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

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu over Gaza

Court also issues warrants for Israel’s former defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas leader Mohammed Deif. The Israeli military says the latter was killed in a strike in the summer

<p> Ukrainian firefighters respond to an air attack on Dnipro using a new ballistic missile </p>
Europe

Putin says Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine

<p>Activists participate in a demonstration for climate finance at the Cop29 UN climate summit (Sergei Grits/AP)</p>
News

Hopes of trillion dollar climate fund dim at Cop29

<p>Matt Gaetz dropped out of contention to serve as Donald Trump’s attorney general on Thursday </p>
US politics

Matt Gaetz drops out of consideration for attorney general

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Southeast Asia

What is methanol and how does it end up in alcohol?

<p>Representational </p>
India

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

<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

<p>Long way home: Ry Webb and Laura Murphy at Tumlingtar airport in Nepal</p>
News & Advice

Trekkers struggle home from Kathmandu after Qatar Airways axes flights

<p>Ursula Haverbeck arrives in the Tiergarten District Court in Berlin, Germany, October 16, 2017</p>
Europe

Notorious German Holocaust denier Ursula Haverbeck dies at 96

Europe

Notorious German Holocaust denier Ursula Haverbeck dies at 96

<p>Ursula Haverbeck arrives in the Tiergarten District Court in Berlin, Germany, October 16, 2017</p>
LiveEurope

Zelensky says Putin’s forces using Ukraine as missile testing ground

UN Iran Nuclear
Europe

UN nuclear agency’s board condemns Iran for the 2nd time this year for failing to fully cooperate

News

Putin sends warning to ‘ruling elites’ after Russia tests new missile

<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>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

News

Russia spokesperson told not to comment on missile strike

<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

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Middle East

<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

<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>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

Middle East

Iran backs Lebanon in ceasefire talks as Israel intensifies strikes

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

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

Netanyahu confirms he okayed Lebanon pager attacks that killed 40

US

<p>Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi listens as former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 21, 2024 in New York City</p>
LiveUS politics

Trump cabinet latest: Pam Bondi nominated as new AG pick

<p>Former Florida Secretary of State Pam Bondi delivers a live address to the largely virtual 2020 Republican National Convention from the Mellon Auditorium in Washington</p>
US politics

Trump names Pam Bondi as new AG pick after Matt Gaetz withdraws

<p>Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough attend Forbes x Know Your Value 50 Over 50 on December 15, 2021 in New York City</p>
US politics

Morning Joe hosts agreed to Trump meeting over fears of intern probe

<p>Co-chair of the Republican National Committee Lara Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 5, 2024</p>
US politics

Potential senator and clothes brand owner: Lara Trump’s career move

<p>Gaetz might have to face special election to return to Congress </p>
US politics

Can Matt Gaetz return to Congress after failed attorney general bid?

<p>Nominated Attorney General Matt Gaetz (L) shakes hands with nominated lead of Department of Health and Human Services RFK Jr on Thursday </p>
US politics

Which Trump Cabinet picks will actually get confirmed?

<p>Rivera became irate during the meeting, launching into an expletive-laden rant at the officer before being asked to leave</p>
US Crime News

Parents filmed attacking school officer who disciplined their son

<p>Joan Depaz, 24, and Daisy Link, 29, had a baby while behind bars without ever meeting face-to-face</p>
US Crime News

Florida inmates reveal how they got pregnant without meeting in person

<p>Anthony Weiner, the disgraced New York congressman, is thinking about a political comeback </p>
US politics

Scandal-scarred Anthony Weiner considering a political comeback

US politics

Scandal-scarred Anthony Weiner considering a political comeback

<p>Anthony Weiner, the disgraced New York congressman, is thinking about a political comeback </p>
<p>The incoming Trump administration is taking an unorthodox approach to transition </p>
US politics

Trump still hasn’t signed papers to officially start transition

<p>Matt Gaetz torpedoed Kevin McCarthy, broke the House of Representatives and turned it into a vestige for Trump. The Senate is much different </p>
US politics

Matt Gaetz broke the House. He couldn’t do the same with the Senate

<p>Donald Trump will go back to the drawing board to select his nominee for attorney general after Matt Gaetz dropped out on November 21 </p>
US politics

Who will Trump pick for attorney general now Gaetz has dropped out?

<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will chair a new congressional panel designed to work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on sweeping government cuts </p>
US politics

MTG to work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on House DOGE panel

<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will chair a new congressional panel designed to work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on sweeping government cuts </p>
US politics

MTG to work with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on House DOGE panel

<p>A number of Donald Trump’s cabinet picks are facing allegations </p>
US politics

All the sex scandal claims against Trump’s cabinet

<p>Kennedy has disavowed past criticism of Trump </p>
US politics

RFK Jr. once compared ‘bully’ Trump to Hitler: report

Europe

<p>A deminer of Ukrainian national police inspects mines found in a field in Izyum, Kharkiv </p>
Europe

Rights groups slam US move to send antipersonnel landmines to Ukraine

England Australia Rugby
Europe

Pop star Ed Sheeran helps favorite soccer team sign player before getting on stage with Taylor Swift

<p>In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk during a farewell ceremony upon Putin's departure at the Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024. Putin enjoyed a red carpet welcome, a military ceremony and an embrace from North Korea's Kim Jong Un during a state visit to Pyongyang where they both pledged to forge closer ties. (Photo by Vladimir Smirnov / POOL / AFP) / -- Editor's note : this image is distributed by the Russian state owned agency Sputnik </p>
Europe

North Korea and Russia expand relationship with tourism drive

<p>Gisele Pelicot’s daughter Caroline Darian leaves the courthouse after a hearing in the trial of her father Dominique Pelicot in Mazan, France, on 18 November 2024</p>
Europe

‘You’ll die alone’: Daughter tells French man accused of drugging wife

Iceland Volcano
Europe

EIceland’s huge volcano on the Rekjanes Peninsula erupts – again

<p>The Storm Shadow missile carries a range of around 155 miles and is designed to evade detection despite flying low after being launched </p>
Europe

Now Ukraine fires British missiles at Russia for first time

<p>Biden approves antipersonnel mines for Ukraine, undoing his own policy</p>
Europe

Why US is sending anti-personnel land mines to Ukraine

<p>The worker was fired in July 2023 after he had ate the croquette</p>
Europe

Snack judgment: Spanish supermarket fired worker for eating croquette

<p>Archaeological finds from the Etruscan era, recovered in a police operation, were shown during a press conference in Rome</p>
Europe

Italian police seize treasures stolen from grave by ‘tomb raiders’

Europe

Italian police seize treasures stolen from grave by ‘tomb raiders’

<p>Archaeological finds from the Etruscan era, recovered in a police operation, were shown during a press conference in Rome</p>
<p>Marine Le Pen has threatened to topple the French government </p>
Europe

France’s Le Pen threatens to topple government over cost of living

<p>Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un signed a deal to ‘immediately provide military and other assistance using all available means’ if either side is in a state of war </p>
Europe

Putin gifts dozens of animals to North Korea zoo

<p>Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov attends a press conference with Senegalese Foreign Minister Yassine Fall, in Moscow, last month </p>
News

Russia’s chilling warning to West after Ukraine fired US-made missiles

<p>Philip Nitschke, front, stands next to a ‘suicide pod’ known as ‘The Sarco’ in Rotterdam</p>
Europe

Creator of ‘suicide capsule’ rejects strangling allegation

<p>Philip Nitschke, front, stands next to a ‘suicide pod’ known as ‘The Sarco’ in Rotterdam</p>
Europe

Creator of ‘suicide capsule’ rejects strangling allegation

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

Son of Norway’s crown princess appears in court in rape case

<p>People hold icons and a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a protest against the international LGBT event Euro Pride in Belgrade, Serbia</p>
Europe

Russia ban adoption from countries where gender transitioning is legal

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>Bang Tao beach Phuket Thailand during sunset in the evening (Alamy/PA)</p>
Southeast Asia

Missing British tourist, 37, found dead in Thai storm drain

<p>Narendra Modi has been criticised for his party’s attacks on Muslims </p>
India

Modi’s party told to take down campaign ad targeting Muslims

<p>A soldier with an unexploded mine in Myanmar </p>
Southeast Asia

Myanmar overtakes Syria as country with highest landmine casualties

<p>Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, speaks to The Independent in the group’s office in Tokyo</p>
Japan

I survived Nagasaki – Putin has no idea of the horrors of nuclear war

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

Defiant Jimmy Lai denies foreign collusion at Hong Kong trial

<p>File. US soldiers work on a M777 howitzer during a drill at a military training field in Pocheon, South Korea </p>
Europe

North Korea sent more howitzers in new shipment to Russia, Seoul says

<p>Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, speaks to The Independent in the group’s office in Tokyo</p>
Japan

I survived Nagasaki – Putin has no idea of the horrors of nuclear war

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

Defiant Jimmy Lai denies foreign collusion at Hong Kong trial

<p>File. US soldiers work on a M777 howitzer during a drill at a military training field in Pocheon, South Korea </p>
Europe

North Korea sent more howitzers in new shipment to Russia, Seoul says

<p>File. A Siberian tiger is seen at the Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin, in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province, on 6 January 2023</p>
China

Viral video shows farmer narrowly escaping Siberian tiger attack

<p>File. Commuters on an underground metro train in Seoul, South Korea </p>
East Asia

Seoul Metro apologises for calling Chinese tourists ‘villains’

<p>Japan’s puppet town Ichinono </p>
Japan

Village with low population places dolls to ease loneliness

<p>India Gate is enveloped by smog as Delhi's air quality worsens due to air pollution</p>
India

What happens to your body when you breathe toxic air like Delhi’s?

<p>File: Air India flight from Paris to New Delhi diverted to Jaipur in neighbouring state of Rajasthan reportedly due to smog in Delhi and the pilots’ inability to perform low-visibility landings</p>
News & Advice

Chaos as pilots refuse to fly after duty hours amid Delhi smog

<p>Nayanthara vs Dhanush</p>
India

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

<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

<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

Australasia

New Zealand Gang Insignia Ban
Australasia

Arrest three minutes after New Zealanders banned from using gang signs

Australasia

Arrest three minutes after New Zealanders banned from using gang signs

New Zealand Gang Insignia Ban
<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

<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

<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

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