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Foreign affairs minister says timing of IDF decision not to pursue criminal investigation was ‘especially insulting’. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast ‘Outrageous’: Greens leader says…

Sitting near the bar at the Bulgari hotel in Knightsbridge, Abraham Golan made short work of a succession of espressos. In a tailored shirt and flashy watch, he blended easily into the flow of executives rushing through the five star…

Foreign minister says Australia is ‘outraged’ after Israeli government decided not to pursue criminal proceedings over 2024 triple drone strike on humanitarian convoy Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking…

Six passengers — five US citizens and Ecuador's intel boss — all died in a remote area of Kenya on Wednesday when their helicopter crashed. Aviation accidents in Kenya have increased as tourism expands in the country.

Landmark trial against Meta could lead to fines and fundamental changes in Facebook and Instagram's operations.

Reports say Duke and Duchess of Sussex intend to relocate from US, with children to start British school in September The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are planning to return to live in Britain, six years after leaving for the US, it has been…

At a checkpoint between Miba and the Kachanga hill in Fizi territory , soldiers of the Congolese army wave through bicycles loaded with mineral ore, one at a time, charging fifty cents a crossing. At least four thousand bicycles pass…

Beninese music icon Angélique Kidjo celebrates her global legacy with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first dedicated to a Black African. In Nigeria, the town of Ogijo has more lead-recycling factories than anywhere else in…

US President Donald Trump praised his relationship with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un.

Andy Burnham promises drive to tackle toxic waste, raise fines and use AI-powered drones to detect illegal activity Illegal dumps in West Yorkshire, Surrey and Kent will be cleared up using taxpayer money, Andy Burnham has announced, as…

An Israeli strike on Gaza City’s police headquarters has killed the women’s police chief and several officers.

On Foreign Interest, the Ideal Militia, and What a Coloniser Prays He Leaves Behind My grandmother never said displacement. She said: we left the house and the water took it. But the water did not take it. The state took it. A state that…

The Israeli military announced criminal investigations into the killings of six-year-old Hind Rajab.

Officials say all seven people onboard killed, including Telemundo executive and Ecuador intelligence chief Seven people, including five Americans, were killed when a safari helicopter crashed on Wednesday morning in a remote part of…

Reports of dire conditions underscore supply challenges, questions of US plans going forward, experts say.

A gold mine collapse in the Central African Republican village of Zamboye near the Cameroon border on Tuesday killed more than 100 people, an official at a local mining association said. A member of the local youth council said the death…

Ceuta leaders want children returned to Morocco, but Madrid says deporting them is 'outrageous'.

Spanish officials have come up with a plan to transfer unaccompanied youth in the exclave Ceuta to mainland Spain. Mostly girls, they will be placed in foster homes as well as under government care.

Moderna's mRNA vaccine Intismeran shows promise, reducing melanoma recurrence and spread in late-stage trials.

Disaster struck an illegal gold mine on the Central African Republic’s border with Cameroon, where a landslide has killed at least 100 people, local sources told AFP. Rescue teams were still searching on Wednesday after the collapse at the…

US envoy warns Israel's strike could have sparked direct confrontation with Turkish forces.

The Metropolitan Police say the man and woman were arrested following the seizure of more than 180kg (397lb) of cocaine this month.

Ecuador's intelligence chief Michele Sensi-Contugi and NBCUniversal journalist Jose Suarez are among the dead.

Marking World Humanitarian Day on Wednesday, the United Nations flag was lowered to half-mast at the UN headquarters in Nairobi. The gesture recognises the humanitarian workers who lost their lives while serving others.

A Sri Lankan mass grave excavation has uncovered 582 skeletons, including babies and children.

More than 100 people have been killed and rescue efforts are continuing, an official tells the BBC.

“Cabashiyo caloolyow ciil kaama bi’iyaan, talo cayn-wareegtana la iskuma canaantee, caqli iyo hubsiimaa cirib looga aayaa ” — ereyadii Cabdillaahi Cabdi Cilmi (Shube), ereyo ka mid ah hees uu qaaday Maxamed Saleebaan Tubeec. Waa in…

Ukrainians in Kyiv held a protest in support of ousted defence Minister Mykailo Fedorov.

One of Trump's longest serving and most loyal aides, Harp was thrust again into the spotlight when Democrat Jon Ossoff noted her closeness to the president.

Aalim Ahmed, five, fell from 15th-floor window at tower block family had asked to be moved out of, court hears An inquest into the death of a five-year-old boy who fell from a 15th-floor window has heard that more measures could have been…