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Two astronauts stuck in space for more than nine months have left the International Space Station on their 17-hour journey back to Earth.

The Israeli army has ordered the evacuation of large swathes of Gaza after a series of deadly overnight strikes, including areas that satellite images show are densely populated.

Donald Trump will speak to Vladimir Putin by phone later today – with the White House saying “we’ve never been closer to a peace deal” in Ukraine.

A humanoid machine called Apollo has just taken a tentative, slightly jerky, but significant step forward in the robot revolution.

A Bulgarian football club have apologised for holding a minute’s silence for a former player who is still alive.

Whether you call it a save-the-day stash or an absolute essentials kit, it contains those five or six things that can make or break a vacation.

From the Lake District in England to a lush island in Japan, here’s a way to travel — and sleep — in style.

A British couple detained by the Taliban have been moved to a maximum security prison in Kabul in what has been described by their children as an alarming update.

In Thailand, Richard Burrows found an escape – a place to hide for nearly 30 years.

Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney has met the King as part of his first foreign trip since being sworn in.