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A partial solar eclipse illuminated Paris’s sky over the city’s iconic Eiffel Tower.

Spanish Olympic skateboarder Danny León timed a jump with the moon passing in front of the sun during a solar eclipse.

A new land policy is reopening disputes over farms seized during Zimbabwe’s land reform after 2000.

The outbreak, declared on 15 May, has caused more than 2,000 deaths, with thousands more reported cases.

In the comments, Kelce called Swift his "wife" for first time and said it was a "childhood dream" to wed at Madison Square Garden.

Erling Haaland’s name and image turned up on hundreds of cocaine bricks seized by Ecuadorian police.

President Trump again insists US has 'total control' of strait, while Tehran resolute that the US must meet its demands.

The president's approval numbers may be down, but in this Tennessee town, his support is as strong as ever.

Heidi Beirich, an expert on far-right groups, has been charged over alleged misuse of donor funds to pay informants.

Lawsuit claims Trump profits unfairly by charging up to $100,000 monthly for exclusive access to presidential posts.

Trump boarded a different plane in Turkey during a Nato summit for security reasons involving Iran.

Some see them as sinister or hunt them for ritual use but these birds play a vital role in nature's cycle.

Japanese risk aversion and conservatism blamed for slow AI take-up by the country's business sector.

Leavitt will depart from her role to spend time with her young children and family, the president says.

An online petition accusing Pete Hoekstra of diplomatic interference in Canadian domestic affairs has garnered more than 60,000 signatures.

Following a 10-hour rescue operation, emergency workers pulled the 32-year-old from beneath slabs of concrete.

US Homeland Security is expected to buy up to $20m in gloves amid criticism of the president's immigration crackdown.

As Japan swelters through extreme summer heat, BBC Tokyo correspondent Kurumi Mori tries out a new way to cool down.

The US immigration agency is spending $20m on gloves that deliver a sharp electric shock intended to compel subjects to comply.

The unclassified Pentagon review sheds new light on civilian harm from the US campaign against Yemen’s Houthis.

US defence chief vows to continue campaign against drug cartels, says Colombia has joined regional military coalition.

Kvaratskhelia and Doue earn a win for Paris Saint-Germain as 17-year-old Brian Madjo's goal is in vain for Aston Villa.

Thousands missing after Colombia quake as rescue continues

Morocco Interior Ministry says it has increased security along its borders with the Spanish exclaves Ceuta and Melilla.

The father of an 11-year-old boy says Israeli forces shot his son in the head and leg in Khan Younis.

Repeated drone strikes on oil and power infrastructure are deepening Libya's energy crisis.

Strike on a tuk-tuk in Beit Lahiya kills one, wounds five in first Israeli aerial bombardment in a week

Heavy rains triggered a landslide on Wednesday that killed at least seven people in India’s western Maharashtra state.

A court has sentenced ousted former leader Bashar al-Assad and others to death in absentia.

Despite growing opposition to the death penalty, one state is behind the rising numbers.

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz has said that Israel “will under no circumstances” withdraw its troops.

A total solar eclipse crossed Iceland, Britain and parts of the European continent, drawing crowds to watch the event.

Report by NGO 7amleh, Utrecht University analyses 3,520 cases of digital rights violations against Palestinians.

Leavitt is departing her role to spend more time with family after giving birth to a second child, according to Trump.

Billionaire Mark Walter's sale of the NBA's Lakers is a record-breaking valuation for a North American sports franchise.

Leavitt's departure comes as Trump faces steadily sinking poll numbers and the Republican Party risks defeat in the November midterm elections.

The programme was game-changing for its users - but as costs balloon, its success has led to its downfall.

A total solar eclipse took place in Iceland and Spain as crowds gathered to watch.

Regulator says Discord failed to protect minors from violence, self-harm, and suicide content.

Russia's supreme court has banned the anti-war opposition party Yabloko from September's parliamentary elections. What does this mean for the election campaign, opponents of the war and for the politi...

A quarter of a century after the Ohrid Framework Agreement ended North Macedonia's 2001 conflict, analysts warn that peace between ethnic communities remains fragile.

Grain exports from both Russia and Ukraine are falling as both countries attack each other's shipping facilities and ports.

Because of the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, Iraq cannot export enough oil to fund the country's huge public sector. Protests have already started. Will the Iran war destabilize Iraq again?

Iran maintains it effectively controls much of the waterway and intends to impose a toll system in response to the US war launched by Trump on 28 February.

Israeli security forces have reportedly withdrawn and about a dozen settlers are said to remain at the site where two families have been besieged since Sunday.

The Los Angeles Lakers is to be sold for a reported record $12.5bn - less than a year after Mark Walter took a majority stake in the NBA franchise.

A playful tribute to Mozart has turned into a whodunit after 210 gold-colored figures disappeared from one of Austria's busiest tourist spots. The mass theft forced organizers to end the outdoor displ...

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Fawzi al-Mansouri was assassinated outside a mosque in an LNA stronghold, in what analysts said was a major blow to the Haftar family's security credentials and could delay a US-brokered plan to reuni...

Amid growing tensions and security risks at the Horn of Africa, Eritrea, with its strategically important coastal points on the Red Sea and a perceived lack of conflict, is emerging as important playe...

Sicily's Catania airport has suspended flights again as Mount Etna continues to spew lava and volcanic ash. The eruption has disrupted travel during the peak summer holiday season.

The vessel is said to have overturned after being hit by strong waves.

The quake overwhelmed parts of the health system, turning the rescue effort into one of Colombia's largest disaster responses in years.

Centrist David Crowley is projected to have beaten democratic socialist Francesca Hong, breaking a recent nationwide trend.

Saudi Arabia has redirected oil exports away from the Strait of Hormuz, but most Gulf producers still lack a reliable backup option to the world's most important energy choke point.

More than half of India's data centers are in regions that are already water-stressed ― and the country is racing to build more.

The former premier brought China into the WTO and championed reforms that fuelled growth.

Russia is putting pressure on Ukraine with ballistic missiles, but Kyiv is short of Patriot interceptors. Domestic production and European alternatives take time. Can Kyiv realistically reduce its dep...

A remarkably well-preserved motorcycle and identification tags were found alongside the bodies.

Western Colombia hit by deadly quake as Zarzal, Roldanillo and El Cairo report widespread damage.

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A 32-year-old woman has been rescued alive in Pereira after spending 36 hours trapped beneath a collapsed building. Rescuers located her 10 hours before reaching her.

The EU has introduced new rules targeting packaging waste and "forever chemicals." Although the changes will be phased in slowly, some small sellers have already paused shipments due to the additional...

Economic recovery, youth turnout, women's representation and judicial independence are among the issues shaping Zambia's vote on Thursday.

Chandrasekaran said he would not seek reappointment when his term ends due to a lack of support from the Tata Sons board.

A ballistic missile fired from the North’s eastern coastal Wonsan area around 6am flew more than 700 kilometres, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. Seoul condemned the test and warned it remain...

Trader Joe's Everything But the Bagel seasoning contains poppy seeds which are banned in both countries.

A 7.4 quake in Colombia partially collapsed the Hospital Universitario del Valle in Cali on Monday, forcing patients outside as rescuers search for hundreds feared trapped.

Shops and opticians across Europe are running short of certified eclipse glasses ahead of Wednesday’s total solar eclipse, with queues forming in Paris, London and Brussels as demand surges.

Oil prices climbed and Wall Street pulled back from record highs, while South Korea's Kospi surged more than 4% on renewed chip-buying, as markets brace for a crucial US inflation reading.

As rescuers search through the rubble for survivors, volunteers join to help clear the wreckage. People brought water and food to the victimes and lined up in front of blood donation centres.

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The UN also reported more than 95% of the Ukrainian prisoners of war and 85% of the civilian detainees are being tortured or ill-treated, often repeatedly.

“They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane,” Trump told reporters after returning from an event in Ohio. “I guess there was a threat out there. I didn’t really ask too much about i...

The suspected ballistic missile was launched towards Japan and likely fell just outside of its special economic zone, Tokyo said.

The boy from the most-watched YouTube video of all time is now 17 years old, and wants to be a K-pop star.

Malaysia's Forest City was pitched as "paradise" but last month police raided it over alleged scam operations.

Five years after the Taliban returned to power, millions of Afghan girls remain excluded from secondary education. UNESCO warns of lasting social and economic consequences.

Donald Trump secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month, deceiving even the press pool who flew on board without him.

The former Sakharov Prize laureate ran against Aliaksandr Lukashenka for the Belarusian presidency in 2006.

Locals are said to use the ferry to get from rural parts of the region to the town of Kariba, which is on the north side of Lake Kariba, close to the border with Zambia.

Most deaths from the magnitude-7.4 quake were reported in Cali, Colombia’s third-most populous city, as crews search collapsed buildings for those still trapped.

Gilman was arrested and detained in Russia in 2022, accused of assaulting a police officer following an incident on a train in Voronezh, to the south of Moscow.

Workers in Manila waded through the river, collecting waste that washed in during days of heavy rain.

Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast became an open‑air gallery from 7 to 10 August, as the second LUNAR: Sea of Lights festival brought 17 light and digital artworks to five seaside communities.

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US media reports say the president secretly left via a catering truck to avoid a threat to his life from Iran.

Italy’s Po River has fallen to historically low levels as the country endures its fourth heatwave of the summer, exposing wide stretches of dry riverbed near Pavia and raising fresh concerns over wate...

France’s 73rd lumberjacking championship in Chamrousse saw 60 competitors race axes through logs, preserving Alpine forestry traditions for 2,000 spectators.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have opened a criminal investigation into the cause of the fire, which broke out on Friday.

Doha said Iran and Oman had reached the technical stage of negotiations and were finalising shipping route coordinates, but warned against delay as only six vessels transited Hormuz on Monday compared...

Russia killed at least nine people in Ukraine overnight on Tuesday, as missile and drone strikes hit Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk, according to regional authorities.

Oil prices and US government bond yields both climbed on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump answered Iran's demand for war reparations with a sweeping counterclaim of his own, pushing a deal to r...

Manizales, in Colombia’s western Caldas department, was among the areas hardest hit by Monday’s 7.4-magnitude earthquake, with streets littered with rubble as rescue teams searched damaged buildings f...

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Marzieh Nieri, 23, was executed at Qazvin Central Prison after a court rejected her account of wounding a man who had attempted to assault her, bringing the number of women executed in Iran since the...

A Syrian court handed death sentences to Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher — both in absentia — alongside their cousin Atef Najib, who attended the trial in a cage and was found guilty of leading...

Asked whether he would say sorry for his "disrespectful behaviour" in parliament on Tuesday, the Australian leader said: "I reject the assertion in the question."

Ukraine's president has repeatedly sounded the alarm over deepening military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, often while appealing for more Western air-defence supplies.

Rescuers in Cali search rubble after Colombia’s strongest quake this century, which killed over 130 people, left hundreds injured and many missing.

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella, just three days after being sworn into office, has declared a state of emergency.

A massive wildfire in Spain’s Huelva province has forced 800 evacuations, burned around 20,000 hectares and comes during Europe’s worsening drought crisis.

The Supreme Court ruling came just days after the Central Election Commission had unanimously approved the party's registration, prompting speculation that the initial approval was itself a Kremlin-or...

Astana has introduced tax incentives and regulatory reforms to encourage crypto investors to move their digital assets onto domestic licensed platforms, hoping to revive an industry that largely left...

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The order recommends giving all childhood vaccinations at separate visits whenever feasible, which had earlier been blocked by a federal judge, and dividing the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine int...

More than 900 flights, or about 40% of those expected, were cancelled in Shanghai’s Hongqiao and Pudong airports after about 1,300 were canceled the day before, according to Shanghai Airport Group.

Competitors from France and abroad gather in the village of Trie-sur-Baïse for its annual pig-squealing championship, a quirky festival that draws thousands of visitors.

Blanche won Senate confirmation by 50 votes to 49 after the White House persuaded a handful of Republican holdouts to join the "yes" column.

Trump this weekend said he was "low-keying" his approach to the conflict, suggesting that he was prepared to let economic pressure mount in place of further military strikes.

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The epicentre was in San Jose Del Palmar, a community of about 4,800 people in the Choco region about 250 miles west of Bogotá, the US Geological Survey and Colombia's counterpart reported.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson shot back that Iranians had "shown they are professional chess players" after Trump said he was "low-keying it" and likened talks with Tehran to a chess game.

Bangladesh's foreign ministry reported "the tragic deaths of 16 Bangladeshi nationals in a fire at a sofa manufacturing factory in Riyadh" in its Monday statement.

The Philippines is the first major landmass facing the Pacific cyclone belt and the archipelago is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year.

More than 300 firefighters and 21 aircraft are battling a wildfire in Tírig, eastern Spain, which has burned 810 hectares since breaking out on Friday.