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Celebrities posed for the cameras ahead of the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.

Taylor Swift became the most-awarded artist in MTV Video Music Awards history on Sunday, receiving the inaugural Artist Director Honors and moving past Beyoncé with 31 awards. Swift, who said she had...

Private dinner will be the first one-on-one meeting between the two men, according to reports.

The so-called nor'easter storm has washed up what may be a shipwreck from the 19th century in Massachusetts, local media says.

Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado has been living in exile, with plans to return to Venezuela spoiled multiple times.

Demonstrators protest against UK government's proscription of Palestine Action as a 'terrorist' organisation.

Ireland scored a 3-0 victory over Israel in a politically-charged UEFA Nations League match played in Hungary.

UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband was confronted by activists at a restaurant over the proscription of Palestine Action.

Israel’s security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has released a video in which he is seen threatening to kill Hassan Salameh.

Refugees in Durban say they have nowhere safe to return to after being forced from a makeshift camp.

Police are investigating the killings in a country with one of the highest femicide rates in the world.

Abbas Araghchi's warning comes after Washington rejected a seven-day roadmap to end the war and reopen Strait of Hormuz.

An avalanche has struck the Himlung Himal base camp in Nepal after days of severe weather. Two guides are confirmed dead and at least 14 people remain missing in the remote region.

(Bloomberg) -- Global anxiety over artificial intelligence risks has intensified following fresh disclosures about a far wider range of breaches by advanced AI models, setting the stage for a high-sta...

Protesters in Madrid have spent a second night camping in Puerta del Sol, turning the capital’s main square into a makeshift housing protest camp after the eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen Aba...

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• Housing crisis fuels Madrid protest

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  Tens of thousands of people gathered in the Spanish capital on Saturday to call for greater protection for tenants. The protest was sparked by the eviction of an elderly woman who was forced out of he...

Tens of millions of people from Maine to Virginia found themselves in the path of the powerful weather system.

Ethiopia’s army chief accused Eritrea and Sudan on Sunday of backing armed groups fighting federal troops, as clashes with Tigrayan rebels intensified. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front said it was...

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• Ethiopia’s army chief accuses Egypt and Sudan of backing armed alliance seeking to oust Abiy Ahmed

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  Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia is drawing in the country’s disputes with Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea, raising fears that its internal conflict could spread across the region.

Head of the Roman Catholic Church holds 'emotional' two-hour meeting with seven survivors in French town of Lourdes.

In many major urban centers of Europe, the housing shortage has become an explosive social issue. DW looks into various models that have been put in place across the continent.

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania said Saturday that it's "entirely possible" his party could win control of the Senate in the midterm elections, but he also left the door o...

Thousands of protesters blocked a road in Portadown, Northern Ireland, on 27 September, in an attempt to stop an Orange Order parade from entering the mainly Catholic and nationalist Garvaghy Road are...

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• First Protestant march in Catholic area in nearly 30 years

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  Tensions are running high in Northern Ireland after the High Court in Belfast approved a controversial parade. Around 2,000 protesters have blocked the route into a Catholic area where the Protestant...

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US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he expected talks with Iran to resume next week, despite rejecting Tehran’s proposal for a seven-day truce followed by the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. T...

Man City just got found guilty on 114 of 115 financial charges — but the story behind it is much more complex.

Iranian officials that while they were aware of Trump's comments on rejecting the new proposal, they had not received a formal message rejecting the plan that would open the Strait of Hormuz.

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said he is still looking “very seriously” at implementing a US ban on diesel exports to combat high prices, even as others in his administration continue to focus...

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In a system often marked by red tape and exhausting delays, officers seen to be following the rules get adulation.

Russian strikes killed eight people across Ukraine on Sunday, authorities said, a day after Moscow vowed to continue the war. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had launched about 3,900 drones,...

The nor'easter causes another round of flooding in low-lying areas in New Jersey and New York City and knocks out power.

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• Powerful storm batters northeast US, hundreds of flights canceled

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  Hundreds of flights were canceled and thousands were delayed as a nor'easter brought flooding, power cuts and travel disruption to cities like New York, Boston and Philadelphia.

At a high-profile summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Washington, there was much talk of trade and artificial intelligence. One of the most contentious issues, Taiwan, was only di...

(NewsNation) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is ramping up its presence in “sanctuary cities," which are known to limit cooperation between local law enforcement and federal officers,...

With Israel’s election approaching, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is battling new revelations of alleged warnings about Hamas’ 7 October attack and countered the political storm with a fiery UN sp...

In rare access to Yemen's conflict zone the BBC travels to the front line with pro-government soldiers.

Israel will revoke the diplomatic accreditation of Dutch officials based in the occupied West Bank after the Netherlands began enforcing a ban on goods from Israeli settlements, Foreign Minister Gideo...

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• Israel revokes Dutch diplomats’ status over sanctions on settlements

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  Israel escalates retaliatory measures as Western sanctions target illegal West Bank settlements.

Ireland's players wore black armbands in support of Palestine, bowed their heads, and refused pre-match handshakes.

A panda at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, where the pair sent to Atlanta departed from (Hector RETAMAL)Two giant pandas sent by China arrived in the United States on Sunday, Beijin...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim that the vehicle is a REMUS 600 and has been handed over to Iranian military experts "to retrieve its data," but the US military denies the claim. Top Iranian army co...

In rare access to Yemen's conflict zone the BBC travels to the front line with pro-government soldiers.

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and its allies won enough seats in France's Senate to form a parliamentary group in the upper house for the first time in the party's history Sunday, securing...

Student protests at an Indian university have turned violent following claims that a female student was raped on campus.

President Donald Trump appears in a television ad. - US Government The White House has launched another taxpayer-funded television ad before the midterms, this time featuring imagery of President Dona...

A month before the early parliamentary elections, Serbia's high ranking politicians from the ruling and opposition parties engaged in a debate on the N1 channel after a prolonged boycott between the a...

The BBC's Ricky Boleto looks how previous SpaceX test flights went.

Circulating footage showed significant flooding, following heavy rain in southeastern Algeria.

Jason Graziadei, editor in chief of the Nantucket Current, spotted the new remnants of what's believed to be a shipwreck from more than a century ago on Nantucket’s south shore Saturday. (Jason Gr...

Seven people were killed and 40 injured in a Saudi airstrike on a market in Yemen’s Taiz province, as Houthi forces advance and Saudi-led air raids intensify.

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• Deadly strike hits market in Yemen’s Taiz

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  A strike on a market in the Yemeni city of Taiz has killed at least seven people and wounded 40.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic stepped down as the country's head of state Sunday, paving the way for him to run as his right-wing populist Serbian Progressive Party's candidate for prime minister...

Goncalo Ramos starts in place of Cristiano Ronaldo and scores the winner for Portugal in Oslo.

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Hurricane Nolo edged further away from the Hawaiian Islands on Sunday as major Hurricane Polo bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula with a threat of storm su...

The Israeli FA issued a statement commending the FAI and the Irish squad for deciding to go ahead with the match, saying: "Football has won."

Pope Leo spoke to bishops before leading a service attended by thousands of worshippers in France.

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• Pope Leo continues his visit to France in Lourdes

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  Pope Leo XIV continued his visit to France in Lourdes, at the major Catholic pilgrimage site in the foothills of the Pyrenees, where he celebrated mass before around 150,000 people. Hendro Munstermann...

A referendum on whether Swiss neutrality should be more strictly, legally enforced in the Constitution.

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• Switzerland rejects stricter interpretation of its neutrality

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  The initiative would have prevented the nation from imposing sanctions unless approved by the UN.

Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, and his wife, Katie Miller, attend the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 21, 2025. - Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Sipa USA Two veteran FBI ag...

Russia's recruitment drive targeting Belarusians has become a key tool to boost manpower on the battlefield and exploits economic hardship and isolation.

Rescuers are looking for at least 10 Nepalese people who were preparing to take climbers up the Himlung Himal peak.

After two days in Paris, where he drew hundreds of thousands of worshippers, Pope Leo XIV is continuing his visit to France in the southwestern pilgrimage town of Lourdes. There, he is due to meet pri...

An Israeli Apache helicopter struck a commercial centre near Mayfadoun in Southern Lebanon.

A new, previously suppressed book by a former CIA officer paints a satirical and slashing portrait of the agency’s deep-cover spying program as riven by systematic dysfunction. The book, “The...

Although the EU is not facing immediate gas shortages, Energy Commissioner Jørgensen warned capitals that soaring prices driven by rising global demand could lead to shortages as winter approaches, ac...

The 34-year-old is under investigation for incidents that began in February 2024 up until as recently as last month.

British police have evacuated homes near an air force base in Gloucestershire, as army bomb disposal experts examined several vehicles in what authorities described as a major incident. Five men have...

Five men have been arrested near RAF Fairford in the UK on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences.

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• 5 arrested near air base used by U.S. in Iran war on suspicion of terrorism

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  LONDON (AP) — U.K. police said that five men arrested in the early hours of Sunday near an air base used by the United States during its war against Iran are being held on suspicion of preparing a ter...

Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday addressed the Trump administration's decision to ban three mainstream news outlets from accessing the White House, saying that President Donald Trump had no...

Rain is easing in Thailand’s capital, but flooding continues in several low-lying areas. Thousands of people have been forced into temporary shelters after the government declared Bangkok a disaster z...

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• Bangkok roads submerged as flood disaster declared

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  Authorities said the heavy rains have subsided but the flooding is not yet over.

Ethiopia’s army has reportedly recaptured the strategic town of Sekota from Tigrayan forces as fighting spreads.

Mike Waltz, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Sunday that President Donald Trump rejected Iran's latest proposal because Tehran wanted sanctions relief and access to "billions in fr...

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A slew of dissidents being released from long-term detention comes days after the nation's interim leader met the US president.

It has been a deadly night in South Africa, with 27 people killed in two separate shooting incidents. Police say 17 people were shot dead at a tavern outside Johannesburg by suspects armed with assaul...

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• Two mass shootings in South Africa leave 27 dead

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  Gunmen torched vehicles as they fled the scene of a mass shooting at bar near Johannesburg [Getty Images] Twenty-seven people have been killed in two mass shootings hours apart in South Africa, the l...

• Two mass shootings in South Africa leave 27 dead

  BBC World

  The two attacks hours apart come as the country struggles to stop high levels of gang-related armed violence.

• Two mass shootings in South Africa leave at least 27 dead

  Euronews

  Seventeen people were killed in a shooting at a bar to the west of Johannesburg, while 10 people were fatally shot in an attack outside of Cape Town, police said.

Police say the US shooting followed an altercation at an after-hours venue, and four people are in hospital.

Nearly $11 billion (€9.7 billion) worth in contracts have emerged from the Azerbaijan International Investment Forum, where some of the world’s biggest investment managers gathered for talks ranging f...

Cuba's deputy foreign minister slams US sanctions, labelling them 'equivalent to genocide'.

GORHAM, Maine (AP) — For years, Planned Parenthood’s endorsement of Susan Collins was enough to persuade Erin Evans to vote for Maine's longtime U.S. senator, believing that the moderate Republica...

Big Bang played London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, marking a long-awaited return for the group that helped build the blueprint for modern K-pop.

Two more women have been found dead in Johannesburg this weekend, bringing the number of women killed in a single municipality to 11 in just two months. Most of the other victims were in their 20s and...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — For years, residents of this Southern California beach town could walk a mile along a stretch of cream-colored sand and dip their toes in the waves lapping ashore....

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The foreign minister says Tehran is waiting for an official rejection of a deal, despite the US President's comments.

British police have evacuated homes near an air force base in Gloucestershire, as army bomb disposal experts examined several vehicles in what authorities described as a major incident. Five men have...

Fishermen motor past a commercial vessel anchored off Yemen's coast at Bab el-Mandeb, in the strait connecting the Red Sea with the Arabian Sea, on Sept. 12. (AFP via Getty Images)To visit Bab el-...

You'll have seen the coverage of Céline Dion's return from illness and her Paris residency. But here's a different angle: the audio technology keeping her stage quiet, and the artificial intelligence...

The US president has reportedly threatened to resume strikes on Iran.

The 2026 hurricane season has been remarkable, from the potentially record-breaking calm in the Atlantic Ocean to the hyperactive eastern and central Pacific Ocean. Only seven tropical storms have for...

The victims of the crash have not yet been identified, Quebec provincial police told the BBC.

At least 27 people were killed in separate mass shootings in Cape Town and Johannesburg, police said Sunday. No suspects have been arrested in either shooting, and the motives for the attacks remain u...

Christa Pike's lawyers have filed a clemency petition seeking to commute her sentence ahead of the 30 September execution date [Tennesse Department of Corrections] Ashlee Sellars last heard from...

Earlier on Sunday, British police evacuated nearby homes following a major incident at a British military base. Several men were arrested on suspicion of explosives offences, while police said they be...

La Roja came back from 2-1 down at half-time to see off England for their Nations League opener on Saturday evening, extending their unbeaten run to 39 games. Substitutes Álex Baena and Mikel Oyarzaba...

From Pope Leo XIV's historic first visit to France to US President Donald Trump meeting China's President Xi Jinping to flooded streets in Bangkok, FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most striking pic...

In Poland, a close ally of neighbouring Ukraine, concerns are growing that the war could spill across the border. Our next report comes from Suwałki, a city in a region bordering Russia and Belarus th...