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Japan Prime Minister Ishiba resigns after series of bruising election losses

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Sunday he had decided to resign, ushering in a potentially lengthy period of policy paralysis at a shaky...

Nigeria: Boko Haram kills at least 60 in overnight attack on village

The jihadist group Boko Haram has killed more than 60 people in an overnight attack in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno State, local officials say. On Friday...

UK Deputy PM resigns after underpaying tax on Hove flat

Angela Rayner has resigned as deputy Prime Minister and housing secretary after failing to pay enough tax on her £800,000 flat in Hove. She has also...

Mandela’s grandson says Palestinians’ plight is worse than apartheid

Nelson Mandela's grandson has said Palestinians' lives under Israeli occupation are worse than anything Black South Africans experienced under apartheid, and urged the global...

Surgeon jailed after amputation of own legs

An NHS vascular surgeon who had his own legs removed has been jailed for two years and eight months for insurance fraud and possessing...

Biden had surgery to remove cancerous cells, NBC News reports

Former U.S. President Joe Biden recently underwent surgery to remove cancerous cells from his skin and is recovering well, NBC News reported Thursday, citing...

Dozens detained in US immigration raids in New York state, governor says

Governor Kathy Hochul and migrant advocacy groups said on Thursday that dozens of people were detained in parts of New York state after raids...

Mark Zuckerberg – no, not that one – sues Facebook for account shutdowns

A US lawyer with the same name as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is suing the social media platform, arguing it keeps suspending his account...

DR Congo declares new ebola virus outbreak

The Democratic Republic of Congo has declared a new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, with 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths reported in...

Lady, 20, arrested for burying newborn baby alive

Police in Kebbi State have rescued a newborn girl who was allegedly buried alive by her 20-year-old mother in the Nasarawa area of Kamba,...

Painting looted by Nazis recovered in Argentina

A long-lost painting looted decades ago in Nazi occupied Europe has been recovered in Argentina, officials have said. Portrait of a Lady, by Italian master...

Dangote refinery’s gasoline unit expected to be offline for at least two weeks, sources say

The gasoline-producing unit at Nigeria's 650,000 barrel-per-day Dangote refinery has been taken offline due to catalyst leaks and other issues, with repairs expected to...

Jamaican PM Andrew Holness elected to a third term as main opposition candidate concedes

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness secured a third term early Thursday following a tight race on an island shaken by corruption, inequity and economic...

Congo ex-justice minister convicted of embezzlement in construction project

A former justice minister in Congo was convicted for embezzling millions of dollars earmarked for a prison construction in the northern city of Kisangani...

Trump says India offered to remove tariffs on US goods

US President Donald Trump says India has offered to cut its tariffs "to nothing" even as he called the current trade stalemate with the...

Jaguar Land Rover production severely hit by cyber-attack

A cyber-attack has "severely disrupted" Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) vehicle production, including at its two main UK plants. The company, which is owned by India's...

Google avoids break-up but must share data with rivals

Google will not have to sell its Chrome web browser but must share information with competitors, a US federal judge has ordered. The remedies decided...

Trump and sons’ stake in crypto firm worth $5bn

The crypto token backed by the Trump family has started publicly trading, giving the holdings owned by the US president and his sons a...

Burkina Faso’s parliament votes to outlaw homosexual acts

Burkina Faso's unelected transitional parliament has passed a bill banning homosexual acts, a little over a year after a draft of an amended family...

Gold price hits record high as investors seek safety

The price of gold has hit a record high as demand for the precious metal remains strong amid global economic uncertainty. The spot gold price...

Russia’s Putin hails ‘unprecedented’ ties with China at talks in Beijing

Russian leader Vladimir Putin said his ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping are at an "unprecedented level" as the two met in Beijing on...

Trump defends U-turn on Chinese student visas after Maga backlash

US President Donald Trump has defended his decision to issue 600,000 Chinese student visas, despite a backlash from some supporters. He told The Daily Caller...

New $250 visa fee risks deepening US travel slump

A new $250 "visa integrity fee" imposed on travellers to the United States risks piling more pressure on the struggling travel industry, as overseas...

US tells diplomats to refuse most visas for Palestinian passport holders

The US State Department has instructed its diplomats to refuse most visas for Palestinian passport holders, whether they live in the West Bank, Gaza,...

Nude beach etiquette: Lose your clothes, not your manners

Most of us have felt the freedom and delight that comes with stripping down to a swimsuit on a sunny day and wading into...

Nestlé fires boss after romantic relationship with employee

Nestlé has fired its chief executive after just one year in the job because he failed to disclose a "romantic relationship" with a "direct...

Mob burns Nigerian woman to death for alleged blasphemy

A woman has been burnt to death by a mob in northern Nigeria's Niger state after she was accused of blaspheming the Prophet Muhammad,...

Boat heading to Canary Islands capsizes, killing at least 69 passengers

At least 69 people have died and many more are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania, coastguards in the north-west...

Jewellery boss in £170m scam told shop staff to pretend to be customers

Staff at a luxury jewellery retailer were told to pose as customers to trick investors in the UK's biggest diamond scam, BBC Panorama can...

Hundreds feared dead, injured as earthquake of magnitude 6 hits Afghanistan

Hundreds were feared dead and injured in an earthquake of magnitude 6 that struck Afghanistan's rugged northeastern province of Kunar, authorities said on Monday,...

Three killed and dozens injured in train derailment in Egypt

Three people have been killed and 103 others injured due to a train derailing while en route to the Egyptian capital Cairo, the country's...

Trump administration moves to fire most Voice of America journalists

The Trump administration has moved to terminate almost 500 employees of the federally funded news organisation Voice of America (VOA). The step is the latest...

China and India pledge to be ‘partners not rivals’

The leaders of China and India say there is now deepening trust between them after years of tension that includes a long-running border dispute. China's...

Fact Check: Video shows a joint military exercise in Estonia – not Colombian mercenaries fighting in Sudan

A video clip actually shows part of a joint live-ammunition military exercise conducted by the U.S. armed forces and troops from several European countries...

172 Ivorian refugees seek asylum in Ghana

One hundred and seventy-two Ivorians have, since the last two weeks, fled into Ghana to seek asylum. The refugees are said to be fleeing in...

Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission

Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities – including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez – to create dozens...

Most Trump tariffs are not legal, US appeals court rules

A divided U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president's use of the levies...

Trump cancels Secret Service protection for Kamala Harris

President Donald Trump has cancelled Secret Service protection for Kamala Harris, which had been extended by Joe Biden before he left office, according to...

South Korea bans phones in school classrooms nationwide

South Korea has passed a bill banning the use of mobile phones and smart devices during class hours in schools - becoming the latest...

Thai court sacks PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra for ethics violation

Thailand's Constitutional Court dismissed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office on Friday for an ethics violation after only a year in power, in another crushing...