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Africa

  • A line of judges walk to their seats in a courtroom

    South Africa calls on ICJ to order Israel to end Rafah offensive

    Lawyers urge international court of justice to issue urgent measures over assault on Gaza’s southernmost city
  • Small houses, cutout figures and tree in scene from Haufinyana

    ‘Realities of apartheid’: South African artist wins Deutsche Börse photography prize

  • A line of women wearing red robes.

    Nigerian activists condemn mass ‘forced marriages’ of 100 girls and young women

  • The pyramid of Khafre on the Giza plateau in Cairo, Egypt.

    Scientists find buried branch of the Nile that may have carried pyramids’ stones

  • Starlink<br>ANKARA, TURKIYE - OCTOBER 31: In this photo illustration, logo of Starlink is displayed on mobile phone screen and photo of Elon Musk is displayed on computer screen in Ankara, Turkiye on October 31, 2023. (Photo by Ismail Aslandag/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    Starlink internet shutdown in Sudan will punish millions, Elon Musk warned

  • Two people with a banner saying 'No Rwanda'

    Refused asylum seekers also at risk of being sent to Rwanda, says Home Office

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Americas

  • Nighttime photo of young people with cardboard signs and bullhorn marching in urban area lit by store lights.

    Activists blame Argentina’s government after three gay women killed in arson attack

    Four women were set on fire in Buenos Aires in alleged hate crime as demonstrators accuse Milei of promoting intolerance
  • A moel ship is examined by people in a museum

    Manahahtáanung or Manhattan? Tribal representatives call for apology for Dutch settlement of New York

  • a wildfire burns beneath the aurora borealis

    No internet, no phone: Canada wildfires expose fragility of rural infrastructure

  • Models wear the Burberry collection at London fashion week earlier this

    Burberry profits slump by 40% as demand for luxury goods slows

  • Smoke from the wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday. Authorities are bracing for another possibly devastating wildfire season.

    Canada city devastated by 2016 wildfire faces evacuations as new blaze nears

  • People attend memorial service for the Schoenborn children

    British Columbia to bar those guilty of serious crimes from changing names

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Asia Pacific

  • People gather near an overturned car in the Motor Pool district on Tuband in Noumea on May 16, 2024,

    New Caledonia riots: parts of territory ‘out of state control’, French representative says

    Days of unrest in the French Pacific territory – sparked by a plan to change voting rules – have left five dead
  • Snow on a mountain, with the tops of city buildings in the foreground

    Weather tracker: heavy snow hits eastern highlands in South Korea

  • A building damaged in the New Caledonia riots against plans to allow more people to take part in local elections

    Hundreds of French police deployed amid New Caledonia riots

  • Ukrainian servicemen of the 92nd Assault Brigade fire BM-21 'Grad' multiple rocket launcher toward Russian positions.

    Zelenskiy says situation is ‘difficult’ on visit to Kharkiv; Putin calls China relationship an international ‘stabilising factor’ – as it happened

  • Vladimir Putin (L) and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands wearing navy suits, ties and white shirts

    Putin and Xi announce plans to strengthen military ties in Beijing

  • Russian president Vladimir Putin

    Putin arrives in China on mission to deepen partnership with Xi

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Australia

  • Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton

    Jim Chalmers labels Peter Dutton’s budget reply an ‘unhinged’ and ‘nasty’ rant

    Opposition leader promised in speech on Thursday to restrict property investment by non-residents
  • A composite image of Kevin Hasemann and a colour portrait of Gina Rinehart by Vincent Namatjira

    Swimming boss defends athletes lobbying national gallery to take down Gina Rinehart portraits

  • Treasurer Jim Chalmers and opposition leader Peter Dutton

    Chalmers says Dutton’s budget reply lacks economic credibility – as it happened

  • Students chant following a press conference about a pro-Palestine encampment at the University of Melbourne.

    University of Melbourne and protesters fail to resolve deadlock as pro-Palestine camp ends at Monash

  • Victoria police have released an image of man they believe may be able to assist with inquiries after the abduction of a mother and child from the Stud Park Shopping Centre in Rowville on 10 May.

    Police hunt man who allegedly abducted woman and baby before forcing her to buy laptops in Melbourne

  • Australia's coldest April since 2015 during Earth's warmest April on record

    April 2024 was Australia’s coolest in decade – but world’s warmest ever

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Europe

  • Firefighters at the synagogue

    French police shoot suspect dead in synagogue incident in Rouen

    Interior ministry says armed suspect ‘neutralised’ after attempting to set fire to synagogue in Normandy city
  • Ukrainian Forces Operate In Kharkiv Region<br>KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 16: Pilots of the "Sharp Kartuza" division of FPV kamikaze drones prepare drones for a combat flight on May 16, 2024 in the Kharkiv region, 8 km from the border with Russia. In recent days Russian forces have gained ground around the Kharkiv region, which Ukraine had largely reclaimed in the months following Russia's initial large-scale invasion in February 2022. (Photo by Vlada Liberova/Libkos/Getty Images)

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    Russia-Ukraine war live: UK ‘de facto participant’ in Ukraine war, claims Russian ambassador

  • Police and fire brigade stand by a synagogue in the Normandy city of Rouen where French police have killed earlier an armed man who was trying to set fire to the building.

    Live
    French police shoot dead armed man who set fire to Rouen synagogue – Europe live

  • Silhouette of nodding donkey pumping oil with buildings in background

    Cop29 at a crossroads in Azerbaijan with focus on climate finance

  • Slovakia's Robert Fico.

    Friday briefing: What’s behind the increase in violent attacks on Europe’s politicians?

  • José Manuel Albares.

    Spain denies port of call to ship carrying arms to Israel

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Middle East

  • Smoke rises above Al Jenenah neighborhood in Rafah.

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    Israel-Gaza war live: no genocide taking place in Gaza, Israel tells UN’s top court

    Israel is appearing at the international court of justice (ICJ) after South Africa asked it to urgently order an end the assault on Rafah
  • Mohammad Rasoulof

    ‘Exhausting and extremely dangerous’: Mohammad Rasoulof on his escape from Iran

  • A ship is anchored next to a pier on which vehicles can be seen, at a surf beach with people standing on the water's edge

    US completes installation of floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza

  • People hold flags and placards in front of the ICRC building in Gaza City: children and men of varied ages are seen, with some women in the background, holding Palestinian flags and hand-written signs. One boy is wearing a keffiyeh scarf around his neck. It is bright and sunny, and the people are standing on paving and sand in front of a gateway and stone wall.

    Red Cross and Foreign Office to discuss plan to visit Palestinians in Israeli detention

  • Manuel Guerrero Aviña

    ‘Nothing short of horrific’: Amnesty criticises arrest of man in Qatar ‘trapped’ by police on Grindr

  • US Navy personnel construct a pier to assist aid to Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea.

    US completes floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza; five killed in Israeli friendly fire incident – as it happened

South and Central Asia

  • People strand holding handwritten signs with pictures of Saltanat Nukenova and writing in Kazakh and English saying 'Justice for Salta'

    Kazakh court jails former minister for 24 years for brutal murder of wife

    Kazakhstan to toughen penalties for domestic violence as killing of Saltanat Nukenova prompts national outcry and shines spotlight on high femicide rates
  • Men of various ages disembark a train

    Rohingya being forcibly conscripted in battle between Myanmar and rebels

  • Rajesh Maurya and Sumitra Maurya

    ‘Pressured to withdraw’: BJP accused of intimidation tactics in India polls

  • Afghan men shovel mud from a house following flash floods after heavy rains at a village in Baghlan province northern Afghanistan on Saturday

    Afghanistan flash floods kill more than 300 as torrents of water and mud crash through villages

  • An Afghan girl walking towards a flooded village in the mountains of Afghanistan

    At least 50 dead after flash flooding in northern Afghanistan

  • Arvind Kejriwal in a car

    Jailed Indian opposition leader granted bail to take part in election campaign

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UK

  • Jeremy Hunt speech<br>Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers a speech on the economy at One Great George Street in London. Picture date: Friday May 17, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Hunt. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

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    Jeremy Hunt says Conservatives ‘will bring down taxes’ in attempt to draw election battle line with Labour - UK politics live

    The chancellor claimed his government will bring down taxes while Labour policies would be ‘damaging for every family in the country’
  • Picture of woman and child near water and large fishing vessel behind them, along with several smaller boats in the distance

    Devon businesses fear losses as tourists put off by outbreak of parasitic disease

  • King Charles in regalia posing for a photo

    Extension of King Charles free portraits scheme upsets unions and mosques

  • Lichen on a gravestone

    Looking for lichen: Church of England launches search for life on gravestones

  • Glimpse through a torn fabric covering of a fence into an empty square lined with old red brick barracks accommodation, with only one person visible in the aquare

    British asylum housing tycoon breaks into Sunday Times rich list

  • Aerial view of Leeds city centre cityscape in 2022

    Bank of England plans sevenfold expansion of Leeds operation

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US

  • Ian Hislop and Paul Merton pictured on the set of Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You to launch in the US in autumn

    Adaptation of hit comedy quiz will be aired by CNN on Saturday nights to coincide with presidential election
  • People stop to take pictures of damage after a severe thunderstorm passed through downtown, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

    Severe storms kill at least four in Houston and shatter windows in high-rise buildings

  • Epstein head Main Image

    ‘Magic David called’: David Copperfield repeatedly contacted Jeffrey Epstein

  • silhouette of a man (Donald Trump) on an american flag

    Trump-linked dark-money group spent $90m on racist and transphobic ads in 2022, records show

  • Man stands on stage with blue suit and red tie

    Trump to speak at NRA convention as US gun-safety groups sound alarm

  • Greg Abbott speaking at a microphone as people stand behind

    First Thing: Man who killed Black Lives Matter protester pardoned

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