposed to arrive at Paris Gare du Nord at 9.20am local time – but travellers have been told they will not arrive until

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would be open to peace talks with Ukraine in Slovakia “if it comes to that”.  Mr Putin said Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who this week visited the Kremlin, had offered his country as a location for negotiations as the war in Ukraine nears the three-year mark. The