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Students killed as bomb blast hits Afghan school At least 10 people have been killed after a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan, the ruling Taliban regime has said. The blast took place in Aybak in…

Ukraine war: Nato pledges to provide more weapons and fix power grid Nato has pledged to give more weapons to Ukraine and help fix critical energy infrastructure badly damaged by massive Russian missile and drone strikes…

Musk feuds with Apple over Twitter advertising Elon Musk has said Apple has halted most of its advertising on Twitter and accused the company of threatening to remove the platform from its app store. The feud comes as ma…

China's protests: Blank paper becomes the symbol of rare demonstrations So often one item comes to symbolise an entire protest movement. In China, that item is a humble piece of blank paper. As dusk fell on Shanghai on S…

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen quits as party chair after local elections Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has resigned as head of the governing Democratic Progressive Party after its poor showing in local elections. The…

Naked volunteers pose for Tunick artwork on Bondi Beach Some 2,500 naked volunteers have posed in the early morning light on Sydney's Bondi Beach for an artwork designed to raise awareness of skin cancer. The installatio…

Gold coins worth €1.6m stolen in nine-minute heist from German museum Thieves have stolen a hoard of Celtic gold coins worth about €1.6m (£1.4m) from a museum in Germany. Hundreds of coins were taken from the museum in M…

Anwar Ibrahim sworn in as Malaysian PM after post-election deadlock Malaysia's veteran opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been sworn in as the country's new prime minister, after several days of post-election deadlock.…

Zero-Covid China asks: Is World Cup on another planet? Chinese state media have given huge attention to the World Cup this week, but the matches are fuelling frustrations that people in the country are being left out of…

China Covid: Angry protests at giant iPhone factory in Zhengzhou Protests have erupted at the world's biggest iPhone factory in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, according to footage circulated widely online. Videos show hu…

Indonesia earthquake: Many schoolchildren killed as toll soars to 268 Many of those killed and injured in a major earthquake on the Indonesian island of Java were children, rescuers say, as the death toll soars to 268. A…

Club Q Colorado shooting: Police hail 'heroes' who tackled gunman Two bystanders have been hailed as heroes for subduing a gunman who opened fire at an LGBT nightclub in the US state of Colorado, killing five people. The…

Indonesia: Java quake kills 56 and injures hundreds An earthquake has struck the main Indonesian island of Java, leaving at least 56 people dead and hundreds injured, local officials say. The 5.6 magnitude quake struck C…

Two prominent Iranian actresses arrested - state media Two prominent Iranian actresses have been arrested for publicly supporting mass anti-government protests, the country's state-run media reports. Hengameh Ghaziani an…

Musk lifts Donald Trump's Twitter ban Twitter's new owner Elon Musk has said Donald Trump's account has been reinstated after running a poll in which users narrowly backed the move. "The people have spoken," tweeted Mr M…

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes jailed for fraud Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to over 11 years in prison for defrauding investors in her blood testing start-up that was once valued at $9bn (£7.5…

Mohammed bin Salman: Saudi leader given US immunity over Khashoggi killing The US has determined that Saudi Arabia's de facto leader - Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - has immunity from a lawsuit filed by murdered jour…

North Korea ICBM had range to hit US mainland - Japan North Korea has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with sufficient range to hit the US mainland, Japan's defence minister says. The missile landed…

MH17: Three guilty as court finds Russia-controlled group downed airliner A Dutch court has found three men guilty of murder for shooting down a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 people. The court f…

US midterms: Republicans narrowly win back the House Republicans have secured the 218 seats needed for a majority in the lower chamber of Congress a week after the midterm elections, the BBC's US partner CBS News project…

G20: Xi accuses Trudeau of leaks to media about China-Canada relations China's Xi Jinping has been filmed accusing Justin Trudeau of leaking meeting details, days after they held talks at the G20 summit in Bali. Presiden…

Ukraine war: Poland says missile deaths an unfortunate incident Polish President Andrzej Duda has said there are no signs of an intentional attack after a missile strike killed two people on a farm near the western borde…

Unlikely that Poland missile fired from Russia - Biden - Two people have been killed in Poland after missiles landed near the Ukrainian border, reports say - US President Joe Biden says it is "unlikely" that the missile…

Ukraine: Zelensky snubs Russia as he addresses 'G19' at G20 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on "G19" world leaders to end the Russian invasion, in a pointed snub to Moscow at the G20 summit. Mr Zelensky app…

Xi Biden meeting: US leader promises 'no new Cold War' with China US President Joe Biden has promised there will be no "new Cold War" with China, following a conciliatory meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He als…

Kherson 'beginning of the end of the war' - Zelensky in liberated city The liberation of Kherson marks the "beginning of the end" of the war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on a visit to the city…

Istanbul: Six dead, dozens wounded in Turkey explosion At least six people have been killed and 81 wounded in an explosion in a busy area of central Istanbul, Turkish authorities have said. The blast happened at about 16…

US midterms: Democrats retain control of Senate after key Nevada victory The Democrats will retain majority control of the US Senate after winning a pivotal race in the state of Nevada. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is…

Twitter drama continues with blue-tick confusion Twitter halted its new $8 blue tick subscription offering on Friday in the latest head spinning reversal at the social media platform since billionaire Elon Musk bought th…