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<p>James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, was taken prisoner in the Kursk area of Russia, state news agency RIA reported</p>
LATESTUKRAINE WAR

Father of ex-British soldier held by Russia fears son to be tortured

Father says he tried to stop his son James Scott Rhys Anderson from joining the Ukrainian forces

<p>Zijin has imported a large – and largely Chinese – workforce in Bor</p>
INVESTIGATION

How workers in Europe are paying the price for China’s EV trade push

<p>Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un in Vladivostok in 2019 </p>
East Asia

Satellite images show North Korea broke sanctions to get Russian oil

Lithuania Plane Crash
Europe

One dead after DHL cargo plane crashes into house near Vilnius

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<p>Soldiers march during a military parade to celebrate South Korea’s 76th Armed Forces Day in Seoul </p>
East Asia

South Korea convicts man who avoided military service by binge eating

<p>File. Three people lost their lives when their car veered off a partially collapsed bridge into a river after the driver was allegedly misdirected by GPS navigation system</p>
India

Three men killed after GPS leads car off broken bridge into river

Japan Weasel Shoe Thief
Japan

Fear over shoe fetish at kindergarten turns out to be even stranger

<p>Violence erupted in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, over a court-ordered survey. Screebgrab </p>
India

Four killed in India in violence over survey of 16th-century mosque

<p>Security personnel detain a supporter of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party during a protest demanding his release in Lahore</p>
South Asia

Pakistani police clash with thousands of Imran Khan supporters

<p>A supporter of India’s Congress party carries an effigy of prime minister Narendra Modi and tycoon Gautam Adani </p>
India

Everything we know about US indictment of Indian tycoon Gautam Adani

Philippines Vice President Assassination Threat
Southeast Asia

Philippines VP publicly threatens to have president assassinated

<p>BJP supporters celebrate the election results in Maharashtra on 23 November 2024 </p>
India

Modi’s party and allies set for big election win in richest state

APTOPIX Israel Lebanon
Europe

Israel launches new airstrikes on Lebanon as leaders draw closer to ceasefire with Hezbollah

Europe

Israel launches new airstrikes on Lebanon as leaders draw closer to ceasefire with Hezbollah

APTOPIX Israel Lebanon
<p>Local residents walk among debris in the courtyard of a residential building following a missile attack in Kharkiv </p>
LiveEurope

Ukraine war: At least 23 injured in Kharkiv missile attack

<p>Gisele Pelicot looks on next to her lawyer Stephane Babonneau as she leaves the Avignon courthouse </p>
Europe

Prosecutors seek 20-year term for French man who enabled wife’s rape

<p>Captured: James Scott Rhys Anderson, who says he previously served in the British army. </p>
Home News

Who is the former British soldier captured in Russia’s Kursk region?

<p>Gisele Pelicot arrives at the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot</p>
Europe

Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband faces maximum sentence

<p>Gisele Pelicot arrives at the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot</p>
Europe

Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband faces maximum sentence

Mozambique Election Protests
Europe

10 children killed by security forces in Mozambique's election protests, Human Rights Watch says

News

CCTV shows cargo plane bursting into flames as it crashes in Lithuania

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Middle East

<p>Medics and people wait for possible survivors after a boat sank at a harbour in Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, in Egypt</p>
Middle East

Britons feared to be among 17 missing after yacht sinks in Red Sea

<p>Zvi Kogan ran a Kosher shop in Dubai</p>
Middle East

Dubai rabbi killed in ‘heinous terror incident’ says Israel

<p>Man walks past Rimon Market, a Kosher grocery store managed by Rabbi Zvi Kogan, in Dubai<em> </em></p>
Middle East

Everything we know about rabbi missing who Israel says was murdered

<p>Hossam Abu Safieh, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, is treated by colleagues for his injuries following an Israeli strike in Gaza </p>
Middle East

Israeli attacks kill over 100 across Gaza and Lebanon

<p>Israeli missile is pictured before hitting a building in Beirut’s southern Shayah neighbourhood in Lebanon </p>
Middle East

Israel kills at least 30 more people in attacks on Gaza and Lebanon

<p>Rescue workers and people search for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit central Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday</p>
Middle East

Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 people

<p>Hossam Abu Safieh, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, is treated by colleagues for his injuries following an Israeli strike in Gaza </p>
Middle East

Israeli attacks kill over 100 across Gaza and Lebanon

<p>Israeli missile is pictured before hitting a building in Beirut’s southern Shayah neighbourhood in Lebanon </p>
Middle East

Israel kills at least 30 more people in attacks on Gaza and Lebanon

<p>Rescue workers and people search for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit central Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday</p>
Middle East

Israeli airstrikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 people

Middle East

What is the International Criminal Court?

Middle East

What is the International Criminal Court?

<p>Donald Trump is reportedly considering sanctions against the British lawyer leading the prosecution against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the International Criminal Court (ICC).</p>
Middle East

Trump ‘could sanction UK lawyer leading Netanyahu ICC prosecution’

<p>Viktor Orban with Benjamin Netanyahu</p>
Europe

Orban vows to defy Netanyahu arrest warrant and welcome him to Hungary

News

Israel strike reduces Beirut building to rubble in seconds

<p>Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly in New York earlier this year </p>
Middle East

ICC issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu over war in Gaza

<p>Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly in New York earlier this year </p>
Middle East

ICC issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu over war in Gaza

<p>The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the war in Gaza.</p>
Middle East

Why has the ICC issued a warrant for Netanyahu? Could he be arrested?

<p>Nila Ibrahimi, a 17-year-old Afghanistan-native girls' right activist, holds her prize after winning the KidsRights International Children's Peace </p>
Middle East

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

US

<p>Federal prosecutor Jack Smith pursued two federal criminal cases against Trump before he was re-elected president </p>
US politics

Jack Smith files to drop multiple charges against Trump

INTEL NVIDIA DOW JONES
Americas

Commerce Department to reduce Intel's funding on semiconductors

<p>Donald Trump endorsed Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s chief financial officer, to replace Matt Gaetz in Congress</p>
US politics

Donald Trump endorses Florida CFO to replace Matt Gaetz in Congress

<p>Biden carries out his final White House Thanksgiving turkey pardoning.</p>
News

Biden carries out his final White House Thanksgiving turkey pardoning

<p>Joe Biden was carried out his final Thanksgiving turkey pardoning on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday, where he pardoned tow birds named Peach and Blossom </p>
US politics

Biden carries out final Thanksgiving turkey pardon

<p>The FAA is warning passengers that record air travel is expected over the holiday season </p>
Americas

31 million people expected to fly over busiest Thanksgiving week

<p>President-elect Donald Trump was handed a legal win on Monday when the government asked to dismiss the federal election interference case </p>
LiveUS politics

Jack Smith moves to abandon criminal cases against Trump

<p>Adam Schiff, the California representative recently elected to the Senate, said Democrats are to blame as a whole for the results of the 2024 election</p>
US politics

Democrats blame their own party for failures after election loss

<p>Trump’s picks of Pete Hegseth, Robert F Kennedy Jr and Linda McMahon will face a grilling at the Senate hearings (L-R) </p>
US politics

Some GOP senators hope Trump’s cabinet picks follow Gaetz and withdraw

US politics

Some GOP senators hope Trump’s cabinet picks follow Gaetz and withdraw

<p>Trump’s picks of Pete Hegseth, Robert F Kennedy Jr and Linda McMahon will face a grilling at the Senate hearings (L-R) </p>
<p>Mollie Tibbetts (left), Laken Riley (center), and Karina Vetrano (right), were all murdered while out jogging</p>
US Crime News

Laken Riley followed all the safety precautions for women runners

<p>Dr Bernice King speaks onstage during the 2024 King Holiday observance press conference at The King Center on 4 January 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia </p>
US politics

Trump’s inauguration will be held on MLK Day. His family is glad

<p>Chloe Driver, left, stabbed her baby, Hannah, right, to death in December 2020 </p>
US Crime News

A mother who killed her baby believed breastfeeding ‘poured’ evil in

<p>Eyare, a 2-year-old female western lowland gorilla, died after a zookeeper ‘mistakenly activated the wrong door’ striking her in the head</p>
Americas

Baby gorilla killed by zookeeper’s error: ‘Terrible tragedy’

<p>Eyare, a 2-year-old female western lowland gorilla, died after a zookeeper ‘mistakenly activated the wrong door’ striking her in the head</p>
Americas

Baby gorilla killed by zookeeper’s error: ‘Terrible tragedy’

<p>GMB union members picket outside the Amazon fulfilment centre in Coventry last year</p>
Tech

Amazon workers in UK and US to strike on Black Friday

<p>HERMANOS MENENDEZ</p>
Americas

Menendez brothers to appear in court for first time in 28 years

Europe

Mideast Lebanon Journalists
Europe

An Israeli strike that killed 3 Lebanese journalists was most likely deliberate, watchdog says

<p>Angela Merkel has revealed that she was ‘tormented’ over the Brexit vote result and saw it as a ‘humiliation’ for the EU</p>
Europe

Merkel ‘tormented’ by Brexit result and saw it as ‘humiliation’ for EU

<p>Russian forces fire towards Ukrainian positions in the border area of the Kursk region in Russia earlier this month </p>
Europe

Ex-British soldier ‘fighting for Ukraine is captured by Russia’

Rebranding and Reality
Europe

Overhauls of 'heritage brands' raise the question: How important are our products to our identities?

<p>Demonstrators march to protest the skyrocketing cost of renting an apartment in Barcelona</p>
Europe

Tens of thousands protest in Barcelona against housing and high rents

<p>Activists, some holding banners with Turkish writing that some of them reads, " Children should not be killed , so they can eat candies", " I couldn't play with my toys because I was killed" and " If I had not been killed this toy would have been my sleeping friend " during a protest outside the courthouse where dozens of Turkish healthcare workers including doctors and nurses go on trial for fraud and causing the deaths of 10 infants, in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday Nov, 18, 2024</p>
Europe

Doctor at the heart of Turkey’s baby deaths case says he was ‘trusted’

<p>The test firing of an ICBM belonging to Russia’s nuclear deterrence forces in March</p>
Europe

What is an ICBM and how many does Russia have?

<p>Smoke rises over Dnipro after Russia launched a ballistic missile as part of a strike on the Ukrainian city </p>
Europe

World war threat is serious and real, warns Poland

<p>Flashes over Dnipro following what Russia said was a barrage of medium-range ballistic missiles </p>
Europe

What do we know about Putin’s ‘experimental’ ballistic missile?

Europe

What do we know about Putin’s ‘experimental’ ballistic missile?

<p>Flashes over Dnipro following what Russia said was a barrage of medium-range ballistic missiles </p>
<p>A pair of Storm Shadow cruise missiles seen underneath a Typhoon jet at RAF Marham</p>
Home News

What is Storm Shadow missile? Ukraine hits Russia with UK weapon

<p>A portrait of Russian president Vladimir Putin is seen near national flags of North Korea and Russia in Pyongyang</p>
Europe

North Korean General injured in Ukraine war

<p>A Polish Army soldier sits in a tank infront of a Nato flag during a military exercise</p>
Europe

From Poland’s ‘iron dome’ to troops, Europe is preparing for WWIII

<p>The Oslo, Norway skyline pictured in 2022. Norwegian authorities arrested a man in his 20s on suspicion of espionage, reports revealed </p>
US Crime News

US embassy security guard arrested in Norway on spying allegation

<p>The Oslo, Norway skyline pictured in 2022. Norwegian authorities arrested a man in his 20s on suspicion of espionage, reports revealed </p>
US Crime News

US embassy security guard arrested in Norway on spying allegation

Canada Trucker Protests
Europe

Prominent figure from Canada's trucker protests against COVID-19 restrictions found guilty

<p>Ukrainian defences in the eastern Donetsk region have struggled against the sheer manpower of Russian forces in recent months</p>
Europe

‘Elite’ Russian units becoming ‘obsolete’ in Ukraine war

Africa

<p>Relatives and friends protest near a reformed gold mineshaft where illegal miners are trapped in Stilfontein</p>
Africa

What to know about standoff between police and miners in South Africa

Africa

What to know about standoff between police and miners in South Africa

<p>Relatives and friends protest near a reformed gold mineshaft where illegal miners are trapped in Stilfontein</p>
<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

<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?

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>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

Asia

<p>North Korea has continued expanding nuclear arsenal and deepening ties with Russia since Trump left office </p>
US politics

Trump claimed Kim Jong Un missed him. The North Korea leader disagrees

Southeast Asia

What is methanol and what are the symptoms of methanol poisoning?

<p>Kiran Rao</p>
India

Kiran Rao discusses Lost Ladies journey to the Oscars

<p>Jimmy Lai is facing a potential life sentence </p>
China

Jimmy Lai’s son condemns ‘show trial’ in Hong Kong

<p>File. Taliban security personnel stand guard at an entrance gate of the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in Kabul on 16 October 2024</p>
South Asia

At least 10 killed in Afghanistan as gunman opens fire at Sufi shrine

<p>Representational image. </p>
India

Woman severely injured as hair dryer explodes in her hand

<p>Jimmy Lai is facing a potential life sentence </p>
China

Jimmy Lai’s son condemns ‘show trial’ in Hong Kong

<p>File. Taliban security personnel stand guard at an entrance gate of the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in Kabul on 16 October 2024</p>
South Asia

At least 10 killed in Afghanistan as gunman opens fire at Sufi shrine

<p>Representational image. </p>
India

Woman severely injured as hair dryer explodes in her hand

<p>File. This photo taken on 3 December 2019 shows a transgender woman posing with a transgender pride flag outside the court house in Hangzhou</p>
China

Trans woman wins record compensation for ‘electric shock treatment’

<p>Representational </p>
India

CEO’s bizarre ad seeking chief of staff without pay gets 10k responses

<p>Local residents and volunteers gather and wait for the arrival of victims of gunmen firing incident on passenger vehicles, at a hospital in Parachinar, in Kurram district of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Thursday, 21 November 2024</p>
South Asia

More than 40 killed in one of Pakistan’s worst sectarian attacks

<p>Joshua Wong stands outside the Legislative Council building in Hong Kong on 28 November 2019</p>
China

Who are the ‘Hong Kong 47’ pro-democracy activists?

<p>File image: Adani Group Chairman, Gautam Adani</p>
India

Who is Gautam Adani – Indian billionaire charged with bribery, fraud

<p>Gautam Adani addresses inaugural session of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 in Gandhinagar, India, on 10 January 2024</p>
India

US charges Indian billionaire Gautam Adani with bribery and fraud

<p>File. Police officers escort Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn</p>
Southeast Asia

Woman accused of murdering 14 friends with cyanide sentenced to death

<p>Narendra Modi attends the third session of the G20 Leaders’ Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</p>
India

India condemns Canadian report claiming Modi was aware of murder plot

Australasia

New Zealand Whale Stranding
Australasia

New Zealand locals help rescue more than 30 whales stranded on beach

Australasia

New Zealand locals help rescue more than 30 whales stranded on beach

New Zealand Whale Stranding
<p>File. Foreign tourists walk past the closed Nana Backpackers hostel in Vang Vieng, Laos </p>
Australasia

New Zealand citizen poisoned by tainted alcohol in Laos returns home

<p>The man’s left leg was amputated above the knee – with him sedated at the time</p>
Australasia

Man has leg amputated after getting stuck for over 20 hours

<p>Australian Disney star Andre Rerekura removes snake from plane - and earns a free drink for his troubles</p>
Lifestyle

Disney star removes snake from plane, earning him free drink

New Zealand Gang Insignia Ban
Australasia

Arrest three minutes after New Zealanders banned from using gang signs

New Zealand Gang Insignia Ban
Australasia

Arrest three minutes after New Zealanders banned from using gang signs

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

Why New Zealand is seeing mass protests over Māori rights

<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

<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

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