For weeks, Amani* and her five children have been living in a tent in Rafah, the increasingly crowded city on Gaza’s southern border. “There is...
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The US defence secretary was asked in Congress today how many women and children had been killed by Israel since 7 October. “It is over 25,000,” he...
At least 43 people have died in a fire that broke out at a six-storey shopping mall fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Health minister Samanta Lal Sen said that the...
President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has been taken to hospital after feeling unwell. The 82-year-old was taken for tests in Dublin after being assessed by a...
The Hamas-run health ministry says more than 30,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza since the war began. The Gaza health ministry does not differentiate between...
Ecuador is by no means the first Latin American country to try to take on the cartels and gangs that have embedded themselves into the societies of many...
What if we didn’t have leap years? Maybe you haven’t given it much thought. But people born on a “leap day” have given it many thoughts...
The mile-long strip in Ecuador’s port city of Esmeraldas is rocking to the sound of Latin beats and laughter. The main road on the beachfront is bordered...
Joe Biden’s claim there could be an imminent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was “wishful thinking”, a spokesperson for the Palestinian...
Oleg Orlov has spent his life documenting repression. He is co-chair of Russia’s oldest human rights group, Memorial, which was shut down and forced out...
The UK-registered Rubymar cargo vessel appears to be drifting north as new video shows it barely afloat after a Houthi attack. Satellite images and locations...
Two bodies have been found in the search for a missing Australian TV presenter and his partner, who were allegedly killed by a police officer. Jesse Baird, 26...
An American couple who disappeared a week ago after their catamaran was hijacked by three escaped convicts are likely dead, police have said. Police...
Japan’s first moon lander has responded to a signal from Earth in what has been hailed as a “miracle” by the country’s space agency...
Hungary’s parliament has voted to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO, clearing the way for the Nordic country to finally join the organisation almost...
Alexei Navalny was set to be freed as part of a prisoner swap when he died, one of his allies has said, The Russian opposition leader died at a penal colony...