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The Arab League has voted to readmit Syria more than a decade after it was suspended following a bloody crackdown on street protests that led to civil war. The lifting of the suspension consolidates a regional push to normalise ties with Syria’s President Bashar al Assad. The decision was taken at a closed meeting of

Drones have been part of the military inventory for decades, but the war in Ukraine has seen a massive escalation in their exploitation. Does this herald the start of a new era in modern warfare, and will the rapid development of AI lead to the inevitable dawn of drone wars? Unmanned flight predates manned, but

A Nigerian senator, his wife and a medical “middleman” have been jailed for conspiring to traffic a market trader to the UK to harvest his kidney. Politician Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and 25-year-old daughter Sonia stood trial accused of a conspiracy to bring the man to Britain from Lagos for his organ.

A man has been shot dead and several people left injured during celebrations for Napoli’s first league title win in 33 years. The 26-year-old man was taken to hospital in Naples in a serious condition where he later died, Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica reported. Friends and relatives of the victim allegedly vandalised the emergency

At least eight people have been killed and 13 injured in a drive-by style shooting in Serbia as police hunt for the suspect, state TV reported. The attacker used an automatic weapon to shoot randomly at people near the town of Mladenovac, some 50km south of the capital Belgrade, the Radio Television of Serbia (RTS)

Ukraine has said it has shot down more than a dozen Russian-launched drones in the early hours of Thursday morning. The 18 drones were among 24 launched in pre-dawn attacks across Ukraine, with a number aimed at Kyiv – all of which were destroyed alongside an unspecified number of missiles, city officials said. Administration officials

Russia has claimed it stopped two drone attacks on Vladimir Putin’s presidential home overnight. The Kremlin blamed Ukraine for what it called a “terrorist act”. It said Russian military and security forces disabled the drones before they could strike. No victims or damage were reported and Mr Putin was not injured, it added. “On Wednesday

World Health Organization officials have said COVID is no longer a global health emergency. “It’s with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “That does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat.” In May last year, WHO experts said the end

We barely slow for red lights as cars pull out of our way. We virtually take off as we scream over a hilly stretch of road. We’re on board a Red Cross ambulance answering an emergency call in the northern Mexican city of Tijuana. It’s one of the most dangerous cities in the world. A

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has threatened not to show the Women’s World Cup in five European countries – including Britain – in a cash row despite internal warnings about the time zone before Australia and New Zealand were selected as hosts. Sky News has uncovered FIFA’s administration twice warned in a bid inspection report that

A desperate Ryanair passenger in a wheelchair felt forced to crawl off of a flight in a “bum shuffle” down plane steps after an “unacceptable” delay in assistance. Adrian Keogh, 37, told Sky News he wants airports and airlines to do more for people with disabilities after his ordeal at an airport in Sweden. Mr

More than 60 arrests have been made and one police officer has been hit by a Molotov cocktail during clashes between police and protesters in France, officials have said. France’s interior minister Gerald Darmanin said the majority of May Day protests were peaceful, but he claimed in Paris, Lyon and Nantes “police are faced with

The World Food Programme (WFP) will continue its operations in Sudan after they were suspended following the deaths of three of its team members in the conflict. The UN organisation’s executive director Cindy McCain has said it is “rapidly resuming our programs to provide the life-saving assistance that many so desperately need right now”. The

“None of the ceasefires have been respected in total,” Volker Perthes, United Nations special representative for Sudan, has told Sky News. As Sudan’s political centre collapses under the chaos of urban warfare, Mr Perthes is regrouping with his team in the new peacetime capital of Port Sudan. In an exclusive TV interview, Sky News sat

A 600kg walrus which found global fame for her antics in the Oslo fjord before being put down has been honoured with a life-size sculpture. Freya, named after the Norse goddess of beauty and love, became a popular attraction in Norway after she clambered onto small boats to sunbathe and sunk them as she rested

The final UK evacuation flight will leave Sudan tonight, as the death toll rises in the war-torn country. Gunfire and heavy artillery in parts of the capital Khartoum, despite a ceasefire between the country’s two top generals, was reported by residents on Saturday. Some 1,888 people have been evacuated on 21 flights from Wadi Saeedna

British nationals seeking to flee Sudan have only until midday local time if they want to be evacuated from the war-torn country as NHS doctors without UK passports were told they can now catch final rescue flights. The Foreign Office has urged those still in the African nation to travel to the Wadi Saeedna airfield

British nationals in Sudan have 24 hours to catch a flight before they are stopped, the deputy prime minister has said. The flights will stop at 6pm UK time on Saturday, Oliver Dowden confirmed. Speaking to reporters on Friday afternoon, he said more than 1,500 people had now been flown out of the country. But

A ceasefire in Sudan has been extended for three more days despite continuing reports of heavy fighting in the capital Khartoum and the western region of Darfur. The truce between Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and military had been due to expire at midnight, but the US and Saudi Arabia brokered a new deal.

British nationals in Sudan have been warned the UK “cannot guarantee” how many more evacuation flights will leave Khartoum after the 72-hour ceasefire expires. So far, 536 British nationals have been airlifted to safety on six flights, according to the Foreign Office. The US-Saudi mediated ceasefire between Sudan’s two warring factions is due to expire