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Russia, Belarus Olympic volunteers shown the door...
When Diana, a Russian national living in France, received notification late last year that she had been selected as a volunteer fo...
'Fuel for water': Heatwave piles misery on Myanmar...
Zay Yar Tun fills his truck with water for delivery to refugees in the parched hills of war-ravaged eastern Myanmar, where a heatw...
Hamas considering latest Gaza truce offer in 'posi...
Hamas says it is considering in a "positive spirit" a Gaza truce deal, while the UN warned rebuilding the devastated Palestinian t...
Xi heads to Europe to defend Russia ties
Xi Jinping heads to Europe on Sunday to defend China's "no limits" alliance with Russia, first to key Ukraine backer France, then...
Israel builds 'cyber dome' against Iran's hackers
Israel's Iron Dome defence system has long shielded it from incoming rockets. Now it is building a "cyber dome" to defend against...
After breaking silence, Biden faces balancing act...
Joe Biden broke his silence Thursday on the student protests against Israel's war with Hamas but the US president faces a difficul...
Turkey says suspending all trade with Israel
Turkey said Thursday it was suspending all trade with Israel until it allows aid to enter Gaza unhindered during its offensive aga...
Bitterness at UCLA as Gaza protest cleared
Dozens of overturned tents, "Free Palestine" signs strewn on the lawn, keffiyehs and flashlights discarded in haste: not much of t...
Record loss for Russia's Gazprom as European marke...
Russian energy giant Gazprom said Thursday it suffered a record annual loss last year as the European market was practically shut...
Gaza needs biggest post-war reconstruction effort...
The United Nations said Thursday that the post-war reconstruction of Gaza would require an international effort unseen since the a...
Trump refuses to promise he will accept 2024 elect...
Donald Trump was facing a backlash Thursday after declining to pledge he will accept the results of the 2024 presidential election...
Biden says 'order must prevail' on US campuses ami...
US President Joe Biden insisted Thursday that "order must prevail" on college campuses after weeks of turmoil, clashes with police...
Biden says 'order must prevail' amid campus protes...
President Joe Biden broke his virtual silence Thursday on the nationwide Gaza campus protests, saying the United States was not au...
Gaza post-war reconstruction at scale unseen since...
The United Nations said Thursday that the post-war reconstruction of Gaza would require an international effort unseen since the...
More than 160 delegations invited to Ukraine peace...
Switzerland has invited more than 160 delegations to next month's Ukraine peace conference, the foreign ministry said Thursday, th...
Police clear UCLA protest encampment in campus unr...
Hundreds of police cleared a sprawling protest encampment early Thursday at the University of California, Los Angeles, tearing dow...
Police clash with protesters at UCLA in campus unr...
Hundreds of police tore down protest barricades and began arresting students early Thursday at the University of California, Los A...
Protesters try to stop UK migrant removals from te...
Protesters in London tried Thursday to prevent the removal of migrants from their temporary accommodation, as the UK government be...
England goes to the polls in key local elections
Voters went to the polls in England on Thursday for a host of crunch local elections likely to ratchet up the pressure on embattle...
John Swinney announces bid to become Scotland's ne...
Scotland's former deputy first minister, John Swinney, announced on Thursday he would stand to succeed Humza Yousaf as leader of t...
Police and protesters face-off at UCLA in campus u...
Hundreds of police and protesters were in a tense stand-off early Thursday at the University of California, Los Angeles as unrest...
Paris rubbish collectors threaten Olympics strike
Paris rubbish collectors could strike over the summer, a major French union said Thursday, raising the spectre of piles of stinkin...
Doubts grow over Gaza truce plan
Doubts grew on Thursday over the fate of a Gaza truce plan that, as the week began, had raised hopes of an end to nearly seven mon...
Maersk's net profit sinks amid Red Sea attacks
Danish shipping giant Maersk posted a huge drop in net profit for the first quarter on Thursday as Yemeni rebel attacks force it t...
Arrests, evictions continue on US campuses
Police tore down a protest encampment at the University of Texas on Wednesday, arresting more than a dozen people, as unrest over...
Chad ruler's charge to vote triumph faces surprise...
General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, proclaimed head of state by Chad's army three years ago, is the favourite to win Monday's presid...
China-friendly Manele elected as Solomon Islands P...
China-friendly former foreign minister Jeremiah Manele was elected Solomon Islands' prime minister on Thursday, defeating an oppos...
Evictions surge in Arizona with housing shortage a...
Wearing a bulletproof vest and with a gun strapped to his waist, Constable Lennie McCloskey opens his folder and looks through the...
'Trump did this': US VP rages over Florida abortio...
US Vice President Kamala Harris sought to make Donald Trump the face of Florida's strict new abortion ban Wednesday as Democrats h...
Bogota cuts ties with Israel over 'genocidal' Gaza...
President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday that Colombia will sever diplomatic ties with Israel, whose leader he described as "genocid...
Police deployed on US campuses as protest unrest s...
Police deployed a heavy presence on US university campuses Wednesday after forcibly clearing away some weeks-long protests against...
Five killed by Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine
Five people were killed Wednesday as Russia struck Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, local officials said.