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Pakistan mosque blast: 100 confirmed dead in marathon search of rubble The death toll has risen to 100 people after a mosque suicide bombing which targeted policemen in the city of Peshawar in Pakistan. The mosque is wit…

Ukraine war: Joe Biden rules out sending F-16 fighter jets US President Joe Biden has ruled out sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, despite renewed calls from Ukrainian officials for air support. Asked by a reporter on…

German chancellor says he won't send fighter jets to Ukraine The German chancellor has ruled out sending fighter jets to Ukraine, just days after committing to supplying tanks. In an interview with a German newspaper, Ol…

AP deletes ‘the French' tweet and apologises after it is widely mocked The Associated Press, the biggest news agency in the United States, has apologised after it was ridiculed for warning journalists against referring t…

Haiti police riot after crime gangs kill 14 officers Rebel police officers rioted in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on Thursday in protest at the killing of more than a dozen colleagues by criminal gangs. The rioting off…

Tyre Nichols: Five Memphis police officers charged over death Five ex-police officers have been charged with second-degree murder after a man died following a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee. Tyre Nichols, 29, died th…

Nine Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Jenin Nine Palestinians have been killed during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials say - the deadliest in years. An elderly woman…

Donald Trump to be allowed back onto Facebook and Instagram Donald Trump will be allowed back on to Facebook and Instagram, after Meta announced it would be ending its two-year suspension of his accounts. The suspension…

Jamia, JNU: India students angry after screenings of BBC Modi documentary blocked Tensions have flared at two of India's best-known universities over the screening of a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and…

US and Germany ready to send tanks to Ukraine - reports After months of reluctance, the US and Germany reportedly plan to send tanks to Ukraine, in what Kyiv hopes will be a game-changer on the battlefield. US President…

Top Ukrainian officials quit in anti-corruption drive Several senior Ukrainian officials have resigned as President Volodymyr Zelensky begins a shake-up of personnel across his government. A top adviser, four deputy mini…

Erdogan tells Sweden not to expect Nato bid support Sweden should not expect Turkey to back its Nato membership bid, Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, days after a copy of the Quran was burned in a Stockho…

Monterey Park: Several people shot near Los Angeles - reports Police in California are responding to a shooting that has left several people injured, according to US media reports. The incident happened in Monterey Park,…

US files: Six more classified documents seized at Biden home US Department of Justice (DoJ) investigators have found six more classified documents during a 13-hour search of President Joe Biden's home in Delaware, a lawy…

Australia's 'Toadzilla': Record-breaking cane toad found in Queensland A cane toad so giant wildlife officers thought it was fake has been found in a north Australian rainforest. The "monster" specimen is six times bigge…

Ukraine war: Allies to meet as Kyiv requests tank donations Dozens of countries allied with Ukraine will meet on Friday to coordinate arms supplies for Kyiv, which has ramped up its requests to be provided with tanks. Ho…

Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand PM to step down next month Jacinda Ardern has announced she will quit as New Zealand prime minister next month, saying she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead. Ms Ardern choked up as sh…

Ukraine's interior ministry leadership killed in helicopter crash The three main figures in Ukraine's interior ministry have been killed in a helicopter crash beside a nursery in an eastern suburb of the capital Kyiv. In…

Italian Pier Antonio Panzeri held in EU-Qatargate bribery probe agrees to tell all An alleged leader of a criminal network involved in an EU corruption scandal has agreed to reveal which countries were involved and how i…

China's population falls for first time since 1961 China's population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low - 6.77 births per 1,000 people. The population in 2022 -…

Nepal air crash: Indian passenger's video caught plane's last moments In the hours after Nepal's deadliest plane crash for 30 years, a video went viral in India - it showed one of the victims, Sonu Jaiswal, livestreaming…

Italy's most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily Italy's most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has been arrested in Sicily after 30 years on the run. Messina Denaro was reportedly detained i…

More classified material found at Joe Biden's Delaware home An additional five pages of classified material has been found in US President Joe Biden's family home in Delaware, the White House has said. Mr Biden's lawyer…

Alireza Akbari: Iran executes British-Iranian dual national, state media says British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari, who was sentenced to death in Iran, has been executed, Iranian state media says. Mr Akbari's fam…

Russia claims control of salt mine town Soledar Russia's military says it has captured the Ukrainian salt-mine town Soledar after a long battle, calling it an "important" step for its offensive. The victory would allow R…

Late Cardinal George Pell called Pope a 'catastrophe' in anonymous memo Controversial Cardinal George Pell wrote an anonymous memo criticising the Pope's leadership as a "catastrophe", says the journalist who released it…

Second batch of classified Biden documents found US President Joe Biden's aides have found a fresh batch of classified government records at a second location, in a growing political embarrassment for the White House. Th…

Brazil riots: Arrests ordered for top officials after capital stormed Brazil's judicial authorities have ordered the arrest of top public officials after rioters stormed key government buildings in Brasília. One official…

Brazil Congress: Big pro-democracy rallies held to condemn rioters Tens of thousands of people in Brazil have held pro-democracy rallies, in an angry response to the storming of Congress by ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's…