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Pakistan mosque bombing survivors traumatised but undeterred

Floating pirate-themed restaurant sinks off Thailand coast

How much of a security threat is the Pakistani Taliban?

Pope in DR Congo: 'Hands off Africa' says Pope Francis in Kinshasa speech

California shooting underscores strain on state’s farmworkers

India’s budget for new financial year to be in tough constraints

Was India’s Hockey World Cup failure a missed opportunity?

Swedish flag burnt in Jakarta amid Turkey Nato row

Turkey opposition vows to cut presidential powers if it wins vote

Antony Blinken in Jerusalem: Urgent steps needed for calm

India’s Adani firms lose $65bn in value

Tyre Nichols' lawyer urges lawmakers to pass urgent police reforms

What more can be done to reduce police violence in the US?

‘Very high’ odds of war with China, US Republican warns

Australian Open 2023: Novak Djokovic beats Stefanos Tsitsipas in Melbourne final

Israel prepares to demolish family home of Palestinian gunman

Germany’s Scholz denounces ‘bidding war’ over jets for Ukraine

Television frontman Tom Verlaine dies at 73

Tyre Nichols: Police unit is disbanded after death

Russia claims 14 killed in attack on hospital in eastern Ukraine

What’s next for Pakistan as its economic crisis worsens?

Israel’s Netanyahu vows ‘swift response’ to Jerusalem attack

Pilot dies in Indian army jet mid-air collision

Italy’s Eni signs $8bn gas deal with Libya amid energy crunch

Thapelo Amad elected first Muslim mayor of Johannesburg

M23 rebels take control of Kitshanga in eastern DR Congo

Five shot dead at Jerusalem synagogue

Majida Obaid, killed by Israeli forces in Jenin, was ‘very loved’

Who is Jeff Zients, Biden's new chief of staff? 

Footage released of hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband

Peru pulls ambassador from Honduras amid regional criticism

Egypt archaeology: Gold-covered mummy among latest discoveries

‘Appalled’: Dozens of Democrats slam Biden’s border policies

Gaza's only all-girl boxing club finds a home

Asteroid will miss Earth in one of closest approaches ever: NASA

Will the US default on its debt?

Virginia school had three warnings about 6-year-old with gun, says lawyer

Hindenburg shorts India’s Adani citing debt, accounting concerns

Burkina Faso unrest: France agrees to pull its troops out

US will send dozens of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Biden announces

Musk says he had ‘no ill motive’ with his privatising Tesla tweet

Can universal jurisdiction stop impunity?

Ukraine war: British pair killed trying 'humanitarian evacuation'

NASA to test nuclear fission-powered spacecraft engine by 2027

Tanks for Ukraine: Germany to send Leopard 2s and allow others to export - reports

Symbolic Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight amid Ukraine war

Poland increases pressure to send German-made tanks to Ukraine

Erdogan warns Sweden on NATO bid after Quran burning protest

Monterey Park shooting: Who were the victims?

US joins Europe with fresh sanctions over Iran protest crackdown

Swedish PM in hot water over eel fishing scandal

Lebanese judge probing 2020 Beirut port blast resumes inquiry

Video goes viral after Cambodia tries to silence popular rapper

Spain gang bust: Ukrainians exploited in illegal tobacco operation

Police surround white van after Monterey Park shooting

Can Sweden and Turkey resolve their differences?

Canada settles residential school reparations lawsuit

On Roe anniversary, US VP says no freedom without abortion rights

Tennessee fires officials after damning death penalty report

Lunar New Year: How the world celebrated

Brazil’s Lula fires army chief in wake of pro-Bolsonaro riots

Dolphins seen in Bronx River for first time in five years

Peru closes Machu Picchu site as anti-govt protests continue

India asks YouTube, Twitter to block links of BBC film on Modi

India’s windfall tax hits Reliance Industries

France's Macron proposes big rise in defence budget

‘Multiple threats’: Macron raises France’s military budget 40%

Ukrainian soldiers receive bionic arms

Italy forcibly returning asylum seekers to Greece: Investigation

Yellen reasserts US commitment to Africa in Senegal visit

Biden lands in California to tour storm-ravaged communities

Why has Germany prevented supply of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine?

Fox chief Rupert Murdoch to be deposed in Dominion defamation

Ukraine war: Serbia uproar over Wagner mercenaries recruiting for Russia

Alec Baldwin charged with manslaughter over ‘Rust’ shooting

What’s fuelling public anger in Peru?

Dnipro missile: Son in search of his mother

Abducted Burkina Faso women flee gunmen as attacks spike

Germany says it is no longer reliant on Russian energy

Dnipro attack to helicopter crash: Ukraine suffers a tough week

Top Ukraine, US military leaders meet over ‘urgent needs’

Discounts make Russia third-largest oil supplier to India

Italian held in EU-Qatargate bribery probe agrees to tell all

NGOs resume some Afghan operations with women workers

Israeli police stopped Jordan envoy from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque

Latvia urges Western allies to step up military aid for Ukraine

Eiffel Tower lights up in support of women protesting in Iran

Is globalisation coming to an end?

Brazil boosts security in capital as riot investigations progress

Andrew Tate: Brothers' luxury cars are seized by Romanian police

Suspected jihadists abduct 50 women in northern Burkina Faso

NATO chief hints at more heavy weapons deliveries to Ukraine

Woman rescued from rubble of Ukrainian building

Israel’s Cognyte won Myanmar spyware tender before coup

Iraq prime minister al-Sudani backs continued US troop presence

Rescue hopes fade after Russian attack on Dnipro apartment block

Russia fires new waves of missiles at Ukraine and hits energy infrastructure

Ankara says time running out to ratify Sweden, Finland NATO bids

California's hydro-climate whiplash explained

Thousands protest Israeli gov’t plans to overhaul legal system

Does the battle for Soledar mark a new phase in the Ukraine war?

Russia’s frenzied fight for Ukraine’s strategic eastern towns

Sinking Himalayan town puts spotlight on India’s hydropower push

Lützerath: Greta Thunberg joins German coal mine protests

Tesla slashes prices globally by as much as 20 percent

Apple CEO Tim Cook to take a more than 40 percent pay cut

COP28: Why has an oil boss been chosen to head climate summit?

What are the atmospheric rivers contributing to severe California flooding?

Mexico deploys National Guard to city subway amid sabotage fears

Harry book: Prince William asked by reporter if he has read Spare

UAE pledges $3bn loan to help cash-strapped ally Pakistan

Green comet approaching Earth for first time in 50,000 years

US consumer prices moderate in December

Supermodel Tatjana Patitz dies at 56

Top Russian general put in charge of ‘more dangerous’ Ukraine war

Why did FAA ground flights across the US?

Iranian-British citizen sentenced to death for spying on Iran

Afghanistan: Deadly suicide bombing outside foreign ministry

Church of England admits ‘real shame for us’ over slavery ties

Brazil Congress riot: Conditions of detainees come under scrutiny

How much mandate should governments have after elections?

Andrew Tate loses bid to end detention in Romania

Canada sanctions ex-Sri Lanka presidents Mahinda, Gotabaya

Soledar: Video shows fighting and tank fire in pounded Ukraine salt mine town

Colombia VP Marquez says security foiled assassination attempt

Ros Atkins on... Why the Brazil riots happened

Nurses in New York City strike over wages and staffing levels

UN Security Council extends critical aid to northern Syria

Brazil protests: Artwork suffers damage beyond repair

Brazil leaders condemn ‘terrorist acts’, vow to defend democracy

Himachal Pradesh: Thousands despair as India Adani plants shut down

Video shows Brazil Supreme Court mass break-in

How will US Republicans manage the House over the next two years?

Jair Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil’s Congress

Damar Hamlin: Buffalo Bills make stirring pre-match display in support of safety

Sweden says cannot fulfil Turkey’s demands for NATO application

Ana Montes: Top spy freed in US after more than 20 years

Black Star Line: 50,000 descend on Ghana for diaspora festival

Peru anti-government protesters clash with police in Puno

Sam Mendes: Gender-neutral Oscars 'inevitable'

McCarthy becomes US House speaker, but with diminished power

Ukraine, Russia exchange fire as Christmas truce falters

Explainer: What is the Bradley Fighting Vehicle?

Driver crashes and flips vehicle inside US drive-through car wash

India’s economic growth to slow to 7%, government forecasts

Kevin McCarthy fails again in US House speaker bid despite gains

McDonald's leaves Kazakhstan over supply shortages

US slaps sanctions on Iranian drone and missile production

Germany to send armoured carriers, Patriot battery to Ukraine

M23 rebels pledge to withdraw from eastern DRC town

Child killed as ‘bomb cyclone’ ravages US state of California

President Biden's message to migrants attempting to cross US border

World’s ‘most wanted people smuggler’ arrested in Sudan

US President Biden touts infrastructure deal in Kentucky visit

Makiivka attack: Could mobile phones have revealed Russian location?

Twitter says it will reverse ban on political ads

US embassy in Cuba resumes full immigrant visa services

UK PM pledges to tackle inflation and NHS waiting lists

Former crypto titan Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to fraud

Thousands of Saudi fans cheer as Ronaldo unveiled at Al Nassr

Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to fraud

ELN rebel group denies ceasefire with Colombian government

What’s next for the EU after Croatia joins the Eurozone?

Makiivka: Russia points fingers after deadliest Ukraine attack

US House fails to elect new speaker in first round of voting

Florida islands face ‘crisis’ as nearly 500 asylum seekers arrive

Bolivia sees more unrest following opposition leader’s arrest

Russia plans to 'exhaust' Ukraine with prolonged attacks - Zelensky

Ancient Egyptian 'Green Coffin' returned to Cairo by US

California braces for more heavy rain after days of flooding

Uganda New Year’s event organiser arrested after deadly stampede

2023 to be tougher for global economy than 2022, IMF chief says

Surfer creates island eco-haven with ancient knowhow

Israeli raid shuts down Damascus airport, says Syria military

Renewed Russian attacks mark Ukraine’s grim start to 2023

Ukraine war: Putin should face trial this year, says top lawyer

Crowds celebrate in Brazil as Lula sworn in as president

How will Pele be remembered?