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Sri Lanka clears police, defence chiefs over Easte...
Sri Lanka's High Court on Friday acquitted two top officials accused of "crimes against humanity" for failing to prevent the 2019...
Refugees in Greece face hunger, homelessness despi...
Two minutes into a Greek jobs fair interview, Hashim, a 21-year-old Afghan refugee, is offered work as a waiter at a swanky Corfu...
IOC chief rebukes Beijing Olympics organisers for...
The IOC called an immediate meeting with Chinese organisers to remind them to keep politics out of the Beijing Olympics, president...
Colombian police interrupt drug kingpin hearing, c...
Colombian police halted a hearing Thursday for a notorious drug trafficker who was arrested late last year, saying they had found...
Sirens alert more rain in Brazilian city where 117...
Ahead of more heavy rain, residents of several neighborhoods in the devastated Brazilian city of Petropolis were called to evacuat...
Censorship row as India army blocks film on gay so...
Critically-acclaimed Indian filmmaker Onir wanted to direct a movie inspired by a gay army major who resigned and came out in a bl...
Race to find survivors after killer Brazil floods
Rescuers raced against the clock Thursday to find survivors among the mud and wreckage caused by devastating flash floods and land...
Angry and desperate, residents search for Brazil s...
Standing on the heap of mud and rubble that used to be his sister's house, Anderson Mota Barreiros joins the small army of volunte...
Aussie tennis star de Minaur hits back over false...
Australian tennis player Alex de Minaur hit back at allegations he is being investigated over the purchase of false Covid passes,...
Belgium gives DR Congo inventory of looted artefac...
Belgium on Thursday gave the DR Congo an inventory of tens of thousands of art objects from the former Belgian Congo held in its c...
Cardinal slams abuse cover-ups at Vatican priest f...
An influential cardinal opened a Vatican symposium on the priesthood Thursday apologising for "unworthy ministers" and the cover-u...
'Afar has been raided': Suffering stalks Ethiopia'...
The shell crashed through Aicha Nur's flimsy hut just as she was serving a lunch of bread and milk to her nine-year-old son Tahir.
Spanish port devastated by Canada shipwreck traged...
Flags at half-mast, black ribbons everywhere and families devastated by grief: the Spanish port town of Marin was left reeling aft...
Beijing Olympic organisers hit out at Xinjiang 'li...
Beijing Olympics organisers hit out at "lies" about Xinjiang on Thursday and reiterated the Chinese government's stance on Taiwan,...
Honduran ex-president to remain in custody as US s...
Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, wanted on drug trafficking charges in the United States, will remain in prison for a...
Thousands affected as quake hits Guatemala
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck western Guatemala early Wednesday caused damage affecting nearly 25,000 people, and caused...
Honduran ex-president in court as US seeks extradi...
Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, wanted on drug trafficking charges in the United States, appeared Wednesday before a...
Netanyahu prosecutors say witness phone was hacked...
Prosecutors in former Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial said Wednesday that "spyware" hacked one witness's pho...
Google to overhaul ad tracking system on Android d...
Google announced plans Wednesday to limit ad tracking on its Android operating system running on billions of devices, a sensitive...
Torrential rain kills 55 in Brazil tourist town
At least 55 people were killed in devastating flash floods and landslides that hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis, t...
Spain mourns worst fishing tragedy in 40 years
Spain was in mourning Wednesday for its worst fishing tragedy in almost 40 years, as Canadian rescuers warned it was unlikely they...
Torrential rain kills 44 in Brazil tourist town
At least 44 people were killed in devastating flash floods and landslides that hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis, t...
Honduran ex-president brought before judge as US s...
Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, detained pending a decision on his extradition to the United States on drug traffick...
Google says to overhaul ad tracking system on Andr...
Google announced plans Wednesday to limit ad tracking on its Android operating system, a sensitive privacy issue that rival Apple...
Bali welcomes back tourists with first internation...
Bali began a tentative re-opening to foreign tourists on Wednesday with the first international passenger flight to the Indonesian...
Anger in UK over Prince Andrew's '£12 mn' settleme...
Disgraced British royal Prince Andrew was urged Wednesday to "live out his retirement in ignominy" after reportedly settling a sex...
Ukraine marks 'Day of Unity' as Russia says ends C...
Ukrainian leaders were to stage a "Day of Unity" on Wednesday to rally patriotic support and defy fears of a Russian invasion, as...
Chainsaws, ice and a sauna in India's frozen north
High in the barren Indian Himalayas, artists are chainsawing blocks of ice from a frozen river creating what they hope will be the...
One-horse open sleigh ride across frozen Turkish l...
By the time Kismet the horse sets off, Orhan Goller's bare fingers have already turned blue from the freezing temperatures. But th...
10 dead, 11 missing as Spanish trawler sinks off C...
At least 10 fishermen died and 11 others were missing Tuesday after a trawler from Spain sank in rough seas off eastern Canada, of...
US priest used wrong baptism words for 26 years
Thousands of Catholics in the United States may have to be re-baptized after the church discovered a priest had gotten one word wr...
Altria says it won US antitrust ruling on Juul sta...
Tobacco giant Altria said Tuesday it prevailed over a US regulatory agency that challenged its investment in vaping company Juul o...
Volcano damage to Tonga undersea cable worse than...
The volcanic eruption near Tonga shredded an 80-kilometre (50 mile) stretch of undersea cable, complicating efforts to reconnect t...
Ex-policeman charged in Floyd death defends action...
A former Minneapolis police officer charged with violating the civil rights of George Floyd took the witness stand on Tuesday to d...
Up to 20 years in jail for Cuban protesters: right...
Twenty Cubans who had participated in unprecedented anti-government protests last year, including five minors, have been sentenced...
Honduran ex-president arrested as US seeks extradi...
Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernandez, whose extradition is sought by the United States for alleged ties with drug traffick...
France approves returning 15 artworks stolen from...
The French senate Tuesday approved the return of 15 artworks looted from Jews during World War II, as part of efforts by the gover...
Sandy Hook families settle with gunmaker for $73 m...
Families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting have reached a $73-million settlement with US gunmaker Remington, in a...
Meta agrees $90 mn settlement in Facebook privacy...
Facebook-parent Meta has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a 10-year-old lawsuit accusing it of tracking users online even after...