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Auckland and Sydney welcome 2025 with big celebrations

Police identify woman set on fire in deadly New York City attack

US military court clears way for possible plea deals for 9/11 suspects

Winter rains worsen horrors faced by displaced Palestinians in Gaza

Syria’s de facto leader says holding elections could take up to four years

Who is Hussam Abu Safia, director of key Gaza hospital detained by Israel?

Beyond the US election: Seven stories that shaped the Americas in 2024

Model Dayle Haddon dies in carbon monoxide leak

S Korean president accused of ordering use of guns to stop martial law vote

Voting begins in Chad as opposition parties call for election boycott

US sanctions billionaire founder of Georgia Dream party

Canadian ministers to talk tariffs with Trump aides in Florida

Bangladesh to investigate 2009 paramilitary mutiny massacre

Israel kills five Palestinian journalists in attack on media van

Why have protests continued for weeks in Mozambique?

Calls for global peace during Christmas celebrations

Pope opens Holy Door to kick off special jubilee year

Balkans snowstorm leaves tens of thousands of homes without power

China claims cooperation in Baltic Sea cable probe, Sweden says otherwise

Thousands protest in Serbia as anger mounts over train station accident

US army says two navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in ‘friendly fire’

Expelled from Aleppo as children, these fighters returned as its liberators

Is the US willing to take action against foreign powers fuelling Sudan war?

Biden signs funding bill into law, averting US government shutdown

US charges IRGC officer with killing of American citizen in Iraq

Russia targets Ukrainian capital with missile salvo

Palestinian Authority refuses to back down in fight with Jenin fighters

Mexico’s Sergio Perez leaves Red Bull F1 team but no replacement named

Embattled Liberian speaker questioned by police over parliament fire

Russia says Uzbek man confesses to assassination of general

“Never again” says UN envoy to Syria on visit to Sednaya prison

Fear of a reckoning simmers in Assad's Alawite heartland

Israeli strike kills Palestinian grandfather Khaled Nabhan

Several hundred feared dead after Mayotte cyclone

Australia says 'Bali Nine' drug smugglers have returned home

Palestinian journalist, Gaza civil defence workers killed in Israeli strike

Italy grants Argentina’s Milei citizenship sparking outrage

Ukraine demands Fifa apology over Crimea map

Brazil’s former defence minister arrested in attempted coup probe

Nancy Pelosi in hospital after injury on overseas trip

Police, protesters scuffle near South Korean president’s home

Children as young as 10 will face adult jail time in Australian state

Brazil’s Lula recovering after ‘successful’ second surgery: Doctors

S Korea ex-minister linked to martial law move attempts to take his life

Nightly protests in Georgia continue unabated, but have a routine

Syria’s gangster couple is on the lam

Argentina’s Milei emerges as blueprint for global far right

Israel’s Netanyahu decries ‘absurd’ charges at corruption trial appearance

Hope and disbelief as thousands released from Syrian prisons

Syrians around the world celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad

‘A number not a name’: In Syria, freed prisoners recall horrors of the past

Prince William meets Trump at Notre-Dame reopening

World leaders gather for reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris

Dorothy's ruby slippers to be auctioned off

Vote counting begins in Ghana as new president awaits

Russian attacks across Ukraine kill at least 11 people

Trump backs his Pentagon chief nominee Pete Hegseth as controversies mount

Ivory Coast’s beloved staple food gains UN cultural heritage status

Russia’s Lavrov clashes with Blinken at OSCE meeting

Hezbollah backs Syria’s al-Assad as opposition forces intensify offensive

Trump nominates Musk collaborator to head space agency NASA

At a camp in Mexico, migrants weigh the prospect of a second Trump term

South Korean parliament votes against president’s martial law declaration

Police officer uses child's bike to chase suspect on scooter

Can efforts to revive ceasefire negotiations for Gaza make progress?

Bowen: Syria's rebel offensive is astonishing - but don't write off Assad

French government faces no-confidence vote amid budget dispute

Snoop Dogg helps Kai Cenat reclaim Twitch subscriber record

Senegal seeks answers 80 years after French colonial massacre of soldiers