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Africa

  • The arm size of a Sudanese child suffering from malnutrition is examined at a refugee camp in Chad.

    Europe: Sudan war ‘world’s worst child displacement crisis,’ Paris conference told – as it happened

    Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, says ‘every life counts equally, whether in Ukraine, in Gaza, or in Sudan’
  • Young men in civilian clothes with guns pose with soldiers in uniform in Monrovia, Liberia

    Liberia senate votes to establish war crimes court

  • a woman carries water back to her village

    Covid pandemic made poorest countries even worse off, World Bank warns

  • Semi-uniformed men fire their AK-47 assault rifles in the air in a city

    UK Foreign Office holding secret talks with Sudan’s RSF paramilitary group

  • A Sudanese refugee child receives medical treatment in the Adre transition camp, on the border with Sudan in Adre, Chad, 05 April 2024 (issued 07 April 2024).

    Sudanese refugees in Chad unable to access medical care for war injuries

  • An unidentified purported Russian military trainer speaks to the media next to an airplane

    Russian military trainers arrive in Niger as African country pulls away from US

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Americas

  • Makenson Rémy in a radio studio

    ‘The city is a jail’: Haitian journalists get word out about gang violence

    Correspondents in Port-au-Prince face danger as they play a vital role in chronicling city’s state of siege
  • US stock image of a blue postal sidewalk boxes

    Conman who swindled $175m in ‘massive’ psychic fraud scheme sentenced to 10 years

  • rocky beach on an island

    Canada hands ‘long-overdue’ title over more than 200 islands to Haida Nation

  • Rally to demand 'maximum sentence' for former US diplomat Victor Rocha<br>epa11267799 Members of the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance hold placards during a rally demanding the 'maximum sentence' for former US diplomat and alleged Cuban spy, Victor Rocha, in front of the Federal Court Wilke D. Ferguson Jr., in Miami, Florida, USA, 09 April 2024. Former US diplomat of Colombian origin, Victor Manuel Rocha, was arrested in Miami in December 2023, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba's government for decades. EPA/CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH

    Ex-US ambassador sentenced to 15 years in prison for serving as secret agent for Cuba

  • Canadian and Chinese flags.

    Canada spies under pressure over foreign meddling reports

  • People gather to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the attack on the AMIA community center in Buenos Aires<br>People hold up portraits of victims of the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) community center as they gather to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the attack in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Argentina court blames Iran for deadly 1994 bombing of Jewish center

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Asia Pacific

  • Warner Bros Discovery Announces Plans To Close Newshub In New Zealand<br>AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 28: In this photo illustration the Newshub homepage is displayed on a laptop, alongside a news article on the networks pending closure on an iPhone on February 28, 2024 in Auckland, New Zealand. Warner Bros Discovery announced plans to close Newshub in June with consultations to take place until a final decision is made in April. (Photo illustration by Phil Walter/Getty Images)

    Newshub: parts of axed New Zealand media outlet to continue in new deal

    Newshub owner Warner Bros Discovery strikes deal with Stuff to provide bulletins amid concerns over the country’s shrinking media market
  • Olaf Scholz attends an event with students at Tongji University in Shanghai, China

    German chancellor urges Chinese industry bosses to play fair in EU market

  • Wang Quanzhang, left, and his wife Li Wenzu with their son in 2015

    China continues to persecute family of dissidents unlawfully, finds report

  • Manasseh Sogavare

    As Solomon Islands’ election looms, China’s influence on the Pacific country draws scrutiny

  • A fishing cat in Peam Krasop wildlife sanctuary

    ‘We found 700 different species’: astonishing array of wildlife discovered in Cambodia mangroves

  • Chinese top official Zhao Leji meeting with his North Korean counterpart Choe Ryong-hae

    China reaffirms ties with North Korea in high-level meeting

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Australia

  • Australian boxing great Jeff Fenech

    Jeff Fenech unwittingly received packages containing drugs from alleged US trafficking group, court documents claim

    Packages allegedly sent to former Australian boxer and others were intercepted by federal police, US affidavit says. Fenech has not been charged, and his lawyer says he is not a suspect for any criminal offences
  • Stock image of a school teacher writing on a whiteboard in a classroom

    Three of Australia’s wealthiest private schools got double the federal funding they were entitled to last year

  • An electric vehicle charging station is seen at launch of the Team Global Express Battery Electric Vehicle fleet in Sydney, Thursday, March 14, 2024. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

    Australians choose hybrids over EVs as sales of conventional cars decline

  • A supplied image shows the rectification works made to classrooms at Rochedale State School in Queensland after positive asbestos testing.

    Parents fear children are being sent back to asbestos-riddled classrooms at Queensland school

  • Police forensic officers searching for evidence outside Christ The Good Shepherd Church, where Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was attacked on Monday night

    Meta and X ordered to remove church stabbing content – as it happened

  • Screenshot of livestream video of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanual being allegedly stabbed

    Sydney church stabbing: Chris Minns considering tighter knife laws after Wakeley and Bondi stabbings

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Europe

  • Farage at mic with hand in air

    Rishi Sunak and Belgian PM criticise mayor’s halting of NatCon conference

    Emir Kir ordered police to close down radical rightwing conference attended by Suella Braverman and Nigel Farage
  • Giorgia Meloni

    Italy passes measures to allow anti-abortion activists to enter abortion clinics

  • Navagio beach in Zakynthos, Greece

    Greece becomes first European country to ban bottom trawling in marine parks

  • Vladimir Putin in Moscow

    Vladimir Putin not welcome at French ceremony for 80th anniversary of D-day

  • Ukrainian servicemen at a front line near the town of Chasiv Yar.

    Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy signs new mobilisation law in effort to boost Ukraine’s exhausted forces – as it happened

  • Flames and smoke rise from the building, which is covered in tarpaulin during renovation work

    Artworks carried to safety as fire blazes at Copenhagen’s old stock exchange

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Middle East

  • Abadan oil refinery in south-west Iran

    Middle East conflict risks a sharp rise in oil prices, says IMF

    Iran’s missile strike on Israel and escalating war could drive up interest rates and drive UK shares lowerBusiness live – latest updates
  • Iranian women wearing headscarves and black hooded robes hold signs and a portrait of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: the signs read Down With USA and Down With Israel

    US and EU consider new sanctions against Iran after its air attack on Israel

  • Men carrying mock missiles and an Iranian flag

    Middle East crisis: Israel says Iran won’t get off ‘scot-free’ after missile attack – as it happened

  • A burnt-out vehicle and smoke-damaged house in the West Bank village of Qusra, near Nablus, 14 April 2024

    UN demands end to Israeli forces’ support of settler attacks on West Bank Palestinians

  • The closed Israeli national pavilion at the Venice Biennale in Italy.

    Artists refuse to open Israel pavilion at Venice Biennale until ceasefire is reached

  • A view of heavily damaged car as Jewish settlers reportedly set fire to Palestinian homes and vehicles in Qusra town in Nablus, West Bank

    Israeli settlers kill two Palestinians in West Bank, officials say

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South and Central Asia

  • Salman Khan, wearing a white shirt, waves to fans

    Gang members fire at Bollywood star’s home in antelope killing row

    Two men from Bishnoi gang, whose leader has threatened to kill Salman Khan, arrested over Mumbai shooting
  • Women and young children pull luggage as they queue to board a plane

    Delays by Home Office risk return of vulnerable Afghan families to Taliban

  • Emergency workers use a boat to evacuate people in floodwater

    Russia and Kazakhstan evacuate tens of thousands amid worst floods in decades

  • Members of the Karen National Liberation Army and the People’s Defence Force collect weapons after they captured an army outpost in the southern part of Myawaddy township in Myanmar on 11 March

    Blow for Myanmar’s military as rebels say hundreds have surrendered at key border town

  • Rajnath Singh, India’s defence minister, attends Horse Guards Parade in London on 9 January 2024.

    India appears to confirm extrajudicial killings in Pakistan

  • Protesters marching with banners supporting the opposition National Unity Government.

    Myanmar opposition carries out drone attack on capital

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UK

  • Kemi Badenoch leaving No 10 Downing Street on 16 April

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    MPs vote to give smoking ban bill second reading – UK politics live

    Rishi Sunak’s authority suffers blow as several senior Conservatives vote against bill, which clears first Commons hurdle with 383 votes to 67
  • Kemi Badenoch leaving Downing Street

    Kemi Badenoch to oppose smoking ban in blow to Sunak’s authority

  • Dr Kim Harrison, who was killed by his son, Daniel Harrison.

    Serious care failings were a factor in son killing his father, coroner in Wales rules

  • David Miller, wearing sunglasses and a suit and tie, arriving to give evidence on Tuesday

    Former Post Office executive says he should not have said Horizon was robust

  • Aerial view of Birmingham airport

    Birmingham airport suspends operations after plane security incident

  • An older woman using a prepayment gas meter

    Nearly 1m UK pensioners living in deprivation, official figures show

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US

  • US House Republicans hold a news conference on Capitol Hill<br>epa11282497 US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference held by House Republican leadership on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, 16 April 2024. House Republicans held a news conference during which they faced questions on aid to Israel and Ukraine and articles of impeachment against US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas being delivered to the Senate. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

    Mike Johnson says he won’t resign as Republican anger grows over foreign aid

    ‘Wartime speaker’ indicates he will press forward with aid package, which would force him to rely on Democrats to pass it
  • Pamela Anderson at the premiere of Pamela, a Love Story in January 2023.

    Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson to star in Naked Gun remake

  • Former U.S. President Trump's criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records continues in New York<br>Former U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the courtroom after a short recess during the second day of his trial at New York Criminal Court in New York, New York, USA, 16 April 2024. JUSTIN LANE/Pool via REUTERS

    Trump faces contempt motion after social media posts about New York trial

  • U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson holds weekly press conference<br>U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters during a weekly press conference at Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 16, 2024. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy

    Second House Republican joins far-right effort to oust Mike Johnson

  • People hold candles during a candlelight vigil for victims of Lewiston mass shooting, in Lisbon, Maine, on 28 October 2023.

    Maine poised to pass gun safety bills after deadliest shooting in state history

  • FILE - The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) stands on North Capitol Street on April 15, 2013, in Washington. Twitter has labeled National Public Radio (NPR) as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site Wednesday, April 5, 2023, a move some worried could undermine public confidence in the news organization. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

    NPR journalist suspended after public criticism of broadcaster’s liberal slant

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