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Europe

Ukraine fires first US-made long-range missiles into Russia

Moscow claims it will consider nuclear response for attacks on its territory with Western weapons

<p>Gisele Pelicot has blasted the ‘cowardice’ of the dozens of men accused of abusing her during a decade of mass rape organised by her husband</p>
World - Crime

Gisele Pelicot calls for end to ‘macho society where rape trivialised’

<p>File. A supporter holds a poster showing some of the 47 pro-democracy activists on trial at the West Kowloon Court in Hong Kong on 8 July 2021</p>
China

Hong Kong jails 45 activists after largest national security trial

Romania Tate
News

Romanian court finds irregularities in prosecutors' case against Andrew Tate

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<p>File: Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily, walks to a prison van to head to court</p>
China

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai testifies in court for first time

<p>Sir Keir Starmer shakes hands with President Xi Jinping of China (Stefan Rousseau/PA)</p>
UK Politics

Starmer criticised for meeting Xi as Hong Kong protesters were jailed

<p>Residents pass near the sign for Zhuhai Sports Center where a man rammed his car into people exercising at the sports center, killing and injuring dozens of people in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong province, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan), File)</p>
China

Spate of deadly mass attacks shocks China as dozens killed

<p>File: South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party Leader Lee Jae-myung leaves a court after his hearing, in Seoul</p>
East Asia

South Korea opposition leader indicted for misuse of public funds

<p>The pro-democracy campaigner, a 76-year-old British citizen, has been in jail since 2020 </p>
China

100 politicians around world demand release of activist Jimmy Lai

<p>Daybreak at the Gale Crater on Mars </p>
Space

China unveils plan to collect Martian rock samples in space

<p>File. Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina</p>
South Asia

Bangladesh to seek Sheikh Hasina’s extradition from India

India

Why India’s biggest stars are feuding over a Netflix documentary

<p>Ukraine Russia war latest: Kyiv uses US long-range ATACMS missiles to blow up arms depot as Moscow issues warning</p>
LiveEurope

Ukraine uses US long-range ATACMS to hit Putin’s arms depot

LiveEurope

Ukraine uses US long-range ATACMS to hit Putin’s arms depot

<p>Ukraine Russia war latest: Kyiv uses US long-range ATACMS missiles to blow up arms depot as Moscow issues warning</p>
<p>An ATACMS missile </p>
Europe

Ukraine ‘wants to inflict a lot of damage’ with strikes inside Russia

<p>Norway's Marius Borg Hoiby and Crown Princess Mette-Marit in Oslo, June 16, 2022</p>
Europe

Son of Norway’s crown princess arrested on suspicion of rape

<p>Russia Ukraine War 1000 Days Flags</p>
Europe

Watch: Ukrainians light 1,000 candles to mark 1,000 days of war

Senegal Navy Migration Patrol
Europe

On board with Senegal’s navy as it searches for migrants on a popular but deadly route toward Europe

Senegal Navy Migration Patrol
Europe

On board with Senegal’s navy as it searches for migrants on a popular but deadly route toward Europe

<p>A cable connecting Germany and Finland was cut </p>
Europe

Germany says sabotage behind cutting of telecoms cables in Baltic Sea

<p>Andrew Tate (L) and Tristan Tate (R) walk from the Bucharest's Court of Appeal</p>
Europe

Andrew Tate claims ‘monumental victory’ in human trafficking trial

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Middle East

<p>Nila Ibrahimi has spent her teenage years fighting oppression of women and girls in her homeland</p>
Middle East

Singing teen who gave Afghan women a voice wins Children’s Peace Prize

<p>Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on 11 October 2024</p>
Middle East

Iran says latest British and European sanctions unjustified

<p>People gather around the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli strike in central Gaza City on 18 November 2024</p>
Middle East

Israel strikes near Lebanon’s parliament as food trucks looted in Gaza

<p>People check the rubble after a devastating overnight Israeli strike in Beit Lahya</p>
Middle East

72 killed by Israeli strike on residential block, Gaza ministry says

<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, flanked by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, second from left, attends at the opening of the 25th Knesset session marking the anniversary of the "Iron Swords" war, in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024</p>
Middle East

Flash bombs fired into garden of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel home

<p>Thick smoke and flames erupt from an Israeli airstrike on Tayouneh, Beirut</p>
Middle East

Iran backs Lebanon in ceasefire talks as Israel intensifies strikes

<p>People check the rubble after a devastating overnight Israeli strike in Beit Lahya</p>
Middle East

72 killed by Israeli strike on residential block, Gaza ministry says

<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, flanked by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, second from left, attends at the opening of the 25th Knesset session marking the anniversary of the "Iron Swords" war, in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024</p>
Middle East

Flash bombs fired into garden of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel home

<p>Thick smoke and flames erupt from an Israeli airstrike on Tayouneh, Beirut</p>
Middle East

Iran backs Lebanon in ceasefire talks as Israel intensifies strikes

<p>Displaced Palestinians flee amid a military operation in Jabalia on 23 October</p>
Middle East

Israel accused of war crimes for forced displacement of Palestinians

Middle East

Israel accused of war crimes for forced displacement of Palestinians

<p>Displaced Palestinians flee amid a military operation in Jabalia on 23 October</p>
<p>Palestinians displaced from shelters in Beit Hanoun cross the main Salaheddine road into Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip </p>
Middle East

US says Israel has not breached laws on blocking aid supplies in Gaza

<p>Palestinians line up for food distribution in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip</p>
Middle East

Aid groups say Israel has missed US deadline to boost aid into Gaza

<p>Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives to meet then prime minister Theresa May outside 10 Downing Street in London, on 7 March 2018</p>
Middle East

Saudi crown prince says Israel committing genocide in Gaza

<p>Fellow minister said Israel planned to discuss expansion with ‘our friends in Washington’ </p>
Middle East

Israeli minister says Trump win means it is time to annex West Bank

<p>Fellow minister said Israel planned to discuss expansion with ‘our friends in Washington’ </p>
Middle East

Israeli minister says Trump win means it is time to annex West Bank

<p>Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu </p>
Middle East

Netanyahu confirms he okayed Lebanon pager attacks that killed 40

<p>A Palestinian man carries away an injured child from a home that was hit in an Israeli strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip</p>
Middle East

At least 17 dead in Israeli strike on single house in northern Gaza

US

<p>Matt Gaetz arrives before President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Thursday, November 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida </p>
US politics

Gaetz sent over $10k to women who testified in investigation: report

<p>Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Ted Cruz at a SpaceX launch in Texas on November 19, 2024 </p>
LiveUS politics

Trump joins Musk for SpaceX launch and taps Dr Oz for key role: Live

<p>The leader of a New York City church where pop star Sabrina Carpenter filmed scenes for a music video has been stripped of his duties</p>
Americas

Priest who let Sabrina Carpenter film in church stripped of duties

<p>Howard Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald and Co-Chair of the Trump 2024 Transition Team speaks at a rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York, October 27, 2024</p>
US politics

Trump names billionaire Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary

<p>U.S. President-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas</p>
US politics

Trump demands the Senate stop doing its job confirming judges

<p>US President Donald Trump speaks with Ivanka Trump and SBA Administrator Linda McMahon (L) during an event with small businesses at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 1, 2017</p>
US politics

Trump nominates Linda McMahon as education secretary

<p>Brazil’s first lady Janja Lula da Silva made her feelings about Tesla billionaire well known </p>
US politics

Brazil’s first lady insults Musk in sweary speech about social media

<p>Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania expressed openness to confirming his erstwhile rival Dr Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. </p>
US politics

Fetterman open to confirming Dr Oz: ‘You think he’s my first choice?’

<p>Two chickens are seen pecking at the dirt. Bird flu was confirmed in birds in Hawaii over the last week. The virus has infected more than 50 people across seven states</p>
Health

Can I catch H5N1 bird flu by touching or eating them?

Health

Can I catch H5N1 bird flu by touching or eating them?

<p>Two chickens are seen pecking at the dirt. Bird flu was confirmed in birds in Hawaii over the last week. The virus has infected more than 50 people across seven states</p>
<p>Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, shakes hands with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a campaign rally with Turning Point Action and Turning Point PAC at Gas South Arena on October 23, 2024 in Duluth, Georgia</p>
US politics

RFK Jr. once said Covid-19 pandemic ‘feels very planned to me’

<p>Robert F Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, helped secure a book deal for a COVID-19 conspiracy theorist who once posted a Nazi symbol online </p>
US politics

RFK Jr helps chef who posted Nazi symbol publish children’s cookbook

<p>Joseph Ambroz, 77, was arrested in November 2024 for the 1969 murder of Mary Kay Heese, 17, in Wahoo, Oklahoma</p>
US Crime News

Police arrest elderly man over 1969 murder of teen girl

<p>From left, Connolly Huth, roommate of Laken Riley, and Lauren Phillips, Riley's younger sister, become emotional during the trial for Jose Ibarra </p>
LiveUS Crime News

Laken Riley’s accused killer will not testify in murder case

<p>From left, Connolly Huth, roommate of Laken Riley, and Lauren Phillips, Riley's younger sister, become emotional during the trial for Jose Ibarra </p>
LiveUS Crime News

Laken Riley’s accused killer will not testify in murder case

<p>Joe Scarborough and Donald Trump met in Mar-a-Lago following the billionaire’s election victory </p>
US politics

The baseless conspiracies pushed by Trump about Joe Scarborough’s aide

<p>Vice President-elect JD Vance is sparring with an ally of Steve Bannon’s for skipping a Senate vote to interview FBI directors </p>
Americas

Vance calls WarRoom executive a ‘mouth-breathing imbecile’

Europe

<p>Compass needles in the northern hemisphere point in the direction of the magnetic North Pole, and the location varies as a result of the changing contours of Earth's magnetic fields</p>
Science

Magnetic North Pole moves closer to Russia

<p>A couple comfort each other while looking at the fire in a residential building after an attack by Russian drones on Kyiv, Ukraine</p>
Europe

Russia is secretly developing a petrifying new weapon

Britain Politics
Europe

UK farmers plan to protest at Parliament over a tax hike they say will ruin family farms

Russia Ukraine War
Europe

What does Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use US missiles mean?

<p>Army Tactical Missile System or ATACMS missile is fired during a joint military drill between U.S. and South Korea </p>
Europe

Which missiles will be used by Ukraine to strike back at Russia first?

<p>A pair of Storm Shadow cruise missiles seen underneath a Typhoon jet at RAF Marham</p>
Home News

What is the Storm Shadow? The UK missile Ukraine wants to hit Russia

Europe

Kremlin and Trump allies attack Biden’s ‘escalation’ of Ukraine war

<p>The slender-billed curlew is a migratory shorebird that bred in western Siberia and migrated to the Mediterranean in winter</p>
Europe

Bird species thought to be extinct in first recorded case

COP29 Climate Summit
Europe

UK hits Iran with new sanctions for supplying missiles to Russia

Europe

UK hits Iran with new sanctions for supplying missiles to Russia

COP29 Climate Summit
<p>Ukraine’s President Zelensky has been calling for long-range strikes to be allowed for months </p>
Europe

Ukraine must hit Putin’s forces hard and fast with long-range missiles

<p>The mass pile-up killed two on the RM-12 </p>
Europe

Two Brits killed after ‘Narco speedboat’ falls off trailer & hits car

News

Video: Ukrainian nursery teacher ‘takes out Russian missile’

<p>Firefighters extinguish the fire following a Russian rocket attack that hit a multi-storey apartment building in Sumy, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024</p>
Europe

Deadly Russian missiles rain down on Ukraine after Biden announcement

<p>Firefighters extinguish the fire following a Russian rocket attack that hit a multi-storey apartment building in Sumy, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024</p>
Europe

Deadly Russian missiles rain down on Ukraine after Biden announcement

<p>Zelensky responds to US decision to allow missile strikes in Russia: ‘Missiles will speak for themselves’</p>
News

Zelensky responds to US decision to allow missile strikes in Russia

<p>The move to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles against Russia marks a major policy shift by Biden </p>
Europe

Biden approves Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles to strike Russia

Africa

<p>Conservative MP Gavin Williamson is a passionate supporter of Somaliland</p>
UK Politics

Trump set to recognise African state as country, says ex-Tory minister

UK Politics

Trump set to recognise African state as country, says ex-Tory minister

<p>Conservative MP Gavin Williamson is a passionate supporter of Somaliland</p>
<p>A woman who fled war in Sudan and requested anonymity because she feared retribution after reporting sexual exploitation</p>
Africa

Women in refugee camps say they’re being forced to have sex to survive

South Africa Miners Trapped
Africa

South Africa says it won’t help 4,000 miners stuck inside closed mine

Ethiopia Electric Vehicle Challenges
Motoring News

It was the first country to ban petrol car imports. Is it working?

<p>Frustration over the cost of living crisis has led to several mass protests in recent months</p>
Africa

Children face death penalty for protesting against cost of living

<p>Frustration over the cost of living crisis has led to several mass protests in recent months</p>
Africa

Children face death penalty for protesting against cost of living

<p>Laila Soueif, 68, stands next to her daughter Sanaa Seif in London holding signs calling for the release of Alaa Abdel Fattah </p>
Africa

Mother of jailed Egyptian-UK activist on hunger strike over his case

<p>A view on felucca boats on Nile river in Aswan at sunset</p>
Africa

Ten countries agree Nile water-sharing deal despite Egypt opposition

<p>There are 36 confirmed cases of the disease that manifests like Ebola</p>
Health

Marburg virus deaths rise to 11 as source still being investigated

<p>Sex workers listen to a briefing on mpox Wednesday, September 4, 2024 in a bar in Kamituga, eastern Congo</p>
Africa

Sex workers hit by mpox outbreak say only option is to keep working

<p>Representational. An instant porridge brand in South Africa has been taken off shelves following death of three children </p>
Africa

Porridge brand withdrawn in South Africa after three children die

Africa

Watch: Farmer on trial charged with attempted murder of Black boy, 6

<p>Shirley and Roland Cherry were on a dream holiday when the hippo attacked their canoe</p>
Africa

British man nearly killed after hippo dragged him into river in Zambia

<p>Rare heavy snowfall batters South Africa’s coast</p>
News

Rare snowfall hits South Africa forcing major highway closures

<p>People walk through floodwaters following a dam collapse in Maiduguri, Nigeria</p>
Africa

Hundreds of inmates escape after floods pull down prison walls

<p>Kenyan Aviation workers strike over planned 30-year lease to Indian based company</p>
Africa

Flights grounded at Kenya’s main airport as workers protest

Asia

<p>A person lies on the ground following a vehicle collision outside a primary school in Changde, Hunan province</p>
China

Children injured as car crashes into crowd outside school in China

<p>Activists of the anti-discrimination student movement hold national flags and protest against the Awami League party in Bangladesh</p>
South Asia

Bangladesh recovers thousands of guns looted during revolution

<p>Representational. Ambulance staff take out a dead body in Delhi, India </p>
India

Dead man’s body returned to family with eye missing in India

<p>Keir Starmer and Narendra Modi met at the G20 summit on Monday</p>
UK Politics

UK to relaunch ‘vital’ trade talks with India in early 2025

<p>Joe Biden with Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Lima, Peru </p>
China

Xi lays out four red lines US must not challenge in meeting with Biden

<p>Jetank UAV is seen on display during the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in southern Guangdong province </p>
China

China unveils ‘swarm carrier’ drone with payload comparable to jets

<p>Keir Starmer and Narendra Modi met at the G20 summit on Monday</p>
UK Politics

UK to relaunch ‘vital’ trade talks with India in early 2025

<p>Joe Biden with Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Lima, Peru </p>
China

Xi lays out four red lines US must not challenge in meeting with Biden

<p>Jetank UAV is seen on display during the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in southern Guangdong province </p>
China

China unveils ‘swarm carrier’ drone with payload comparable to jets

<p>Marco Rubio arrives to speak at a campaign rally for Donald Trump in Miami, Florida </p>
China

Trump’s pick of Marco Rubio ignites fears of fiercer US-China rivalry

Southeast Asia

Convulsing cat in Thai TV show sparks animal cruelty concerns

<p>A man visits the Lodhi Garden on a cold smoggy morning in Delhi on 18 November 2024</p>
India

Delhi imposes most stringent set of restrictions as smog worsens

North Korea
East Asia

North Korea calls for ‘limitless’ nuclear expansion to counter US

<p>This combination image shows left to right; undated photo released by the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office shows Harshkumar Patel in Elk River, Minn., and undated photo released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows Steve Shand. </p>
US Crime News

An Indian family froze to death crossing the Canada-US border

<p>Li Ziqi </p>
China

Li Ziqi: Popular farm life influencer returns after 3-year hiatus

<p>Prime Minister of Japan Shigeru Ishiba in Peru</p>
China

China urges Japan to ‘properly handle’ history and Taiwan issues

<p>A resident standing next to a blown off kiosk along a street in Panganiban town, Catanduanes province</p>
News

Over 400,000 evacuated as Super Typhoon Man-yi batters Philippines

Australasia

<p>New Zealand Treaty Law Protest</p>
Australasia

Why New Zealand is seeing mass protests over Māori rights

Australasia

Why New Zealand is seeing mass protests over Māori rights

<p>New Zealand Treaty Law Protest</p>
<p>Protesters gather outside New Zealand’s parliament in Wellington on 19 November 2024</p>
Australasia

More than 35,000 New Zealanders rally in support of Maori rights

<p>Australian senator Lidia Thorpe protests during the ceremonial welcome for the King and Queen in Canberra</p>
Australasia

Indigenous senator who heckled King during Australia visit censured

<p>Alan Jones in Sydney on 13 October 2017</p>
Australasia

Top Australian media figure arrested over sex abuse claims

Australasia

Couple returns from work to discover koala in their bedroom

Australasia

Couple returns from work to discover koala in their bedroom

<p>Roy's Peak Lake Wanaka New Zealand</p>
Australasia

New Zealand may start charging visitors to iconic tourist sites

<p>File: Australian husband sentenced to four and a half years in jail for leaving her wife stranded in Sudan without a passport</p>
Australasia

Man convicted for abandoning wife in Sudan for ‘exit trafficking’

<p>A male emperor penguin dubbed Gus, stands on a beach near Denmark, Australia, on Nov. 1, 2024 </p>
Australasia

Lost emperor penguin found waddling up Australian beach

<p>Flowers and gifts are laid at the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre</p>
Australasia

It took Bondi attacker three minutes to stab 16 people, inquest hears

<p>New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon, centre, stands in silence ahead of making a ‘formal and unreserved’ apology</p>
Australasia

New Zealand delivers historic apology to victims abused in state care

<p>File. India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar </p>
Australasia

Canada denies claims of banning Australian diaspora outlet

<p>Koala on tree </p>
Australasia

‘Roadkill hotspot’ sees 150 endangered koalas die every year

<p>Worker killed after being crushed by fan blade at wind farm construction site. Screengrab</p>
Australasia

Man crushed to death by falling fan blade at Australian wind farm

<p>Workers check the runway near where a grass fire occurred at Sydney International Airport on 8 November</p>
News & Advice

Qantas emergency landing sparks grassfire after engine failure

<p>Ian Botham was recently saved by Merv Hughes after he accidently fell into crocodile-infested waters in Australia</p>
Australasia

Ian Botham injured after fall into crocodile-infested waters

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