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Former Miss USA dead at 30

In Cameroon’s Ebo Forest, the Oscar should not go to DiCaprio

Anne Frank's betrayal: Dutch publisher apologises for book

US: Georgia prosecutor probing Trump asks FBI for security help

A simple guide to the UAE-Houthi escalation: Four things to know

Woman accused of leading female ISIL unit to appear in US court

US, UK, Canada sanction top Myanmar justice officials

Manchester United suspends Greenwood following assault allegation

Europe’s energy security worries NATO amid standoff with Russia

War-weary residents lament homes lost in eastern Ukraine shelling

Will feuding prove politically fatal for France’s Marine Le Pen?

Freedom Convoy: Truckers cause chaos in Ottawa after second day of protests

More than 1,400 flights cancelled in the US after northeast storm

Mason Greenwood: Man Utd player arrested over rape claim

Tom Brady: NFL great set to retire after winning seven Super Bowls

Is ECOWAS suffering from a credibility crisis?

Freedom Convoy: Why Canadian truckers are protesting in Ottawa

Truckers protest in Ottawa against Canada’s vaccine mandate

Russia: Military drill moved further from Irish shore

South Africa hails new COVID jab plant in fight for self-reliance

Peru oil spill: Judge bars Repsol executives from leaving country

COVID: New Omicron subvariant ‘appears to have growth advantage’

Ukraine military escalation would be ‘devastating’: Rights group

Winter Olympics: Global sponsors quiet ahead of Beijing Games

Airlines divert flights to limit exposure to Ukraine airspace

Dozens dead from Tropical Storm Ana in southern Africa

Peru seeks travel ban for oil company execs amid spill probe

Amazon illegally threatened staff, union board alleges

Xiomara Castro: Honduras swears in its first female president

Honduras swears in Xiomara Castro as first female president

US warns of ‘missile or drone attacks’ in UAE travel advisory

Virginia Giuffre: Prince Andrew demands jury trial in US

‘She was my everything’: Cameroon mourns AFCON stampede victims

ECOWAS to hold extraordinary meeting on Burkina Faso coup

Russia Ukraine: US sends Moscow formal response over crisis

WTO gives Beijing a $645M tariff weapon against the US

Who should police social media?

SAT goes digital as more US colleges make test scores optional

Turkey: Airport warehouse roof collapses in snowstorm

EU-Egypt counterterror forum bid ‘affront’ to human rights: HRW

Ukraine: What is Nato and why doesn't Russia trust it?

Israeli president to make first-ever state visit to UAE

Two reported dead as earthquakes rattle southern Haiti

Bitcoin rout sees $30,000 floor emerge as next line in the sand

Heavy snowfall in Turkey forces Istanbul Airport to shut

Biden to video call European allies over Ukraine

Burkina Faso army says it has deposed President Kabore

Covid: Clashes at Belgium protest against restrictions

Why do domestic workers in Lebanon still face abuse?

Is the bubble about to burst for Bitcoin?

Taiwan reports new large-scale Chinese air force incursion

Police fire water cannon, tear gas at Brussels COVID protest

Berlusconi decides against running in Italian presidential race

Kuwaiti foreign minister visits Lebanon to mend Gulf standoff

Jean-Jacques Savin: French adventurer dies crossing Atlantic Ocean

Several killed in bus blast in western Afghanistan

Can tensions about Ukraine be defused?

Lebanon teachers strike over conditions as education crisis grows

Palestinians call for probe into Israeli massacres in Tantura

Will oil reach $100 a barrel? And how will it affect you?

Can we live with COVID?

Taliban delegation to hold humanitarian talks in Norway

US comic Louie Anderson dies aged 68

Five slices of Meat Loaf: Iconic moments on the BBC

Mother sues Meta and Snap over tween daughter’s suicide

‘Immediate action’ needed on security in Haiti: Trudeau

Barbados PM hails governing party’s landslide election victory

'Pastor' arrested after disabled people found locked in his basement

Sudanese judges, US denounce crackdown on anti-coup protesters

Paris Fashion Week: Louis Vuitton shows Virgil Abloh's last collection

Russia’s central bank proposes ban on crypto mining and trading

Brazil: Police launch major operation in impoverished Rio favela

Pfizer CEO awarded $1M Genesis Prize for developing COVID vaccine

Ten prisoners sentenced for mass rapes in DR Congo jail

Robinho: Brazilian footballer loses final appeal against rape conviction

Top Florida health official on leave over support for vaccination

University of Michigan agrees to $490m sexual abuse settlement

Nigeria shoot-to-kill order issued over jail breaks

Turkey and Serbia agree to broker Bosnia crisis talks

Texas synagogue siege: Teens held in UK released without charge

Four people killed, 10 wounded in bombing in Somali capital

Mobile firms agree another 5G delay at US airports

What’s behind the Houthis’ attack on the UAE?

US airline CEOs warn of looming ‘catastrophic’ crisis over 5G

What is behind the Houthi attacks in the UAE?

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Why Brussels fears Europe is 'closest to war' in decades

House hunters in Canada face tightest market on record

‘Much remains unknown’: Tonga still cut off by volcanic eruption

Can Afghanistan avoid a hunger crisis?

Thousands protest against Dutch COVID restrictions

Tonga volcano eruption: What we know so far

Millions under weather alerts as major winter storm hits US and Canada

UK national identified as Texas synagogue hostage taker

Tsunami hits coasts after Tonga eruption

Lebanon: Hezbollah, Amal to end boycott of cabinet sessions

Novak Djokovic: Court to decide player's Australian Open fate

Me versus myself: Imposing order on chaos

Jovenel Moïse murder: Ex-senator arrested in Jamaica

Kazakh authorities say 225 people killed in violent unrest

Jailed 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli ordered to repay $64m

Catholic bishop acquitted of raping nun in India

Danish spy scandal: Ex-minister accused of state secrets leak

US researchers share COVID-19 vaccine with the world

US fugitive who faked death found alive in Glasgow

The P5 pledge to avoid nuclear war should be celebrated

Capitol riot: Oath Keepers leader charged with seditious conspiracy

French teachers strike against ‘chaotic’ COVID-19 school strategy

London 'hitman' on trial over plot to kill Pakistani activist in Netherlands

UN chief urges Mali gov’t to announce ‘acceptable’ vote timetable

Global film stars back Emma Watson on Palestinian solidarity post

South Africa minister tells schoolgirls to 'open books and close legs'

Escaped Dutch youth offender shot dead in Belgium

Virginia Giuffre: What we know about Prince Andrew's accuser

US sanctions North Koreans, citing ‘ballistic missile’ tests

Ukraine tensions: US says Russia faces stark choice

Can the US government finally control the gun market?

South Africa's 'King Khoisan' arrested over cannabis plants at president's office

AFCON: Mali beats Tunisia as referee ends game prematurely twice

Djokovic is not a victim of Australian government rules

North Korea claims new hypersonic missile launch under watch of Kim Jong-un

Novak Djokovic: Up to tennis star to explain PCR grey area, says Serbia PM

Biden calls for 'turning point' on election laws

Covid: Quebec to impose health tax on unvaccinated Canadians

How Magawa the rat was trained to detect mines

Arctic blast brings frigid temperatures to northern US, Canada

Sacked belly-dancing teacher sparks Egypt debate over women's rights

Iheanacho strikes as Nigeria beats lethargic Egypt in AFCON

Pig heart transplant an absolute miracle, says patient's son

Brace yourself for an even more unequal post-pandemic world: WEF

Children were 'fighting for their lives' in Bronx fire

US and Russia still at odds after talks over Ukraine tensions

Top US universities accused of illegally limiting financial aid

Russia downplays threat to Ukraine in Geneva talks

Millionaire murderer Robert Durst dies in prison

Biden speaks to Ethiopia’s Abiy, raises civilian deaths, arrests

New York fire: Officials pledge support after 17 die in 'unspeakable tragedy'

New York fire: At least 19 killed in apartment block blaze

Australia gov’t lawyers say Novak Djokovic was not assured entry

Scala dei Turchi: Sicily's famed cliffs streaked red by vandals

Does Ethiopia’s PM want a peaceful end to the Tigray war?

Afcon 2021: Cameroon beat Burkina Faso 2-1 in opening game

West Africa bloc ECOWAS hits Mali with sanctions after poll delay

Aid groups halt work in northwest Tigray after deadly strike: UN

Will the ‘Great Resignation’ change the way we work?

At least five dead after Brazil cliff collapses on boats

What will Russia gain from intervening in Kazakhstan?

Basmah bint Saud: Saudi princess released from jail after almost three years

Opposition party supporters in Albania clash over leadership

Marilyn Bergman: Oscar-winning lyricist dies at 93

UN to hold talks in Sudan to end post-coup crisis

Dozens killed in Ethiopian air strike on IDP camp in Tigray

Volcano erupts on Galapagos island home to endangered iguana

Denmark frees suspected pirates in dinghy in Gulf of Guinea

Berlin cannibal jailed for murdering engineer

Two Haitian journalists killed in gang attack

Polish leader admits country bought powerful Israeli spyware

Sidney Poitier: Remembering the Oscar winner and Hollywood trailblazer

Iran says it has begun paying families over downed Ukraine plane

Sidney Poitier was a ground-breaking black man - Bonnie Greer

Myanmar’s military coup prolongs misery for Rohingya in Rakhine

Italy Covid: Bullet forces immunologist to get protection

January 6: A year on, a return to normalcy at US Capitol

Bitcoin bulls see $100,000 price target in sight despite drubbing

Lebanon’s crippled economy hobbles into new year

WHO: Record weekly jump in COVID-19 cases, fewer deaths

Peter Bogdanovich: The Last Picture Show director dies aged 82

What is behind the protests rocking Kazakhstan?

Sheikh Jarrah: Palestinian family faces forced displacement

Did the FBI find Civil War gold? Treasure hunters sue for answers

The shine is off Bitcoin as dip buyers remain scarce

Will so-called comfort women get any compensation?

Novak Djokovic: Australia cancels top tennis player's visa

Grammy Awards 2022: Omicron postpones music's biggest night

Borrell vows EU’s ‘full support’ for Ukraine on front line visit

Mexico sees rising COVID cases, especially in tourism hotspots

Kazakhstan unrest: Staff flee as protesters enter airport

Where are they now? The faces of the January 6 US Capitol riot

Philadelphia fire: Seven children among 13 dead in apartment blaze

Djokovic lands in Australia but held up by visa issue

Sudan coup: Sudan forces fire tear gas at protesters

Groping charge against former NY Governor Cuomo is dropped

Prosecutor drops Andrew Cuomo groping charge

Toyota dethrones GM as number one US automaker

Winter Olympics: Behind the bubble in Beijing

How will the military in Sudan deal with unrest?

Watching North Korea from a supersonic fighter jet

Africa's lost 'Motown' years rediscovered

The rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes

Haiti PM Ariel Henry survived assassination attempt - officials

French MPs debate COVID vaccine pass, denounce death threats

South Africa's parliament building on fire again

COVID outbreak: Indigenous community urges Canada to send in army

Apple becomes first company to reach $3 trillion market value

Turkey’s Erdogan says he will visit Saudi Arabia in February

Australia pushes on with reopening amid milder impact of Omicron

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin contracts COVID-19

Sudan coup: Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigns amid mass protests

Can the COVID-19 pandemic be defeated in 2022?

Aoife Beary: Berkeley balcony collapse survivor dies, aged 27

A year after Capitol riot, fears in US over democracy: Polls

Marjorie Taylor Greene: Twitter bans congresswoman over Covid misinformation

Kenyan conservationist Richard Leakey dies aged 77

Cape Town: Major blaze rips through South Africa parliament building

France to cut COVID isolation period for fully vaccinated people

France bans plastic packaging for most fruits and vegetables

Light pollution: Parkour group saving energy by turning off city lights

ICYMI: Tiny tigers and trees as tasty treats

US flight cancellations hit new holiday peak amid Covid and bad weather

Mali proposes five-year election delay to West African bloc

Map drawn from memory helps reunite kidnapped Chinese man with family