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Denmark scraps public holiday to boost defence budget

Mexico’s president hits out at implicit criticism from US

Will new UK-EU deal over Northern Ireland end the Brexit impasse?

Finland starts construction of Russia border fence

Cholera outbreak in quake-hit northwestern Syria kills two people

Nigeria election results 2023: Bola Tinubu takes strong lead over Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi

European Parliament to ban TikTok from staff phones: EU official

How to bring peace to western Sudan?

‘Massive’ violations in Ukraine a focus as UN rights body meets

Physical 100: Are K-reality shows the next Korean cultural trend?

Tornadoes sweep through central United States, knocking out power

Nigerians wait anxiously as election results collation continues

Delhi's Manish Sisodia arrested over corruption allegations

Nigeria’s electoral commission announces some early results

How are Black migrants treated across North Africa?

Syria’s Assad meets senior Arab lawmakers in Damascus

Manchester United win League Cup for first trophy in six years

Israel and Palestinians agree steps to curb violence

Israel and Palestinians pledge to reduce violence

Northern Ireland Protocol: Sunak wants to get job done on new Brexit deal

Nigeria’s presidential, parliamentary vote marked by long delays

Thousands rally in Berlin, Paris to call for peace in Ukraine

G20 meeting ends without consensus over Russia’s war in Ukraine

G20 meeting deadlocked over calling out Ukraine war

Polish refiner says Russia halted pipeline oil supplies to Poland

Why is the Alex Murdaugh trial captivating US audiences?

Obi supporters in home state have high hopes for Nigeria election

Ukraine war: Russia interrupts UN minute's silence

One year into Russian invasion, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy vows victory

US ex-lawyer Alex Murdaugh admits he stole millions for drugs

Who is behind Russia’s Wagner Group?

Mozambicans seek shelter as storm Freddy makes landfall

Latvian MP swears at Russia in Ukraine protest walkout

Severe dollar crisis hobbles Bangladesh businesses

R. Kelly gets extra prison time after latest sex abuse conviction

Former crypto tycoon Bankman-Fried faces new criminal charges

US revises down GDP for Q4 to 2.7%

WATCH: Mystery metal sphere found on beach perplexes Japan

US Air Force releases new image of suspected Chinese spy balloon

Brazil landslides: Dozens missing, feared buried in the mud

Nuclear war no closer despite treaty move, Russian official says

UN court orders Azerbaijan to end Nagorno-Karabakh roadblock

Biden rallies behind Kyiv as Putin freezes nuclear deal with US

Ukraine war: Two presidents, two speeches, two different world views

What’s behind latest Afghanistan-Pakistan border tension?

Kenya to investigate 'sex for work' exposed in BBC tea documentary

Russia calls UN meeting on Nord Stream pipeline ‘sabotage’

UN Security Council voices ‘dismay’ over Israeli settlements

Can Air India break the monopoly of major Gulf players?

Mass protests as Israel moves ahead with judicial ‘reform’

Justin Welby rejected as leader by conservative Anglicans over same-sex blessings

Brazil rescue efforts continue as Lula visits areas hit by floods

How can the US avoid a repeat of the Ohio rail disaster?

Nigeria election 2023: Fact-checking claims by the candidates

Iran denies enriching uranium to 84 percent purity amid IAEA row

We want Russia to come, say Moldova protesters

Bafta bits you may have missed

Top US diplomat visits Turkey quake zone; pledges $100m in aid

Has Putin's war failed and what does Russia want?

Rachid M'Barki from BFM suspended in scandal linked to disinformation firm

The protesters who've gone missing as China deepens crackdown

Former US President Jimmy Carter to receive hospice care

Six charged after 18 people found dead in truck in Bulgaria

Netherlands orders Russian diplomats to leave

Rishi Sunak: Ukraine's long-term security must be ensured now

Doctors rush to Turkey’s quake-hit areas to bolster health system

Zelenskyy urges speedy arms support to thwart Russian ambitions

How MI5 caught UK embassy spy selling secrets to Russia

El Salvador prisoner ‘rearrests’ fuel new concerns

US food sanitation firm fined after children worked nights

'Never give up': Woman fights off attacker in US gym

At least 18 people found dead in abandoned truck in Bulgaria

Zelensky: 'Big mistake' if Belarus gets involved in war with Russia

Could bird flu become a pandemic?

Bruce Willis has dementia, family announces

Russia pounds Ukraine with missiles, eyes capturing Bakhmut

Zelensky on peace deal: 'Compromises on territory would make us weaker’

US labour market remains tight, monthly producer prices rise

Gunman in racist mass shooting in Buffalo gets life in prison

Israel passes law to revoke Israeli Arab attackers' citizenship

Tesla to make some EV chargers available to all under US plan

New Barney leaves fans bemused by reimagined image

Russian journalist gets 6 years in penal colony over Ukraine war

Russia prepares ‘air fight’ as Ukraine ground war grinds on

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Satellite images show Jindayris devastation

US says first missile missed unidentified aerial object on Sunday

Earthquake aid reaches NW Syria via newly opened crossing

Pierre Palmade: French comic faces charges over drug-fuelled crash

‘Strongly opposed’: European powers denounce Israel settlements

What will decide Nigeria’s general election?

No aliens insists White House before ET joke about shot down objects

US judge orders partial release of Georgia’s Trump election probe

Analysis: Is Istanbul ready for a major earthquake?

Haiti gangs: Three churchgoers kidnapped after Mass

Atlanta: Police shooting of activist fuels ‘Cop City’ controversy

US military shoots down another flying object over Lake Huron

Survivors band together in Turkey’s earthquake-hit Gaziantep

Earthquake tears apart a Turkish-British family

Canadian search teams hunt for ‘unidentified object’ wreckage

Why are BP, Shell, and other oil giants making so much money right now?

The boxer who fled Iran seeking the freedom to fight

Grieving a daughter's Covid death in Wuhan - while being surveilled

US and Canada military shoot down new unidentified object

Turkey and Syria rescuers persist as death toll passes 25,000

Turkey earthquake rescue: How two sisters were saved from the rubble

After massive Turkey quakes, Istanbul residents fear the next one

Police arrest 15 after violent protest outside UK refugee hotel

Inside Aleppo: BBC sees devastation after quake

Displaced families exposed to bitter winter cold in Jandaris

Marina Ovsyannikova: Anti-war Russian journalist recounts dramatic escape

Fighter jets for Ukraine: The challenges of giving warplanes to Kyiv

Florida passes bill backing DeSantis push to relocate migrants

FBI searches former US VP Pence’s home for classified documents

Moldovan gov’t quits amid economic turmoil, tension with Russia

Australia eye three-peat at Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup

What can be done to curb global food price rises?

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Thousands offer to adopt baby pulled from the rubble

Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram

Alec Baldwin sued by Halyna Hutchins' family over Rust film

Ukrainian rescuers fly in from war zone to save lives in Turkey

Chile wildfires threaten animals

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Survivor in rubble sparks hope for more 'miracles'

Syrians denounce failed aid response after devastating quake

How rescue videos give only glimpse into Syria quake horror

US has questions to answer over Nord Stream blasts, Russia says

Google shares tank 8% as AI chatbot Bard flubs answer in ad

Turkey earthquake: How do search and rescue teams save people?

Residents struggle to flee quake-hit Turkish city of Gaziantep

Oscars: Danielle Deadwyler claims Hollywood is 'deeply impacted by racism'

Turkey earthquake: Yeni Malatyaspor goalkeeper Ahmet Eyup Turkaslan dies

European countries promise Ukraine more Leopard 1 tanks

When calamities strike, it is the poor who bear the brunt

Russia's African footprint grows with Lavrov trip to Mali

Timeline: World’s deadliest earthquakes since 2000

Suspected Chinese spy balloon was 200ft tall - US defence official

Ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s body brought to Pakistan

Former aide accuses Republican George Santos of sexual misconduct

Facebook's parent firm Meta can be sued by ex-moderator, judge rules

Grammys: Viola Davis joins exclusive winners' club

‘Mission completed’: Ukraine minister says warplanes on the way

Pope and protestant leaders denounce anti-gay laws

What will changes in the US Democratic primary calendar mean?

China balloon: US searches in Atlantic for wreckage

European Union bans Russian diesel, oil products over Ukraine

Giant wave overturns yacht during dramatic US rescue

Luxury rehab centres now offer therapy for 'crypto addiction'

East African leaders urge ceasefire in eastern DR Congo

Ukraine power substation fire leaves Odesa’s grid on the brink

China balloon: US going to take care of it, says Joe Biden

Biden says US will ‘take care of’ suspected Chinese spy balloon

The US-China spy balloon row in under a minute

Ethiopia PM meets Tigray leaders for first time since peace deal

Andrew Tate: Influencer threatened workers with violence, victim claims

Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi released on bail

China balloon: Could it have been blown off course as Beijing claims?

Punxsutawney Phil is not the only furry forecaster

Putin evokes Stalingrad battle as he vows victory in Ukraine war

Israel says Sudan peace deal to be signed in Washington

Israeli attorney general says Netanyahu must avoid legal overhaul

Historic deep freeze to hit US northeast as ice storm subsides in south

US filings for jobless aid lowest since April

Jamaica’s prime minister offers troops to address Haiti crisis

US concerned as Sudan releases man convicted of slaying diplomat

Nikki Haley poised to enter 2024 presidential race

US Fed opts for small rate rise, warns of ‘ongoing increases’

Home of Ukrainian oil tycoon raided in anti-corruption purge

Activists link death of Tyre Nichols to ‘cowboy’ police culture